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Dunn Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$858k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$198k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$4.6MScience & Tech$1.4MHealth$859kEnvironment$150kHuman Services$54kArts & Culture$50kRecreation & Sports$20kAnimals$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $225k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $628k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT$198,247
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION$175,000
TULANE UNIVERSITY$95,000
ALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST$90,000
BRENTWOOD ACADEMY ANNUAL FUND$70,000
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE$30,000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$30,000
PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$25,000
CREEKSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR KIDS (CREEK)$25,000
DE TOLEDO HIGH SCHOOL$20,000
BENTON HALL ACADEMY$20,000
DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS$20,000
SHEJUMPS$15,000
FRIENDS OF THE DILLON RANGER DISTRICT$10,000
CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DENVER TOOL LIBRARY: $5k → 12%NEVADA BLIND CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
NV
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
TN
LA
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.8M · 9 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
17

Total granted

$5.8M
$928k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+31%

Still filing today

44%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $375k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $2.5M · revenue +18%
  • Vanderbilt University
    6× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +74%
  • AN
    Audubon Nature Institute Inc
    2× · 2019–2020 · $10k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $850k · revenue +140%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS RESEARCH FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • DS
    DIVINE SAVIOR ACADEMY - SIENNA PTO
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

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.

1
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
3
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
5
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
6
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
7
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
8
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
9
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
10
University of New Haven

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…

Education
11
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is De Toledo High School; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Dillon Ranger District. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $1,650,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT: $1,333,247 · OtherGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENTUniversity of Michigan: $850,000 · OtherUniversity of Michigan+15 more: $235,752 · Other+15 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $2,531,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATIONVanderbilt University: $100,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $95,000 · Education+5 more: $89,891 · EducationALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $90,000 · EnvironmentDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentFriends of the Dillon Ranger District: $10,000 · EnvironmentColorado Museum of Natural History: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $725 · Arts & CultureAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsHouston Zoo Inc: $8,000 · AnimalsDENVER TOOL LIBRARY: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEVADA BLIND CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthNEVADA CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $250 · Health+1 more: $100 · Health
Other$4,068,999Education$2,815,891Environment$120,000Arts & Culture$30,725Animals$18,000Human Services$6,000Health$5,350

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $2,531,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetVanderbilt University: $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $95,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $90,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDENVER BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDE TOLEDO HIGH SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBENTON HALL CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSheJumps: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFriends of the Dillon Ranger District: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH HOPES INC: $9,227 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER TOOL LIBRARY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF LAS VEGAS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Bend Children's Discovery Center LLC: $175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Union Pacific Foundat…Shell USA Company Fou…Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Union Pacific FoundationNE12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Union Pacific Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dunn Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dunn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Alachua Conservation Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Dunn Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dunn Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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