Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,039,700
- Total expenses
- $1,261,422
- Contributions and grants received
- $200
- Grants paid
- $1,078,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,039,500
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $25,572,072
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,928
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $25,565,144
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,253,387
- Management and general expenses
- $8,035
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,253,387
Program services were 99.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$200
-
3 · Investment income
total $236,568 · excluded $236,568
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,995,061
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $1,192,129
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $1,802,932
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $1,802,932 · excluded $1,802,932
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $739,000 · program services $739,000
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $339,000 · program services $339,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $10,246 · program services $10,246
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,000 · management and general $7,000
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $416 · management and general $416
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11g · Fees: other
total $14,054 · program services $14,054
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13 · Office expenses
total $300 · program services $300
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14 · Information technology
total $6,040 · program services $6,040
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17 · Travel
total $4,277 · program services $4,277
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24a · Other expenses: GRANT ASSESSMENT FEES
total $129,500 · program services $129,500
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24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES & REG.
total $10,970 · program services $10,970
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24c · Other expenses: FILING FEES
total $619 · management and general $619
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,303,704 · end of year $18,039
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $24,446,307 · end of year $25,554,033
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $12,725 · end of year $6,928
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $26,737,286 · end of year $25,565,144
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE DROPBOX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD. (CONT SCH O)DCF PROVIDES UNRESTRICTED GRANTS, AND TO MAKE THAT FUNDING GO FURTHER, WE MATCH ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS TO THE CAPABILITIES OF DROPBOX EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
WE PARTNER WITH IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATIONS TO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD.
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THE DROPBOX FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD. WE PROVIDE UNRESTRICTED GRANTS - AND TO MAKE THAT FUNDING GO FURTHER, WE MATCH ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS TO THE CAPABILITIES OF DROPBOX EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERS.WE'RE BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR GRANTEE PARTNERS BASED ON TRUST. THE DROPBOX FOUNDATION CONNECTS THESE PARTNERS TO EACH OTHER SO THEY CAN SHARE THE VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE THEY'VE GATHERED OVER THE YEARS. MUTUAL RESPECT AND A SHARED PASSION FOR DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDE EVERYTHING WE DO.
Expenses $1,253,387 · Grants $1,078,000
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Bart Volkmer - PresidentBART VOLKMER - PRESIDENT
DIRECTOR & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Amber Cottle - Director HeadAMBER COTTLE - DIRECTOR HEAD
OF GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY & GOVT AFF.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Saman AsheerSAMAN ASHEER
VP OF COMMUNICATIONS & DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Gregory RatliffGREGORY RATLIFF
DIRECTOR (THRU 08/2024)
- Total calculated
- $513,860
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $472,973
- Other
- $40,887
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $409,750 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $63,223 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $27,732 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $13,155 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $513,860 related
-
Nicholas HodgesNICHOLAS HODGES
TREASURER & DIRECTOR (THRU 08/2024)
- Total calculated
- $686,667
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $629,197
- Other
- $57,470
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $334,886 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $69,722 related
- Other
- $0 + $224,589 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $30,150 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $27,320 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $686,667 related
-
Shermane BilalSHERMANE BILAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $203,293
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $172,292
- Other
- $31,001
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $160,232 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $12,060 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $15,429 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $15,572 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $203,293 related
-
Heather GradyHEATHER GRADY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $394,382
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $341,073
- Other
- $53,309
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $301,530 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $39,543 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $26,859 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $26,450 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $394,382 related
-
Hilary CastilloHILARY CASTILLO
DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/24 & THRU 12/24)
- Total calculated
- $314,629
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $287,738
- Other
- $26,891
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $217,738 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $70,000 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $19,989 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $6,902 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $314,629 related
-
Catherine Crystal FosterCATHERINE CRYSTAL FOSTER
DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/24 & THRU 12/24)
- Total calculated
- $416,262
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $351,968
- Other
- $64,294
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 35 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $290,911 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $38,288 related
- Other
- $0 + $22,769 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $29,180 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $35,114 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $416,262 related
-
Tina LeeTINA LEE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
-
$200,000
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY
-
$200,000
HUMAN SERVICES
-
$200,000
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY
-
$125,000
HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC & SOCIETAL BENEFIT
-
$7,000
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY
-
$7,000
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY, PUBLIC & SOCIETAL BENEFIT
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC
501(C)(3) · GRANTMAKING · DE
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ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS EUROPE
GRANTMAKING · UK
Directly controlled by RPA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533179349300333
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