
About Us

Borrowed from our venture capital legacy, we find, fund and support exceptional leaders with innovative and highly impactful ideas that have the potential to scale. We provide unrestricted capital, and, most importantly, we provide rigorous, ongoing support by joining the board of directors and partnering with the leader to help build capacity in the organization and scale their impact. Learn more about Our Model.
We invest in early-stage organizations and are often their first institutional investor, as well as their first “outside” board member. We invest in a wide variety of sectors: our current portfolio includes organizations working both domestically and internationally, helping to provide critical access to healthcare, education, food security, social justice, water and sanitation, transparency and accountability, and shelter.
We are now looking forward to finding, funding, and supporting the next generation of impactful DRK portfolio organizations. We have expanded our footprint in the world with offices in Menlo Park, Boston, Dallas, The Hague, and Nairobi. With over 200 investments driving an aggregate impact of 274 million direct lives and more than 30 million indirect lives, we truly have over 300 million reasons to believe. Twenty years ago, the thought—let alone the reality—that our portfolio organizations could have this kind of impact in the world was unimaginable. Today it is a reality.
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RT @_EVPA_: #WeekendReading | "It’s time to change the definition of impact investing & change the narrative to make it the rule, not the e…
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Powered by technology, @sirum helps nursing homes, pharmacies and manufacturers donate unused medicine & get it to… https://t.co/fzQDzlIe1y
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RT @USAmbKenya: Delighted to join @DRKFoundation regional Managing Director Kanini Mutooni to explore opportunities in Kenya’s tech ecosyst…
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RT @SSIReview: “Few problems have been truly solved by impact investing, and returns have been nominal at best.” Jim Bildner @DRKFoundation…
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A powerful reminder that our "instruments "or "instrumentalities" do not define us. It is who we are holistically &… https://t.co/3Fwt21EAvB
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#COVID19 has left lingering mental health issues, especially for children. @reach4kids provides PCPs w training in… https://t.co/thr6vCPWQI
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DRK CEO @jimbildner joined @InsidePhilanthr to share more about our model & commitment to finding, funding and supp… https://t.co/JV9Q6OVOwD
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Great spotlight on @911access in @voxdotcom @nowthisnews for their exciting work in emergency assistive tech and di… https://t.co/IqYOCJkZG9
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Congrats @Upstream_USA, a DRK grantee, on being named to @TheAudaciousPrj 2023 cohort! Upstream is the largest or… https://t.co/5YDLP6EA5b
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Tune in! CEO @jimbildner joins @krldbiz to discuss DRK's unique model, scaling our portfolio's direct impact, plus… https://t.co/A9vSsbH9n5
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DRK is thrilled to welcome @Reboot_Rx to our portfolio! Reboot Rx is making generic cancer drugs more available, wh… https://t.co/LEvxVyxP23
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.@Dollarfor_ CEO sat down w/ @NPR to offer his suggestions on what to do if you get a medical bill you can't afford… https://t.co/qs4jMYj4Wh
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Watch @krutibharucha, Founder & CEO of @PeepulIndia, share her journey from a successful corporate career to foundi… https://t.co/H79LUBb6iZ
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.@BeBraven increases the college + career success rate of first-generation students, students from low-income backg… https://t.co/afIMKrRJmw
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With aging infrastructure & climate change, water insecurity is soaring. @DigDeepH2O is working to help these commu… https://t.co/05fiyK5ARX
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Today is #WorldWaterDay, and @lavamaex is spreading the word about the importance of hygiene access in the lives of… https://t.co/CaRJCr7wa5
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"That day, something shifted in the space that we shared. Arpit started to trust me as a teacher & he got a safe sp… https://t.co/iM3B6BOWGi
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.@teamameelio is one of @FastCompany's most innovative nonprofits of 2023! Ameelio leverages software to fight mass… https://t.co/e5Xq0hAMQk
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Great interview feat @DrDanielsJr. Through mental health counseling, coaching & advocacy, @FathersUplift helps fath… https://t.co/kdAO4FuaGS