DRK Foundation Online Application

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DRK Foundation Online Application

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Yes - 2024 Climate/SustainabilityNo

The intent of this request for materials is for us to get to know the fundamentals about you, your organization and your team. It is intended to draw on existing materials and to take about 30-60 minutes to complete.

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Once you have filled out all of the fields, please click "Submit Completed Application" at the bottom of page 6.

Please upload with your application any overview document(s) that will help us understand your social venture. This could be in the form of a pitch deck, written executive summary, business plan document, 2-pager, or any other format that you find useful. Other supplemental materials (e.g., financials) are welcome, but completely optional. We understand that building these materials takes time - please feel free to use documents you have already created for other proposals or presentations. We will use these materials to better understand your organization and to consider its potential for fit with our investment focus; we will not evaluate your application on whether or not your materials are tailored to DRK specifically.

If you have previously applied to DRK and did not hear back from a member of our team encouraging you to re-apply, your organization is not a fit with our investment thesis based on your application. However, if you feel strongly that your organization should be reconsidered, you may read about our funding criteria on our website. Note that organization may re-apply up to twice, no sooner than on year after a decline notification from any previous applications. To re-apply, your organization should indicate the current year in the name field of the application form (e.g., Social Enterprise for Good - 2024). DRK is unable to review materials from any re-applications from organizations that have submitted more than three applications in total.

We are most interested to understand the following topics, but do not require that an application address all of them.

Problem and solution

What are the mission and objectives of your organization?
What is the social problem your organization addresses?
What is the solution your organization provides?
Who is your target customer, user, or beneficiary?

Impact

How does your organization improve on existing efforts?
How is your approach unique and systemic?
What are your organization already doing and what are its tangible results to date?
How do you plan to measure organizational outcomes and success in the future?

Scale

What is your vision for the organization's scale over time? If you achieve this scale, how would the world look different?
How will you scale the organization over time?
What are the main sources of income that your organization will use to sustain your work over time?
What are your main organizational costs today and how will those evolve as you grow?

Leader

Please attach a standard resume/CV for the entrepreneur(s), not simply a text bio.

You can review the timeline for our full selection process here at any time.

Pre app Deal ID

Organization Overview

Organization Name
NOTE: If this is a re-application, please indicate the current year alongside your organization name below (e.g., Social Enterprise for Good 2024). Re-applications that do not clearly indicate this cannot be reviewed.

Is the founder the current head of the organization?

Domain/Issue Area

How did you find out about DRK? NOTE: A referral is not necessary and will not advantage the application but allows us to reach out to that contact if we feel it would be useful.	First Name of Referral Last Name of Referral
Email Address of Referral

What organization did your referral represent?

Date of Last DRK Interaction
NOTE: If this is a re-application, please indicate the date of the last notification from DRK regarding any previous application. Organizations may only re-apply one year after their last notification, with a maximum of three applications in total.

Type of Interaction with Referral

Have you been in touch with a staff member at DRK? If so, please list their full name here.

DRK Staff First Name

DRK Staff Last Name

DRK Staff Email Address

Date of Last DRK Interaction

Type of Interaction with DRK Staff

Contact Information

Organization Primary/Headquarters Address

Country

Street

Address, Line 1

Address, Line 2

City

Province/Territory

State

Zip/Postal Code

How many founders does your organization have?

If your organization has more than three founders, please include their information in the attachments section.

1 - Entrepreneur Contact Information

First Name	Last Name
Title	Phone
Email

Country

Street

Address, Line 1

Address, Line 2

City

Province/Territory

State

Zip/Postal Code

1- Demographics

Please complete the following section for all co-founders of your organization. This information will help DRK as we work to craft and evolve our diversity & inclusion strategy for the years to come.

If you prefer not to share this information, please select the "Prefer not to answer" option included with each question.

Gender:

Which pronouns do you use? (e.g. she/her, he/him, they/them)

Country of Birth:

Year of Birth:

Country of Citizenship:

If selecting multiple values, hold control button on a PC, Command button on a Mac.

Race or Ethnicity:

Select all that apply by using the Command or Control buttons.

Optional: if you chose to self-describe, please feel free to use this field to do so.

Are you a first or second generation immigrant to the United States?

Highest level of school you have completed?

Degree Type

Are you a first generation college graduate?

Please indicate if you share the same background, belong to the target community, or have significant experience with the issue at hand.

