New York · Public charity
Dropbox Charitable Foundation
The DROPBOX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION partners with impactful organizations that defend human rights around the world. (cont sch o)dcf provides unrestricted grants, and to make that funding go further, we match organizational needs to the capabilities of dropbox employee volunteers.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $739k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Dropbox Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $739k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $950k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $975k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $800k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $975k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $800k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $460k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larkin Street Youth Services | $625,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Mockingbird Society | $607,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Women for Women International | $600,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kind Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Witness Inc | $575,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Raheem Ai DBA Community Response Works | $557,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Goal USA Inc | $535,000 | 3 | 97% |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | $525,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Outright International | $525,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Allies Against Slavery | $425,000 | 3 | 41% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larkin Street Youth Services | $625,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Mockingbird Society | $607,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Women for Women International | $600,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kind Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Witness Inc | $575,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Raheem Ai DBA Community Response Works | $557,000 | 4 | 23% |
| Goal USA Inc | $535,000 | 3 | 97% |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | $525,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Outright International | $525,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Allies Against Slavery | $425,000 | 3 | 41% |
| Freedom FWD-DBA Freedom Forward | $125,000 | 1 | 5% |
Where it is load-bearing
Dropbox Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Dropbox Charitable Foundation
- How much does Dropbox Charitable Foundation give?
- Dropbox Charitable Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $739,000, out of $1,078,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Dropbox Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (29%), Civil Rights (27%), Human Services (20%).
- Who are Dropbox Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Larkin Street Youth Services ($625k), The Mockingbird Society ($607k), Women for Women International ($600k).
- Does Dropbox Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dropbox Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Dropbox Charitable Foundation based?
- Dropbox Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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