Food Bank of Contra Costa Solano
Concord, CA
$300KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
FY 23-25 Food Bank General Support
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Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 68-0208980 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Devorah Levine Executive Director
- Phone
- (925) 935-9988
- Deadlines
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
- Application materials
- Provide a letter of inquiry articulating a specific project or program in mind. Submit the letter together with an application that must be obtained from the Foundation.
- Restrictions
- Grants are limited to projects and programs within Contra Costa County.
Original filing text
- Contact
- Devorah Levine Executive Director
- Address
- 1333 N California Blvd 575 Walnut Creek, CA, 94596
- Phone
- 9259359988
- Deadlines
- None
- Application materials
- Provide a letter of inquiry articulating a specific project or program in mind. Submit the letter together with an application that must be obtained from the Foundation.
- Restrictions
- Grants are limited to projects and programs within Contra Costa County.
Reported organization name: Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | $5.3M |
| 2024 | 139 | $5.5M |
Where Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Diablo Regional Arts Association
Walnut Creek, CA
$285KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
General Support
Diablo Regional Arts Association
Walnut Creek, CA
$260KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General Support
First 5 Contra Costa
Concord, CA
$230.1KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Ready Community, Ready Schools, Ready Families
Contra Costa Family Justice Allianc
Richmond, CA
$205KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Contra Costa Family Justice Center
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (267 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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