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Private foundation (trust)EIN 946108391Est. 1951-11

Lowell Berry Foundation

Lafayette, CA 94549

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$32.1M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$1.6M

FY 2023

Grants Made

127

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$13K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$500–$178K

Typical

Deadlines

No deadline date required

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

The foundation has one charitable activity (see explanation in part xvi-b)

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$2.7M

Total Expenses

$1.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.8M

Distributable Amount

$1.5M

Min. Investment Return

$1.5M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

127 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $5K to maximum $178K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $1.8M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

The Bay Area Urban Network
$724K
4 grants
Fuller Theological Seminary
$634K
4 grants
School of Urban Missions
$454K
4 grants
City Team Ministries
$333K
4 grants
WellSpring
$235K
4 grants
Hawaiian Islands Ministries
$214K
4 grants
Young Life - Diablo Valley
$195K
4 grants
Bay Area Rescue Mission
$175K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
404
grants
$10–50K
68
grants
$50–250K
28
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

18 states

California
$6.2M
94% of total
Hawaii
$216K
3% of total
Illinois
$38K
1% of total
Virginia
$37K
1% of total
Colorado
$18K
0% of total
Tennessee
$13K
0% of total
Missouri
$13K
0% of total
Arizona
$6K
0% of total
Arkansas
$5K
0% of total
Idaho
$5K
0% of total

+8 more states

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