Donor Partners
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation has the privilege of working with a diverse group of donor partners, including individuals, family foundations, private foundations and corporations, who have joined with us to support innovative entrepreneurs addressing some of the most vexing challenges facing our nation and our world.
Since 2002, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation has raised nearly $100 million from a wide variety of donor partners and supported 100 social enterprises around the world, with plans to support 100 more by 2021.
Our first two funds supported 86 exemplary organizations that are making critical inroads on a diverse set of social issues. Fund III launched in 2016 with $65 million to support 100 new social entrepreneurs through 2020 who aspire to make the world a better place.
Fund I: Vintage year 2002
$14 million contributed, 30 organizations funded
Fund II: Vintage year 2011
$32 million contributed by > 20 donor partners; 56 organizations funded
Fund III: Vintage year 2016
$65 million contributed by >50 donor partners; 100 organizations to be funded
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.@IndusAction is on a mission to help disadvantaged families gain sustainable access to legislated rights. Hear fr… https://t.co/Ui5gTmANqw
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RT @PhilanthropyUni: Transforming Lives Award Winner @Laboratoriala gives Latin American women from underprivileged backgrounds careers in…
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Grantee @Solar_Sister is partnering w @PalmettoSolar to foster local entrepreneurship & energy access across Africa… https://t.co/pYUKWWoVp1
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Congratulations @Laboratoriala, HelpUsGreen + all the recipients of @PhilanthropyUni's 2019 Transforming Lives Awar… https://t.co/yEFrD9nQew
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"The Last Generation" is an interactive film about children growing up in the Marshall Islands, a low-lying nation… https://t.co/ey3ND1FNAe
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Great read! ED of @icivics, @louise_dube's op-ed in @fulcrum_us explores the need for state-by-state efforts to pas… https://t.co/lREIsrQtm2
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Congratulations to grantee @KheytiFarmers Co-Founder + CEO @knrkaushik on being named a candidate for the 2019 Prit… https://t.co/BkI0F9mNSZ
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The latest report from grantee @EdBuild highlights present day inequities of the '74 SCOTUS case Milliken v. Bradle… https://t.co/GuQMLAzniR
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"If we can figure out how to make economic opportunity more equitable, we’ve got a chance of getting thru this,"… https://t.co/7PUXa3E9Yc
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Grantee @empowermentplan is giving second chances to those who want it and providing warmth to those who need it by… https://t.co/axJFvwIYW8
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RT @SSIReview: “As more #funders consider joining collaboratives that set ambitious goals for social change, they will benefit from engagin…
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PODCAST: Social entrepreneur @jacobotech shares his story & vision for founding @DigiNEST, an incubator for young t… https://t.co/0C7eWZYWZ1
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In 2018, six DRK entrepreneurs received major recognition for their work in areas spanning criminal justice, health… https://t.co/KLlOAroMzZ
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A fascinating experience touring @ZankerRecycling today in San Jose, a leader in waste management. The facility div… https://t.co/OUNngMddQQ
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DRK portfolio organizations have collectively impacted more than 120 million lives to date. We are proud to share… https://t.co/pK8o62xzWX
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To accelerate and scale its lending to refugees, grantee @Kiva announces that it will launch the "Kiva Refugee Inve… https://t.co/J9HNIpveUL
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Check out @icivics on a segment of @soledadobrien @matteroffacttv exploring what happens when students put the skil… https://t.co/b4UvMv1MGS
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A BIG thank you to @BeBraven's @EubanksDavis, @EdSuperHighway's @emarwell, @MusoHealth's Ari Johnson, &… https://t.co/j8dQfjNYsK
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Grantee @nataliebfields of @AccountCounsel shares where #China needs to go next on #accountability for #BeltandRoad… https://t.co/ToXZcEfXc1
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With more than 100M messages exchanged with texters in crisis, grantee @CrisisTextLine is using A.I. technology to… https://t.co/dY3M1j3Sm4