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 $200 million from a wide variety of donor partners and has supported more than 220 social enterprises around the world.

Our first three funds supported nearly 200 exemplary organizations that are making critical inroads on a diverse set of social issues. Fund IV launched in 2021 with $80 million to support 105 new social entrepreneurs 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 funded

Fund IV: Vintage year 2021 

$80 million contributed by >50 donor partners; currently being deployed to fund 105 organizations