· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $43k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CANOPY | $15,000 |
| LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $15,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $13,000 |
| GAMBLE GARDEN | $5,000 |
| FILOLI CENTER | $5,000 |
| COLBY SAWYER COLLEGE | $3,000 |
| KENYON PARENTS FUND | $1,000 |
| SEMPERVIRENS FUND | $1,000 |
| ABILITY PATH | $1,000 |
| AVENIDAS | $1,000 |
| WELL TRAINED HORSES | $1,000 |
| COMMITTEE FOR GREEN FOOTHILLS | $1,000 |
| PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCanopy9× · 2017–2025 · $135k · revenue +190%
- EFELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN9× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +45%
- FCFILOLI CENTER5× · 2021–2025 · $14k · revenue +79%
Funded once
- PAPALO ALTO PARTNERS FOR EDUCATIONone grant, 2021 · $3k
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.
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.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.
The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…
Save the redwoods league protects and restores redwood forests and connects people with their peace and beauty so these wonders of the natural world flourish.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
Epacenter's mission is to increase opportunities for youth to discover and amplify their talents, realize their potential, and impact the world through art, design, and technology.
The catalina island conservancy protects and stewards 88% of catalina island. more than 42,000 acres of wildlands, coves and coastal habitats. founded to preserve the island's natural resources, the conservancy advances a mission rooted in…
Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…
The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Canopy ↗
- Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds ELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN ↗
- Who funds Colby-Sawyer College ↗
- Who funds AVENIDAS ↗
- Who funds FILOLI CENTER ↗
- Who funds ABILITYPATH ↗
- Who funds SEMPERVIRENS FUND ↗
- Who funds PALO ALTO PARTNERS IN EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST ↗
- Who funds ABILITYPATH HOUSING ↗
- Who funds THE NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds WELL TRAINED HORSES ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Drapkin California Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Drapkin California Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
How this is measured
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