Funding search · EIN 776060748 · Palo Alto, CA

Drapkin California Charitable Foundation

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

51
grants reported
$256,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Canopy4 grants · $60,000
  • Lucile Packard Children'S Hospital4 grants · $60,000
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 grants · $58,000
  • Gamble Garden4 grants · $14,000
  • Filoli Center4 grants · $13,000
  • Colby Sawyer College4 grants · $12,000
  • Ability Path4 grants · $8,000
  • Kenyon Parents Fund4 grants · $6,000
  • Committee for Green Foothills4 grants · $6,000
  • Penninsula Open Space Trust3 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$70,000
2022
$58,000
2023
$65,000
2024
$63,000
2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

  • $15,000

    Canopy · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Lucile Packard Children'S Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Canopy · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Lucile Packard Children'S Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Canopy · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Lucile Packard Children'S Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Canopy · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Lucile Packard Children'S Hospital · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $13,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Filoli Center · Woodside, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Filoli Center · Woodside, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $5,000

    Ability Path · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $4,000

    Penninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Colby Sawyer College · New London, NH · 2025

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Colby Sawyer College · New London, NH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Colby Sawyer College · New London, NH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Colby Sawyer College · New London, NH · 2022

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Committee for Green Foothills · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $3,000

    Kenyon Parents Fund · Gambier, OH · 2022

    General operating support

  • $2,000

    Filoli Center · Woodside, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $2,000

    Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $2,000

    Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $2,000

    Sempervirens Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Ability Path · Redwood City, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Avenidas · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Committee for Green Foothills · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Kenyon Parents Fund · Gambier, OH · 2025

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Sempervirens Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Well Trained Horses · Sebastopol, CA · 2025

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Ability Path · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Avenidas · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Committee for Green Foothills · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Kenyon Parents Fund · Gambier, OH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Penninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Sempervirens Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Well Trained Horses · Sebastopol, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Ability Path · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Avenidas · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Committee for Green Foothills · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Kenyon Parents Fund · Gambier, OH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Penninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Sempervirens Fund · Los Altos, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Avenidas · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Bring Me a Book · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $1,000

    Filoli Center · Woodside, CA · 2022

    General operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.