Funding search · EIN 201734765 · Chicago, IL
Drw 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.
- 171
- grants reported
- $10.7M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $40,000
- 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Noble Network of Charter Schools4 grants · $1.3M
- California Institute of Technology2 grants · $1.3M
- Code Platoon5 grants · $750,000
- Greenwood Project4 grants · $600,000
- Bottom Line5 grants · $418,400
- Chicago Tech Academy High School5 grants · $415,000
- Kids First Chicago for Education4 grants · $400,000
- The Bloc4 grants · $385,000
- Owls Lacrosse4 grants · $385,000
- Metrosquash Nfp4 grants · $345,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 171 grants.
- $750,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2025
General support
- $500,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General support
- $465,398
Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $315,000
Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $285,000
Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $263,145
Noble Network of Charter Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $200,000
Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $200,000
Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $150,000
Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $150,000
Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $150,000
Code Platoon · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $150,000
Greenwood Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $121,500
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $113,400
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $110,000
Owls Lacrosse · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $110,000
Chicago Tech Academy High School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $110,000
The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Chicago Tech Academy High School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $100,000
The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Owls Lacrosse · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Chicago Tech Academy High School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Code Nation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Owls Lacrosse · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Aspire of Illinois · Hillside, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Bottom Line · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Chicago Tech Academy High School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Friends of the World Food Program · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Kids First Chicago for Education · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Lakeview Pantry · Lakeview, MI · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Metrosquash Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $85,000
Metrosquash Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $80,000
Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $80,000
Metrosquash Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $80,000
Aspire of Illinois · Maywood, IL · 2023
General support
- $80,000
Metrosquash Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $75,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $75,000
College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $75,000
Nourishing Hope Dba Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $75,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $75,000
Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $75,000
The Bloc · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $75,000
Beat the Streets Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Code Nation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Owls Lacrosse · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $75,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $65,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Nourishing Hope Dba Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
America Needs You · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Code 2 College · Pflugerville, TX · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Resilience · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $50,000
The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
- $50,000
America Needs You · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Aspire of Illinois · Maywood, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $50,000
America Needs You · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Code Platoon · Wilmette, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
College Possible · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Nourishing Hope Dba Lakeview Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
America Needs You · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $45,000
Curt'S Cafe · Skokie, IL · 2025
General support
- $45,000
Curt'S Cafe · Skokie, IL · 2024
General support
- $45,000
Curt'S Cafe · Skokie, IL · 2023
General support
- $40,000
Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $40,000
Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $40,000
Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $40,000
College Possible · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
- $40,000
Curt'S Cafe · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
- $40,000
Inspiration Corporation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $35,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $35,000
The Alliance 98 · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $35,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $35,000
Invest for Kids · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $35,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $30,000
The Alliance 98 · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
- $30,000
The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
- $30,000
Bridge To Turkiye · Cary, NC · 2023
General support
- $30,000
The Alliance 98 · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
- $30,000
Open Books Ltd · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
One Goal · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Reading in Motion · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Rebuilding Exchange · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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