The Kern Community Foundation (KCF) announced that Aaron Falk, president and CEO, is stepping down as he prepares for his next chapter in South Carolina.\u00a0Board Chair Lydia Chaney thanked Aaron for his leadership and the difference he has made in Kern County through KCF\u2019s programs and partnerships.<\/p>\n
“Aaron has done a wonderful job with the Foundation\u2019s growth.\u00a0 While we are saddened to see him go, we wish Aaron and his family the absolute best in their upcoming chapter,” said Chaney.<\/p>\n
Since December 2021, Aaron has strengthened KCF\u2019s programs and built strong relationships with local nonprofits and donors.\u00a0 Through his leadership, the Foundation grew its scholarship program to over $1 million and increased Give Big Kern\u2019s visibility, supporting over 120 local nonprofits and reaching $1.7 million in 2025.\u00a0 He also launched the Bakersfield Youth Jobs Program in partnership with the City of Bakersfield, serving over 300 youths, and led Borel Fire disaster relief, granting over $180,000.<\/p>\n
Before joining the Kern Foundation, Falk worked as a congressional staffer and for four years was a field representative for then-Congressman Kevin McCarthy.<\/p>\n
\u00a0To ensure a smooth transition, the Board has appointed Fatima \u201cTeems\u201d Tulfo, the Foundation\u2019s Chief Impact Officer, as Interim CEO.\u00a0 Tulfo will lead the Foundation and collaborate with the Board during the transition.\u00a0 Details about the search process will be shared in late winter.<\/p>\n
Kern Community Foundation is a nonprofit enterprise with a simple mission: \u201cGrowing Community.\u202f\u00a0Growing Philanthropy.\u201d\u202f\u00a0For 25 years, the Foundation has been in business to serve as a charitable resource for local donors and corporations and to generate capital that provides philanthropic solutions to help make Kern County a better place to live, work, and visit.\u202f\u00a0Since its establishment in 1999, we have been home to almost 200 charitable funds with assets over $50 million.\u202f\u00a0We have awarded close to $30 million in grants and scholarships.\u202f\u00a0For more information about Kern Community Foundation, visit\u202fkernfoundation.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kern Community Foundation (KCF) announced that Aaron Falk, president and CEO, is stepping down as he prepares…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,972,100,180],"class_list":{"0":"post-122510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news","11":"tag-local","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newsletter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}