California · Private foundation
Drapkin California Charitable 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.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Drapkin California Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $50k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $55k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $70k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $63k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $63k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $65k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canopy | $135,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Elizabeth F Gamble Garden | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Colby-Sawyer College | $19,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Avenidas | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Filoli Center | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Abilitypath | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sempervirens Fund | $11,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Palo Alto Partners in Education | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Abilitypath Housing | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canopy | $135,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Elizabeth F Gamble Garden | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Colby-Sawyer College | $19,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Avenidas | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Filoli Center | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Abilitypath | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sempervirens Fund | $11,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Palo Alto Partners in Education | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Abilitypath Housing | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The North Carolina Children's Museum | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Well Trained Horses | $2,000 | 2 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($255k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Drapkin California Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Ara & Edma Dumanian Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Drapkin California Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Drapkin California Charitable Foundation
- How much does Drapkin California Charitable Foundation give?
- Drapkin California Charitable Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $63,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Drapkin California Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (34%), Health (23%), Education (18%).
- Who are Drapkin California Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Canopy ($135k), Elizabeth F Gamble Garden ($20k), Colby-Sawyer College ($19k).
- Does Drapkin California Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Drapkin California Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Drapkin California Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Ara & Edma Dumanian Foundation.
- Where is Drapkin California Charitable Foundation based?
- Drapkin California Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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