Funding search · EIN 946108391 · Lafayette, CA

Lowell Berry Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

536
grants reported
$6.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • The Bay Area Urban Network4 grants · $729,500
  • Fuller Theological Seminary4 grants · $652,000
  • School of Urban Missions4 grants · $500,460
  • City Team Ministries4 grants · $305,100
  • Wellspring4 grants · $299,000
  • The Leadership Connection4 grants · $243,000
  • Hawaiian Islands Ministries4 grants · $229,000
  • Young Life - Diablo Valley4 grants · $207,000
  • Harbor House Ministries4 grants · $172,600
  • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship4 grants · $168,000

Giving over time

$1.6M
2022
$1.6M
2023
$1.6M
2024
$1.8M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 536 grants.

  • $188,300

    The Bay Area Urban Network · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $188,000

    The Bay Area Urban Network · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $178,000

    The Bay Area Urban Network · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $175,200

    The Bay Area Urban Network · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $168,000

    Fuller Theological Seminary · Pasadena, CA · 2025

    Various Programs

  • $164,000

    Fuller Theological Seminary · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Various Programs

  • $160,000

    Fuller Theological Seminary · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Various Programs

  • $160,000

    Fuller Theological Seminary · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Various Programs

  • $131,230

    School of Urban Missions · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Various programs

  • $129,000

    School of Urban Missions · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Various programs

  • $126,230

    School of Urban Missions · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Various programs

  • $114,000

    School of Urban Missions · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Various programs

  • $81,600

    City Team Ministries · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $81,500

    City Team Ministries · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $80,000

    Wellspring · Menlo Park, CA · 2025

    East Bay Candidates

  • $78,000

    Wellspring · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

    East Bay Candidates

  • $73,000

    Wellspring · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    East Bay Candidates

  • $72,000

    City Team Ministries · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $70,000

    City Team Ministries · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $68,000

    Wellspring · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

    East Bay Candidates

  • $63,000

    The Leadership Connection · Walnut Creek, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $61,000

    Hawaiian Islands Ministries · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    General support

  • $60,000

    Hawaiian Islands Ministries · Honolulu, HI · 2025

    General support

  • $60,000

    The Leadership Connection · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $60,000

    The Leadership Connection · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $60,000

    The Leadership Connection · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $55,000

    Hawaiian Islands Ministries · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    General support

  • $55,000

    Young Life - Diablo Valley · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $53,000

    Hawaiian Islands Ministries · Honolulu, HI · 2024

    General support

  • $52,000

    Young Life - Diablo Valley · Walnut Creek, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Young Life - Diablo Valley · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $50,000

    Young Life - Diablo Valley · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $48,000

    Intervarsity Christian Fellowship · Dana Point, CA · 2025

    Multiple Ministries

  • $47,000

    Harbor House Ministries · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $47,000

    Joni & Friends - Sf Bay Area · Castro Valley, CA · 2025

    Various programs

  • $45,600

    Harbor House Ministries · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $45,000

    Joni & Friends - Sf Bay Area · Castro Valley, CA · 2024

    Various programs

  • $45,000

    Harbor House Ministries · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $45,000

    John F Kennedy University · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2023

    Camperships/Leap prog

  • $45,000

    Joni & Friends - Sf Bay Area · Castro Valley, CA · 2022

    Various programs

  • $42,000

    Diocese of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $42,000

    Faith Network of the East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $41,000

    Todays Youth Matter · Milpitas, CA · 2025

    Various programs

  • $40,000

    Faith Network of the East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Family Aid Catholic Education · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Family Aid-Catholic Education

  • $40,000

    Intervarsity Christian Fellowship · Dana Point, CA · 2024

    Multiple Ministries

  • $40,000

    Faith Network of the East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    Family Aid Catholic Education · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Family Aid-Catholic Education

  • $40,000

    Intervarsity Christian Fellowship · Dana Point, CA · 2023

    Multiple Ministries

  • $40,000

    Faith Network of the East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    Intervarsity Christian Fellowship · Dana Point, CA · 2022

    Multiple Ministries

  • $36,000

    Bay Area Rescue Mission · Richmond, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $35,000

    Bay Area Rescue Mission · Richmond, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $35,000

    Harbor House Ministries · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $33,100

    Bay Area Rescue Mission · Richmond, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $31,666

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Family Aid Catholic Education · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Family Aid-Catholic Education

  • $29,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Vine Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $25,000

    Bay Area Rescue Mission · Richmond, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $24,500

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $24,167

    Oakland Digital Arts & Literacy Ctr · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Inspire Oakland 2017 Graphic Arts

  • $20,000

    Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church · Walnut Creek, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $20,000

    Todays Youth Matter · Milpitas, CA · 2023

    Various programs

  • $20,000

    Todays Youth Matter · Milpitas, CA · 2022

    Various programs

  • $16,667

    Tony Larussas Animal Rescue Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $16,000

    Campus Crusade for Christ - Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $16,000

    Stratum · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Religious Fund

  • $16,000

    Teen Esteem · Danville, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $15,000

    Campus Crusade for Christ - Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Stratum · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Religious Fund

  • $15,000

    Teen Esteem · Danville, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Campus Crusade for Christ - Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Teen Esteem · Danville, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Campus Crusade for Christ - Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Prison Fellowship Ministries · Lansdowne, VA · 2022

    General Support

  • $15,000

    Teen Esteem · Danville, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $14,000

    Loaves & Fishes of Contra Costa · Pittsburg, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $14,000

    White Pony Express · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2025

    Operating Support

  • $13,000

    Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $12,500

    Guideposts Foundation · Danbury, CT · 2025

    General Support

  • $12,500

    Loaves & Fishes of Contra Costa · Pittsburg, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $12,000

    Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $11,500

    New Life Church · Alamo, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $11,500

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $11,200

    Monument Crisis Ctr · Concord, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $11,000

    Camps in Common · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Camperships

  • $11,000

    St Vincent De Paul Society · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2025

    General support

  • $11,000

    Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $10,500

    Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High Sch · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $10,500

    Project Peace East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $10,500

    Q Place · Wheaton, IL · 2025

    Various programs

  • $10,000

    Jesuit Volunteers · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Monument Crisis Ctr · Concord, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Teen Challenge of East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $10,000

    The Bread Project · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Contra Costa Interfaith Transitional Hou · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High Sch · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    Loaves & Fishes of Contra Costa · Pittsburg, CA · 2024

    General Support

  • $10,000

    New Life Church · Alamo, CA · 2024

    General Support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.