Deadline: Ongoing
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, in order to improve the lives of people and the world through innovative strategies, is currently seeking applicants for its grants program.
Its goal is to find social entrepreneurs with dynamic ideas and nurture them at the early stages with maximum leverage and total commitment.
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation is a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early stage, high impact social enterprises, with the belief that with early funding and rigorous support, exceptional leaders, tackling some of society’s most complex problems, can make the world a better place.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include entrepreneurs who exhibit characteristics of extraordinary leadership: vision, intelligence, influence, ambition, discretion and follow-through. Draper Richards Kaplan entrepreneurs have proven track records that demonstrate a full spectrum of competencies.
- Foundation supports social enterprises — nonprofit, for profit and hybrid organizations — that can expand enough to directly benefit a large number of beneficiaries and impart enough momentum to influence broader systems that encumber progress.
- Applicants must be:
- Leaders tackling important social issues that can make a difference in the lives of many.
- Models that have the likelihood to be able to scale.
- Social enterprises in the early stages of their development where DRK involvement (financial, as a board member and through other support) can make a real difference.
- On average, organizations are 1-3 years old and the leader is prepared to execute an ambitious plan.
- Social enterprises that are national or global in reach and/or social issue.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Grants.