Contra Costa Crisis Center
Contra Costa Crisis Center is a public charity based in Walnut Creek, California. Founded in 1963, it provides free, around-the-clock crisis support and connects people with community services, serving residents throughout Contra Costa County.
Contra Costa Crisis Center at a glance
- Total assets
- $6,424,595
- +44.6% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $5,207,996
- +88.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $124,071
- +18.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,996,391
- +31.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Contra Costa Crisis Center
- Contact
Mailing address: 307 Lennon Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: (925) 939-1916
Website: https://crisis-center.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Contra Costa Crisis Center funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
16 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 16 grants of 16 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization states that it serves residents throughout Contra Costa County. Its 2021 grant recipients included organizations in Oakland, Concord, Berkeley, and Richmond, California.
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Is Contra Costa Crisis Center open to new grantees?
50%
first-time grantees, 2021
In 2021, 8 of 16 grantees (50%) were first-time recipients. With only 16 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $7K; repeat grants $7K. How we count
Medians: $7K first-time, $7K repeat.
- 38% of 2021 grantees were also funded in 2020. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2021). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $42K (2019) to $111K (2021). In 2021 it made 16 grants totaling $111K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Meals on Wheels Walnut Creek, CA | Program Activities | $8,000 |
| Renaissance Entrepreneuship C San Francisco, CA | Program Activities | $8,000 |
| Bay Area Outreach & Recreatio Berkeley, CA | Program Activities | $7,500 |
| St Vincent De Paul of Contra Pittsburg, CA | Program Activities | $7,500 |
| Swords to Plowshares San Francisco, CA | Program Activities | $7,500 |
| Berkeley Food Network Berkeley, CA | Program Activities | $7,000 |
| Beyond Emancipation Oakland, CA | Program Activities | $7,000 |
| Brighter Beginnings Antioch, CA | Program Activities | $7,000 |
| Legal Assistance for Seniors Oakland, CA | Program Activities | $7,000 |
| Rainbow Community Center Concord, CA | Program Activities | $7,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,424,595 | $5,207,996 | $2,996,391 | — | — | $124,071 |
| 2024 | $4,442,096 | $2,769,779 | $2,282,210 | — | — | $105,067 |
| 2023 | $3,890,654 | $2,764,219 | $2,440,860 | — | — | $29,305 |
| 2022 | $3,558,516 | $2,833,642 | $2,258,440 | — | — | $8,270 |
| 2021 | $3,481,460 | $2,845,129 | $2,568,633 | $111,000 | 16 | $35,922 |
| 2020 | $2,699,852 | $2,051,145 | $1,975,166 | $67,000 | 10 | $23,455 |
| 2019 | $2,667,029 | $2,024,797 | $1,738,217 | $41,500 | 6 | $18,598 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s mission is to keep people alive and safe, help them through crises, and provide or connect them with culturally relevant services in the community.
Its stated programs include crisis counseling, suicide prevention, emotional support, safety assessment, and connections to community resources by phone, chat, and text. It also provides multilingual 211 referrals for health, housing, food, mental health, disaster response, and social services.
Examples of organizations it supported in 2021 include Beyond Emancipation, whose mission is to support young people as they create lives beyond foster care; Rainbow Community Center, which describes its work as building community and promoting well-being among LGBTQI+ people and allies; and Berkeley Food Network, which works to expand food assistance for food-insecure Berkeley residents. Other listed grantees include Brighter Beginnings, Legal Assistance for Seniors, and Rubicon Programs.
Grantmaking
The available examples of grants made by the organization are from 2021. It awarded $7,000 each to Beyond Emancipation, Rainbow Community Center, Berkeley Food Network, Brighter Beginnings, and Legal Assistance for Seniors, and $6,000 to Rubicon Programs. These listed awards range from $6,000 to $7,000; the examples do not establish a typical award size or the organization’s total giving for that year. IRS filing data reports a grant count of zero for each of 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The organization also reports receiving grants and donations from public and private sources. Those funding sources are distinct from grants it makes to other organizations.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists these officers and directors:
- Mark Dossa — Co-President
- Linda Del Matto — Co-President
- Nadesdye Valdes-Wong — Vice-President
- Robert Combs — Secretary
- Robin Raff — Secretary
- Guita Bahramipour — At Large
- Dave Kwinter — At Large
- David Newhouse — At Large
- Rob Park — At Large
- Lizzie Vinluan — At Large
Contra Costa Crisis Center is led by Tom Tamura, Interim Executive Director since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 4 of 17 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Tom Tamura
Interim Executive Director
Executive Director → Interim Executive Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$135K (2019) → $5K (2025)
Elaine Cortez Schroth
Executive Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$129K (2025)
Linda Del Matto
Co-President
Treasurer → Co-President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Dossa
Co-President
Director → President, 2022
President → Co-President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lesley Garcia
Director of Programs
Director of Program → Director of Programs, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$104K (2024) → $109K (2025)
Elizabeth Valadez
Accounting & Operations Manager
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$100K (2025)
David Newhouse
At Large
Director → At Large, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robin Raff
Secretary
Director Operations → Director, 2022
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Guita Bahramipour
At Large
Director → At Large, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Kwinter
At Large
Director → At Large, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lizzie Vinluan
At Large
Director → At Large, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nadesdye Valdes-Wong
Vice President
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Combs
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Samaranika Mohapatra
At Large
Director → At Large, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tamara Mourton
At Large
Director → At Large, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dionne Blackman-Moeller
At Large
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rob Park
At Large
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (13)
- Former: Robert Park (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Dave Newhouse (2024) — Director
- Former: Walter Middleton (2019–2023) — Director Operations
- Former: Chris Shackelford (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Concepcin James (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Andrew Pojman (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Bonnie Glatzer (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Nadesdye Valdes (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Angela Peluso (2019) — Director
- Former: Jachyn Davis (2019) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Weise (2019) — Director
- Former: Peg Toralti (2019) — Affiliate
- Former: Shari Nagy (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $129K, to Elaine Cortez Schroth (Executive Director). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Contra Costa Crisis Center
How large is Contra Costa Crisis Center?
Contra Costa Crisis Center reported $6.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.2M.
What does Contra Costa Crisis Center fund?
The organization’s mission is to keep people alive and safe, help them through crises, and provide or connect them with culturally relevant services in the community. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Contra Costa Crisis Center?
Contra Costa Crisis Center has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check crisis-center.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
Where does Contra Costa Crisis Center make grants?
The organization states that it serves residents throughout Contra Costa County. Its 2021 grant recipients included organizations in Oakland, Concord, Berkeley, and Richmond, California.
What is Contra Costa Crisis Center's EIN?
Contra Costa Crisis Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-1747227. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 10, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 15, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
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