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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 77-6060748

Drapkin California Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Palo Alto, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $63,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,042,693

  • Tax year 2024

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,017,046

  • Tax year 2023

    $58,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $982,816

  • Tax year 2022

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $993,599

  • Tax year 2021

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,014,253

  • Tax year 2020

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,015,700

  • Tax year 2019

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,032,394

  • Tax year 2018

    $65,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,062,514

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. CanopyPalo Alto, CA

    General operating support

    $15,000
  2. Lucile Packard Children's HospitalPalo Alto, CA

    General operating support

    $15,000
  3. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA

    General operating support

    $13,000
  4. Filoli CenterWoodside, CA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  5. Gamble GardenPalo Alto, CA

    General operating support

    $5,000
  6. Colby Sawyer CollegeNew London, NH

    General operating support

    $3,000
  7. Ability PATHRedwood City, CA

    General operating support

    $1,000
  8. AvenidasPalo Alto, CA

    General operating support

    $1,000
  9. Committee for Green FoothillsPalo Alto, CA

    General operating support

    $1,000
  10. Kenyon Parents FundGambier, OH

    General operating support

    $1,000
  11. Peninsula Open Space TrustPalo Alto, CA

    General operating support

    $1,000
  12. Sempervirens FundMountain View, CA

    General operating support

    $1,000
  13. Well Trained HorsesSebastopol, CA

    General operating support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment3 grants $17,00042% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $16,00040% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00012% of the total
  4. Animals1 grant $1,0002% of the total
  5. Human services1 grant $1,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California10 grants $46,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $13,000
  3. New Hampshire1 grant $3,000
  4. Ohio1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Nancy S DrapkinTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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