· Private foundation
Dunaway Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NTC FOUNDATION | $5,500,000 |
| ACLU | $5,000,000 |
| SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY | $4,186,542 |
| UCSD FOUNDATION | $2,200,000 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | $2,000,000 |
| SALK INSTITUTE | $1,631,365 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEMOCRACY INST | $1,200,000 |
| SALK INSTITUTE | $581,000 |
| UCSD FOUNDATION | $560,000 |
| TROVANOW | $250,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
It is the mission of the san diego regional chamber of commerce to be the leading, most effective advocate and voice for business policy and connections in the san diego-baja california region.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
Programmed and coordinated visits to san diego by international visitors and escorts, working in association with appropriate united states government agencies and the global ties u.s. network.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NTC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds Cornell University ↗
- Who funds THE IDI FOUNDATION INC FKA AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEMOC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PRECEDE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PLAZA DE PANAMA COMMITTEE ATT RC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dunaway Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dunaway Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Southcoast Community Foundation Inc: 10% of income from government
How this is measured
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