Non-Profit Pitch Resources
Great local non-profit organizations by category
thecatpeople.org/The below list is far from complete. However, students have had success doing their presentations on these organizations. Once you have chosen an organization, and had it approved in class: 1) FIND THEM, 2) RESEARCH THEIR WORK, 3) FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE IN OUR CLASS CAN DO TO HELP THEM. Do not contact the organization directly if you aren't already an active volunteer. Most of our local non-profit organizations are understaffed and in need of our help.
ANIMAL & ANIMAL PROTECTION
CHILD PROTECTION
CIVIL RIGHTS, ADVOCACY & LEGAL AID
ENVIRONMENT
HOMELESSNESS & HOUSING
HUMAN SERVICES
LITERACY
LGBTQ
TERMINALLY OR CHRONICALLY ILL
Bakersfield AIDS Project: http://www.bakersfieldaidsproject.org/
Hoffman Hospice: http://hoffmannhospice.org/
VETERANS & MILITARY
Healing Horses and Armed Forces: http://www.risingmoonranch.org/
California Veterans Assistance Foundation: http://www.cavaf.org/
American Legion: legion.org
Veterans of Foreign Wars: vfw.org
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Assistance League of Bakersfield: http://bakersfield.assistanceleague.org/ps.home.cfm?ID=3289
Boys and Girls Clubs: http://www.bgclubsofkerncounty.org/
Girl Scouts: http://www.girlscoutsccs.org/
Boy Scouts: http://www.sscbsa.org/
ANIMAL & ANIMAL PROTECTION
- Alpha Canine Sanctuary: http://www.alphacanine.org/
- Bakersfield SPCA: http://www.bakersfieldspca.org/
- CALM: calmzoo.org/
- Critters without Litters: http://www.critterswithoutlitters.org/
- Friends of Kern County Animal Shelters: http://www.friendsofkernshelters.org/
- Marley’s Mutts: marleysmutts.com/
- The Cat People: thecatpeople.org/
- Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry: bakersfieldpetfoodpantry.org/
- Arts Council of Kern: www.kernarts.org/
- Bakersfield Art Association: www.bakersfieldartassociation.org/
- Bakersfield Community Theatre: www.bakersfieldcommunitytheatre.org/
- The Empty Space: www.esonline.org/
- Camp Kiya: campkiya.com/
- Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: cbvi.org/
- Greater Bakersfield Council of the Blind:groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BakersfieldCCB/info
- Kern County Cancer Fund: kerncountycancerfund.org/
- Links for Life: www.linksforlife.org/
CHILD PROTECTION
- Henrietta Weill Child Guidance Clinic : www.hwmcgc.org/
- CASA: www.kerncasa.org/
CIVIL RIGHTS, ADVOCACY & LEGAL AID
- Alliance Against Family Violence: www.kernalliance.org/
- Dolores Huerta Foundation: www.doloreshuerta.org/
- Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance: gbla.org/
- California Rural Legal Assistance: www.crla.org/
- B-GLAD: http://www.bglad.org/
- Goodwill Industries: http://www.giscc.org
- HEARTS Connection: http://www.heartsfrc.org/
- Independent Living Center of Kern County: http://www.ilcofkerncounty.org
- Kern Assistive Technology Center: http://kernatcenter.org/
- MARE: http://mareridingcenter.com/
- MOVE International: http://www.move-international.org/about
- NAPD: http://napd-bak.org/
- Ebony Counseling Center: http://www.ebonycounselingcenter.com/
- Turning Point Re-entry Center: http://www.tpocc.org/
ENVIRONMENT
- Garden Project: http://gardenprojectbakersfield.org/index.html
- Kern Green: http://www.kerngreen.org/
- Sierra Club: http://kernkaweah.sierraclub.org/
- Tree Foundation of Kern: http://www.urbanforest.org/
HOMELESSNESS & HOUSING
- Kern County Homeless Collaborative: http://www.kernhomeless.org/
- Bakersfield Homeless Center: http://bakhc.org/
- Golden Empire Habitat for Humanity: http://www.habitatbakersfield.org/
HUMAN SERVICES
- Community Action Partnership of Kern: http://www.capk.org/
- Ebony Counseling Center: http://www.ebonycounselingcenter.com/
- Kern Red Cross: kernredcross.org
- Golden Empire Gleaners: http://www.goldenempiregleaners.com/
- Community Action Partnership of Kern’s Food Banks: http://www.capk.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Pages.Page/id/538
- Bakersfield Burrito Project: http://www.bakersfieldburritoproject.org/
LITERACY
- Kern Adult Literacy Council: http://www.kernalc.org/
- Kern Reading Association: http://www.kernreadingassociation.org
LGBTQ
- Bakersfield LGBTQ: http://bakersfieldpride.org/1.html
- Gay and Lesbian Center of Bakersfield: http://www.glcenterbak.org/
- Alliance Against Family Violence LGBTQ Safe Zone: http://www.kernalliance.org/lgbtq
- Autism Society of Kern County: http://www.kernautism.org/
- Alzheimer’s Association of Kern County: http://www.adakc.org
- Bakersfield ARC: http://barc-inc.org/
- Goodwill Industries: http://www.giscc.org
- NAMI Kern County: http://namikerncounty.org/main/
TERMINALLY OR CHRONICALLY ILL
Bakersfield AIDS Project: http://www.bakersfieldaidsproject.org/
Hoffman Hospice: http://hoffmannhospice.org/
VETERANS & MILITARY
Healing Horses and Armed Forces: http://www.risingmoonranch.org/
California Veterans Assistance Foundation: http://www.cavaf.org/
American Legion: legion.org
Veterans of Foreign Wars: vfw.org
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Assistance League of Bakersfield: http://bakersfield.assistanceleague.org/ps.home.cfm?ID=3289
Boys and Girls Clubs: http://www.bgclubsofkerncounty.org/
Girl Scouts: http://www.girlscoutsccs.org/
Boy Scouts: http://www.sscbsa.org/