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Private foundation (trust)EIN 650415977Est. 1994-04

The Dunn Foundation

Wilmington, DE 198091377

Total Assets

$97.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$10.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

66

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$151K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$2.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$9.1M

Total Expenses

$10.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$10.2M

Distributable Amount

$5.0M

Min. Investment Return

$5.1M

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

66 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $50K to maximum $2.5M, 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

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $10.1M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

287 grants

CONSERVATIVE PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE
$5.3M
3 grants
TURNING POINT USA INC
$4.8M
9 grants
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC
$2.7M
5 grants
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION IN
$2.3M
3 grants
COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNAT
$2M
5 grants
ATLAS ECONOMIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION - ATLAS NETWORK
$1.4M
5 grants
AMERICANS FOR FAIR TREATMENT INC
$1.4M
3 grants
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$1.2M
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

287 grants

<$10K
34
grants
$10–50K
109
grants
$50–250K
112
grants
$250K–1M
28
grants
$1–5M
4
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

25 states

District of Columbia
$9.8M
25% of total
Arizona
$5.8M
15% of total
Pennsylvania
$5.7M
14% of total
Virginia
$4.6M
12% of total
Florida
$4.1M
10% of total
California
$2.7M
7% of total
Texas
$1.9M
5% of total
Oklahoma
$1.4M
3% of total
Illinois
$617K
2% of total
Montana
$545K
1% of total

+15 more states

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