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    • Organization Name
    • Focus Area
    • 2019 Amount
    • 2020 Amount
    • 2021 Amount
    • Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
    • Arts & Culture
    • $25,000
    • $25,000
    • -

    • General support for youth programming

    • Loved Twice
    • Children & Families
    • $8,000
    • $13,000
    • -

    • Contra Costa operating support

    • Marine Science Institute
    • Education
    • $10,000
    • $10,000
    • -

    • Field trips for students in Contra Costa County

    • Martinez Early Childhood Center
    • Education
    • $5,000
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Programming support

    • Meals on Wheels Diablo Region
    • Children & Families
    • $75,000
    • $75,000 + $25,000 (COVID-19)
    • $100,000

    • General operating support; COVID-19 funding

    • Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc.
    • Children & Families
    • $75,000
    • $75,000
    • -

    • General support and matching grant for the new donor appeal; meals for homebound elders

    • Mindful Life Project
    • Education
    • $20,000
    • $20,000 + $20,000
    • -

    • Programming in East and West Contra Costa schools; Programming in Antioch Unified School District

    • Mobility Matters
    • Children & Families
    • $30,000
    • $30,000
    • -

    • Senior Reassurance program

    • Monument Crisis Center
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $20,000
    • -

    • COVID-19 funding

    • Monument Impact
    • Children & Families
    • $50,000
    • $50,000 + $15,000 (COVID-19)
    • -

    • Technology for Success programming support; COVID-19 funding

    • Monumental Toy Drive
    • Children & Families
    • $2,500
    • -
    • -

    • Holiday toy drive support

    • Mount Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) Education Foundation
    • Arts & Culture
    • $25,000
    • $25,000
    • -

    • Arts Infusion in Mt. Diablo Schools

    • Mt. Diablo Unified School District – Crossroads High School
    • Education
    • $25,000
    • $25,000
    • -

    • Literacy programming for teen parents

    • Museum of the San Ramon Valley
    • Arts & Culture
    • $5,000
    • -
    • -

    • Exhibition support

    • National Center for Family Philanthropy
    • Philanthropic Support
    • $2,400
    • -
    • -

    • Dues support

    • National Center for Youth Law
    • Education
    • -
    • $70,000
    • -

    • Support for FosterEd program in Contra Costa

    • National Institute of Canine Service and Training (formerly Dogs for Diabetics)
    • Children & Families
    • $5,000
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Buddy Dog program support

    • Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series
    • Arts & Culture
    • -
    • 2014-2020: $1,000,000
    • -

    • To underwrite speaker expenses and production support of the community lecture series at the Lesher Center for the Arts

    • Northern California Grantmakers
    • Philanthropic Support
    • $9,250
    • -
    • -

    • Dues support

    • Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development (NIAD Art Center)
    • Arts & Culture
    • $10,000
    • $10,000
    • $10,000

    • Art exhibition support and supplies

    • Okizu
    • Children & Families
    • $10,000
    • -
    • -

    • Camperships for Contra Costa children

    • Ombudsman Services of Contra Costa County
    • Children & Families
    • $15,000
    • $15,000
    • -

    • East Contra Costa senior program support

    • Opportunity Junction
    • Children & Families
    • $75,000
    • $75,000
    • $75,000

    • Core operating support

    • Outward Bound California
    • Children & Families
    • $15,000
    • $15,000
    • -

    • Contra Costa Pinnacle scholarships

    • Pacific Chamber Orchestra
    • Arts & Culture
    • $10,000
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Contra Costa County concerts