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Draper and Kramer Foundation at a glance

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Draper and Kramer Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$118kHealth$86kHuman Services$78kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kYouth Development$34kEducation$22kArts & Culture$21kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,495
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$4,085
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,420
TOYS FOR TOTS$3,415
THE NIGHT MINISTRY$1,970
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS$1,725
CHICAGO REFUGEE COALITION$1,620
DEBORAH'S PLACE$1,535
CAMP OUT FOR KIDS$1,530
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$1,515
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$1,505
HOPE FOR THE DAY$1,495
CENTER ON HALSTED$1,495
NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD PANTRIES$1,478
MARCH OF DIMES FOUNDATION$1,470
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$1,470
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $1k → 8%RUNAWAY FOR RECOVERY: $811 → 10%ANDEAN AID: $6k → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD PANTRIES: $2k → 7%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2k → 15%ANDEAN AID: $671 → 10%NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD PANTRIES: $2k → 7%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD PANTRIES: $1k → 7%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2k → 15%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $1k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $1k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $929 → 15%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $968 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $892 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $851 → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $493 → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $405 → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $804 → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $4k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $3k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $1k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $1k → 14%FIGUEROA WU FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $1k → 14%MISERICORDIA HOME: $1k → 14%SALUTE INC: $894 → 14%VOICES FOR ILLINOIS CHILDREN INC: $246 → 14%CHICAGO REFUGEE COALITION: $3k → 14%CHICAGO REFUGEE COALITION: $2k → 14%CHICAGO REFUGEE COALITION: $2k → 14%CHICAGO REFUGEE COALITION: $927 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
MO
KY
VA
KS
DC
HI
MS
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$425k · 65 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

65 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
53

Total granted

$425k
$107k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+16%

Still filing today

77%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $79k · revenue +140%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +40%
  • THE NIGHT MINISTRY
    6× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • THE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $18k · revenue -54%
  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +12%
  • LC
    Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
2
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…

Health
3
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
4
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
5
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
8
Pediatric Faculty Foundation Inc

We value excellence and innovation in clinical and basic research, coordinated and comprehensive patient care, ongoing physician education, and evidence-based child advocacy. our goal is to provide leadership in endeavors that promote the…

Health
9
The Chicago Scholars Foundation

Chicago scholars is transforming the leadership landscape of our city by resolving the fundamental barriers to success for academically driven, first generation college students from under-resourced communities.

Education
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
Institute of Medicine of Chicago

Mission - the institute of medicine of chicago is an independent non-profit organization of distinguished leaders in the health field who collaborate to improve the health of the public. drawing upon the expertise of a diverse membership…

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12
Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center

We are dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for the northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a leader in: -pediatric health care delivery…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Camp Out for Kids. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

97 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 97 of the 121 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
94/97
Grantees still filing
71/97
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOYS FOR TOTS: $25,114 · OtherTOYS FOR TOTS4TH WARD STRONG COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATION: $21,314 · Other4TH WARD STRONG COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONTHE SALVATION ARMY USA: $12,052 · OtherTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · OtherTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INCCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $10,228 · OtherWEAR BLUE RUN TO REMEMBER: $10,130 · Other+59 more: $148,039 · Other+59 moreGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $79,003 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FO…MAUI FOOD BANK INC: $4,687 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC+2 more: $2,346 · Food & NutritionALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,707 · HealthALZHEIMER'S D…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $10,041 · HealthMARCH OF DIME…HOPE FOR THE DAY: $5,234 · HealthHOPE FOR THE …NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4,800 · HealthNATIONAL MULT…PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,009 · HealthPULMONARY FIB…American Heart Association Inc: $3,847 · HealthAmerican Hear…NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $3,714 · HealthNATIONAL OVAR…A SILVER LINING FOUNDATION: $3,090 · HealthIMERMAN ANGELS: $2,803 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $2,335 · Health+9 more: $7,517 · Health+9 moreTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $12,824 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MI…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $11,060 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN…Chicago Refugee Coalition: $6,768 · Human ServicesChicago Refu…Andean Aid: $6,291 · Human ServicesAndean AidNeighborhood Food Pantries: $5,199 · Human ServicesNeighborhood…MISERICORDIA HOME: $3,763 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA…Center on Halsted: $2,947 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,711 · Human Services+7 more: $8,545 · Human Services+7 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,282 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,294 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,607 · InternationalUniversity of Chicago: $6,000 · EducationChicago Loop Alliance Foundation: $4,500 · EducationCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $2,858 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $2,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $2,000 · EducationMidtown-Metro Achievement Centers: $1,436 · EducationLA CAUSA INC: $1,342 · EducationWARRIOR-SCHOLAR PROJECT FOUNDATION: $1,132 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $1,000 · EducationGiant Steps Illinois Inc: $876 · EducationSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $8,508 · Recreation & SportsCAMP OUT FOR KIDS: $6,817 · Recreation & SportsCHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION: $2,708 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$244,877Food & Nutrition$86,036Health$65,097Human Services$60,108International$37,183Education$25,144Recreation & Sports$20,033

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $79,003 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,282 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,707 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $12,824 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $11,060 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS: $10,228 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWEAR BLUE RUN TO REMEMBER: $10,130 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $10,041 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $8,508 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,297 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP OUT FOR KIDS: $6,817 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetChicago Refugee Coalition: $6,768 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCOMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: $6,689 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAndean Aid: $6,291 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEBORAH'S PLACE: $5,823 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,294 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR THE DAY: $5,234 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood Food Pantries: $5,199 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $4,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSudden Infant Death Services of Illinois: $4,739 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $4,687 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Loop Alliance Foundation: $4,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetREFUGEEONE: $4,420 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $4,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,009 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,847 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $3,763 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $3,714 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INC: $3,632 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLADIES OF VIRTUE: $3,308 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetA SILVER LINING FOUNDATION: $3,090 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $2,947 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $2,858 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMERMAN ANGELS: $2,803 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,711 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO PARKS FOUNDATION: $2,708 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $2,706 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $2,435 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,404 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $2,335 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

AbbVie FoundationThe Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Robert R McCormick Fo…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Fifth Third Chicagola…United Way of Metropo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Motorola Solutions Fo…Baxter International …Charities Aid Foundat…
AbbVie FoundationIL22.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Draper and Kramer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Draper and Kramer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Draper and Kramer Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 121 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home