Illinois · Private foundation
Drw 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.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 49
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Drw Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $519k 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 | 36 | $3.2M | 6% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $2.7M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $2.6M | 37% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $2.2M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $1.4M | 59% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $2.0M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $544k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $416k | 46% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Network of Charter Schools | $3,261,426 | 9 | 0% |
| California Institute of Technology | $1,250,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Code Platoon Nfp | $890,670 | 8 | 8% |
| Greenwood Project | $701,313 | 5 | 7% |
| Kids First Chicago for Education | $568,230 | 8 | 3% |
| Chicago Tech Academy | $533,900 | 9 | 2% |
| Metrosquash Nfp | $492,535 | 8 | 3% |
| University of Chicago | $486,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $392,689 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 105 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Drw Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 102 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Finnegan Family Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Motorola Solutions Foundation
How this is measured
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About Drw Foundation
- How much does Drw Foundation give?
- Drw Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $3,161,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 49 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Drw Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Employment (12%), Science & Tech (8%).
- Who are Drw Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Noble Network of Charter Schools ($3.3M), California Institute of Technology ($1.3M), Code Platoon Nfp ($891k).
- Does Drw Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Drw 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 Drw Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Circle of Service Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Drw Foundation based?
- Drw Foundation is based in IL.
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