DRK is interested in investing in entrepreneurs who are immersed in the communities they serve or the issues they seek to solve. If you would like to describe this further, please write a brief explanation in this box (150 words or less)

2 - Entrepreneur Contact Information

First Name	Last Name
Title	Phone
Email

Country

Street

Address, Line 1

Address, Line 2

City

Province/Territory

State

Zip/Postal Code

2 - Demographics

Gender:

Which pronouns does this person use? (e.g. she/her, he/him, they/them)

Country of Birth:

Year of Birth:

Country of Citizenship:

If selecting multiple values, hold control button on a PC, Command button on a Mac.

Race or Ethnicity:

Select all that apply by using the Command or Control buttons.

Optional: if this person self-describes, please feel free to use this field to do so.

Is this person a first or second generation immigrant to the United States?

Highest level of school this person has completed?

Degree Type

Is this person a first generation college graduate?

Please indicate if this person shares the same background, belongs to the target community, or has significant experience with the issue at hand.

3 - Entrepreneur Contact Information

First Name	Last Name
Title	Phone
Email

Country

Street

Address, Line 1

Address, Line 2

City

Province/Territory

State

Zip/Postal Code

3 - Demographics

Gender:

Which pronouns does this person use? (e.g. she/her, he/him, they/them)

Country of Birth:

Year of Birth:

Country of Citizenship:

If selecting multiple values, hold control button on a PC, Command button on a Mac.

Race or Ethnicity:

Select all that apply by using the Command or Control buttons.

Optional: if this person chooses to self-describe, please feel free to use this field to do so.

Is this person a first or second generation immigrant to the United States?

Highest level of school this person has completed?

Degree Type

Is this person a first generation college graduate?

Please indicate if this person shares the same background, belongs to the target community, or has significant experience with the issue at hand.

Organization Details

Mission statement

In one sentence, describe your organization's mission.

Geographic focus of programmatic activities: If US-based, select Domestic. If non-US, select International and leave State of operation blank. If both, select International and include the State(s) of operation as well.

Countries of operation (please select up to 3 countries where you do the most work)

If selecting multiple values, hold control button on a PC, Command button on a Mac.

States of operation (please select up to 3 states where you do the most work)

If selecting multiple values, hold control button on a PC, Command button on a Mac.

Website

Is your current CEO full-time?

Number of full-time employees

This field only accepts numbers.

Number of Part Time Employees

This field only accepts numbers.

List board members

List board members names and titles where appropriate, and indicate Board Chair if you have one.

In what year was your organization legally incorporated? (Please type NA if organization is fiscally sponsored)

Please use 4 digits

Legal Status

EIN (if you do not yet have an EIN, please leave this field blank)

Fiscal Sponsor Name

If your organization is fiscally sponsored, please enter the name of your fiscal sponsor here

Please verify how your organization is committed to and aligned to social impact outcomes while serving the most vulnerable populations.

Does your organization have any related entities? If so, please describe below.

i.e. subsidiaries or related companies that have a financial interest or holding in your organization, or related companies in which you or your organization has a financial interest or holding.

Organization Financials

Fiscal Year Dates

Example: January to December

Actual Revenue & Expenses

Actual revenue (earned & philanthropic) for last fiscal year ($USD).

Actual expenses for last fiscal year ($USD).

Projected Revenue & Expenses

Projected revenue (earned & philanthropic) for current fiscal year ($USD).

Projected expenses for current fiscal year ($USD).

Next Fiscal Year Projections

Projected revenue (earned & philanthropic) for next fiscal year ($USD).

Projected expenses for next fiscal year ($USD).

Social Media (Optional)

At DRK, we often share content and successes from social media with our internal and external audiences. Social media presences or usage are not considered as part of your application, and your usage does not help or hinder your application. If you have a presence on any social media sites, please share those with us below. An example for each channel is included.

LinkedIn Company Page Name or URL

e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/company/draper-richards-kaplan-foundation

Twitter Handle

e.g. @drkfoundation

Facebook Page URL

e.g. https://www.facebook.com/drkfoundation/

Instagram Username

e.g. drk.foundation

Other Social Media Presences

e.g. TikTok, Snapchat, etc.

Attachments

Please attach at minimum two files below (PDF required): 1) an executive summary of no more than 3 pages, a pitch deck, or business plan-style document, and 2) a resume of the social entrepreneur(s) (if multiple resumes, please combine the files into one PDF to attach). Additional materials (e.g. financials) are welcome but completely optional.

Documents

Please note: the files uploaded below must not exceed 35mb in size.

Executive summary

See the Submit an Application page for more details.

Resume of Social Entrepreneur(s)

Attach resumes for the founders/leaders

Optional additional materials

Fellowships or Accelerator Programs

Please list any fellowships or accelerator programs that your organization has completed or is currently a part of.

Where would you like a confirmation email for this application sent?

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