Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Grants

The grant program focuses on supporting transformational societal change through entrepreneurs and enterprises addressing critical social or environmental issues. DRK funds:

• Organizations focused on a critical social or environmental issue.
• Founders aiming for significant impact expansion.
• Entities operating in Africa, Europe, India, Latin America, and the United States.
• Independent nonprofit and mission-driven for-profit entities, including US 501(c)3 and its non-US equivalents, C corporations, B corporations, and hybrid organizations.
• Post-pilot, pre-scale organizations that have shown early indications of impact.
• Organizations led by full-time founders or those intending to be full-time.
• Projects that value diversity and are committed to justice, equity, inclusion, and belonging practices.

DRK prioritizes:

• Alignment with systemic social change, data-based decision making.
• Continually learning leaders who understand their communities and are committed to justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Organizations designed for impact at scale.

Supported issues include Arts & Culture, Civic Engagement, Economic Empowerment, Education, Energy & Environment, Food & Agriculture, Health, Social Justice, and Systemic Poverty.