Funding search · EIN 943256415 · San Mateo, CA

The Draper Foundation

Name: The Draper Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

248
grants reported: $17.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $19,550
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

5 grants matching “benioff” · $210,000

$100,000
Benioff Childrens Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2024
Medical research
$50,000
Benioff Childrens Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2024
Medical research
$25,000
Benioff Childrens Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2023
Medical research
$10,000
Benioff Childrens Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2023
Medical research
$25,000
Benioff Childrens Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2022
Medical research

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation3 grants · $3.0M
Bizworld Foundation4 grants · $1.2M
Ravenswood Education Foundation2 grants · $999,999
The Independent Institute3 grants · $900,000
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving5 grants · $702,921
University of Texas Fdn Inc Fbo Utsa4 grants · $641,999
Brink Technology4 grants · $600,000
California Policy Center4 grants · $600,000
Libertas Institute2 grants · $600,000
The University of Utah1 grant · $500,000

Giving over time

$4.6M

2022

$6.3M

2023

$6.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 248 grants.

$1.0M
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$1.0M
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$1.0M
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$750,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$666,666
Ravenswood Education Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
Education program
$500,000
Bizworld Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Education program
$500,000
The University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Education program
$500,000
University of Texas Fdn · Austin, TX · 2024
Education program
$500,000
Bizworld Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Education program
$500,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Education program
$400,000
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving · Orlando, FL · 2022
Community outreach
$350,000
Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2023
Education program
$333,333
Ravenswood Education Foundation · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Education program
$250,000
Bayorg · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental reform
$250,000
Brink Technology · Austin, TX · 2024
Education program
$250,000
Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2024
Education program
$250,000
University of Texas Fdn Inc Fbo Utsa · Austin, TX · 2022
Education program
$248,110
University of Texas Fdn Inc Fbo Utsa · Austin, TX · 2023
Education program
$225,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022
Education program
$200,000
Brink Technology · Austin, TX · 2024
Education program
$200,000
California Policy Center · Tustin, CA · 2024
Education program
$200,000
California Policy Center · Tustin, CA · 2023
Education program
$200,000
Csssa Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education program
$200,000
Point O Woods Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Community outreach
$175,000
Voting Block USA · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$150,000
Art of Living Foundation · Chino Hills, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$150,000
UCLA · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Education program
$150,000
Corporation Chileno Alemana De Beneficencia · 2022
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$150,000
Endeavor Global · New York, NY · 2022
Community outreach
$150,000
Stanford University Development Services · Stanford, CA · 2022
Education program
$142,000
University of Texas Fdn Inc Fbo Utsa · Austin, TX · 2022
Education program
$134,000
Bizworld Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Education program
$123,976
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving · Orlando, FL · 2023
Community outreach
$100,000
Benioff Childrens Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2024
Medical research
$100,000
Bizworld Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Education program
$100,000
California Policy Center · Tustin, CA · 2024
Education program
$100,000
Carla and David Crane Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education program
$100,000
Csssa Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education program
$100,000
Hudson Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Education program
$100,000
Point Owood Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Community outreach
$100,000
Art of Living Foundation · Chino Hills, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$100,000
Brink Technology · Austin, TX · 2023
Education program
$100,000
California Policy Center · Tustin, CA · 2023
Education program
$100,000
Carla and David Crane Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education program
$100,000
Crystal Springs Uplands School · Hillsborough, CA · 2023
Education program
$100,000
David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Education program
$100,000
Listen First Project · Cary, NC · 2023
Community outreach
$100,000
Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Medical research
$100,000
Stand Together Trust · Arlington, VA · 2023
Community outreach
$100,000
The Daniel R Sayre Memorial Foundation · Kailua Kona, HI · 2023
Community outreach
$100,000
Gofundmeorg · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$100,000
Gv Bk Fd Ai Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
Medical research
$100,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$99,750
Ryder Institute · San Mateo, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$80,000
Canyon School Booster Club · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education program
$76,160
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving · Orlando, FL · 2023
Community outreach
$75,000
Point Owood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Community outreach
$70,000
Refugee Relief International · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$60,000
Phillips Andover Academy · Andover, MA · 2024
Education program
$55,000
Canyon School Booster Club · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education program
$52,785
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving · Orlando, FL · 2022
Community outreach
$50,000
Benioff Childrens Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2024
Medical research
$50,000
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$50,000
Endeavor Global · San Diego, CA · 2024
Education program
$50,000
Museum of Modern Art - Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Community outreach
$50,000
Outward Bound International · New York, NY · 2024
Education program
$50,000
Refugee Relief International · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$50,000
Ryder Institute · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$50,000
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving · Orlando, FL · 2024
Community outreach
$50,000
Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$50,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Education program
$50,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$50,000
American Transparency · Hinsdale, IL · 2023
Education program
$50,000
Brink Technology · Austin, TX · 2023
Education program
$50,000
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$50,000
Endeavor Global · San Diego, CA · 2023
Education program
$50,000
Museum of Modern Art - Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Community outreach
$50,000
Phillips Andover Academy · Andover, MA · 2023
Education program
$50,000
Point Owood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Community outreach
$50,000
Refugee Relief International · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$50,000
Ryder Institute · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$50,000
Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$50,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023
Education program
$50,000
Theatreworks Silicon Valley · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Community outreach
$50,000
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$50,000
Csssa Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education program
$50,000
Museum of Modern Art - Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
Community outreach
$50,000
Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$50,000
Tie Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
Community outreach
$35,000
Lucile Packard Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Medical research
$35,000
Project Glimmer · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Community outreach
$35,000
Lucile Packard Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Medical research
$35,000
Phillips Andover Academy · Andover, MA · 2022
Education program
$30,000
UCLA · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Education program
$30,000
Icivics · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Education program
$30,000
The Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education program
$30,000
University of California Los Angeles · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Education program
$25,000
American Transparency · Hinsdale, IL · 2024
Education program
$25,000
Anderson Collection - Stanford Univ Dev · Stanford, CA · 2024
Education program
$25,000
Food for the Poor · Coconut Creek, FL · 2024
Community outreach

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