California · Nonprofit
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa (California) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,271,888 to it, the largest being WHITE PONY EXPRESS ($632,591). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa does
Mission
Since 1983, Loaves and Fishes has served over 5 million meals to many thousands of hungry people throughout Contra Costa County.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hot Meal ProgramThe Hot meal program serves people living in Contra Costa County who are experiencing food insecurity. Since 1983, Loaves and Fishes has served over 5 million meals to many thousands of hungry people. We have recruited thousands of volunteers and built an organization that has grown to serving over 251,000 meals, and distributing over 200 tons of groceries each fiscal year.Dining RoomsWe operate dining in Antioch, Bay Point, Martinez, Oakley, Pittsburg, and Walnut Creek where hot meals are provided. We Serve meals to the hungry without regard to race, religion, sex, age, place of residence or any other qualification.
$2,124,982 spent$291,645 earned by the program71% of program spendingCulinary Arts Training ProgramThis 12-week Culinary Arts program includes training in the basics of a commercial kitchen, job retention and life skills. Our vision is to provide better preparation opportunities for students to obtain jobs that will lead to true careers and financial independence. Students are introduced to the robust Culinary Arts program at Diablo Valley College and are provided help in obtaining jobs in the culinary field. Upon completion of the class each student will have earned the requisite Safety and Sanitation License (ServSafe Certificate) required by law for all food related service workers.
$769,119 spent26% of program spendingMobile Unit: Mobile Unit gives LFCC the ability to reach people in need who cannot visit our 5 dining rooms. The mobile unit serves hot meals to anyone that is in need of food living in Contra Costa County. The delivery of meals is provided through partnerships such as other nonprofits, county programs and churches.
$108,075 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,002,176.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.5M to $3.2M (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 5% · 2020 3% · 2021 17% · 2022 9% · 2023 7% · 2024 9% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Michael Wilson
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $164k → $504k.
20 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 25% · 2019 19% · 2020 37% · 2021 40% · 2022 22% · 2023 15% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
57% of Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
88% of Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa?
- Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa (California) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,271,888 to it, the largest being WHITE PONY EXPRESS ($632,591). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $4,271,888 in grants to Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa?
- WHITE PONY EXPRESS is the largest funder on record, with $632,591 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 70 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing