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 2022–2025. 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
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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