CEODraper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Jim Bildner is the CEO of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (www.drkfoundation.org), one of the largest venture philanthropy firms in the world. DRK has made more than 235 investments in early stage non-profit and for-profit social enterprises working to solve complex societal issues including systemic poverty, food and water insecurity, access to healthcare and economic opportunities, sanitation, homelessness, criminal justice, social justice and climate change and adaptation strategies. In the aggregate, its portfolio organizations have directly impacted more than 400 million lives. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is a trustee of The Kresge Foundation and chair of its Investment Committee and serves on the boards of a number of other non profit and for profit organizations.
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