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Private foundation (trust)EIN 741933660Est. 1977-12

John S Dunn Foundation

Houston, TX 770981718

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$99.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$5.1M

FY 2024

Grants Made

45

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$113K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$3K–$2M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$11.1M

Total Expenses

$6.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$5.4M

Distributable Amount

$4.8M

Min. Investment Return

$5.0M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

45 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $3K through median $50K to maximum $2M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $6.8M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

192 grants

UThealth Science Center - Faillace Dept Of Psychiatry
$3.6M
4 grants
UThealth Science Center - John S Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center
$2M
1 grant
The UThealth Science Center At Houston
$2M
1 grant
Rice University
$1.2M
4 grants
The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
$1.1M
5 grants
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation
$779K
5 grants
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundati
$657K
3 grants
Communities In Schools of Houston Inc
$655K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

192 grants

<$10K
15
grants
$10–50K
84
grants
$50–250K
81
grants
$250K–1M
9
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

4 states

Texas
$21.9M
99% of total
New York
$50K
0% of total
Florida
$50K
0% of total
Alabama
$48K
0% of total

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