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The Dunn Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Dunn Family Charitable 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.

$235k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Religion$389kHealth$138kHousing & Shelter$115kFood & Nutrition$114kHuman Services$60kYouth Development$50kPhilanthropy$37kEducation$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELIUS NEIGHBORHOOD CARE CENTER$50,000
COMMUNITY BIKE WORKS$25,000
ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH - PERU MISSION SUPPORT$24,820
HOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION INC$20,000
ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH - PERU MISSION SUPPORT$19,760
BANNER ELK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP$15,000
PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$15,000
IT STARTS IN THE CLASSROOM$15,000
NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK INC$10,000
ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION OF ALLENTOWN WEST-WESTERN L$10,000
REMERGE$10,000
PURPLE PROMISE FOUNDATION TO END MELANOMA$10,000
ILLINOIS PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
FURNISH FOR GOOD$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $114k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $40k → 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $40k → 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $10k → 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $10k → 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $7k → 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $7k → 11%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

MT
IL
PA
MO
VA
NC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of The Dunn Family Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Dunn Family Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.7% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$723k · 9 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against -34% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
3

Total granted

$723k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
-34%

Still filing today

78%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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
EducationHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • NV
    NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK
    4× · 2021–2024 · $114k · revenue +305%
  • TP
    THE PURPLE PROMISE FOUNDATION TO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $63k · revenue +124%
  • CB
    COMMUNITY BIKE WORKS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County NC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -46%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -34%
  • YMCA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -32%
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
Furnish Hope Inc

Furnish hope creates awareness about essential home furnishing insecurity as well as transform empty houses into welcoming homes for families. together, we furnish hope.

Human Services
2
Peace River Community Housing Partners Inc

To advocate for the development and construction of safe, functional, affordable and sustainable housing for SW Florida residents. Peace River Community Housing Partners, Inc. (PORCH) takes a leadership role in convening organizations…

Human Services
3
Fort Bend Family Promise

To provide shelter, meals, and comprehensive support to families without homes.

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4
Pinellas Community Foundation

To improve the quality of life in our community by bringing together philanthropy and solutions to local issues. from the issues of childhood hunger, homelessness, or quality healthcare to arts education or college scholarships, pcf…

Philanthropy
5
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Northwest Florida Inc

To be the best home-away-from-home and source of respite and resources for children and families suffering a medical crisis.

Human Services
6
Central Florida Home for Good Inc

To assist low income community members with finding affordable housing and learning skills to get a job.

Housing & Shelter
7
Fundacion Infantil Ronald McDonald Inc

The Ronald McDonald House Foundation of Puerto Rico supports children and families by providing lodging for those with hospitalized children as well as offering pediatric care in underserved communities.

Human Services
8
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of the Red River Valley Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of the red river valley supports sick kids and their families who are navigating the complexity and uncertainty of receiving medical care miles from home. by providing the comforts of home, families…

Health
9
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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10
Family Promise of NorthCentral Palm Beach County

Family Promise North Central Palm Beach County is responding to the ongoing crisis of family homelessness in Palm Beach County, Florida by uniting with our community partners to help local homeless children by empowering their families to…

Housing & Shelter
11
Community Furniture Bank Inc

To receive and distribute furniture and home furnishings to those in transitional housing or in need of help in setting up housekeeping. unique to this effort is the ability to deliver and distribute items, not just to offer pickup of…

Human Services
12
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of Southwest Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hope House Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH: $319,071 · OtherADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCHHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $55,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INCCORNELIUS NEIGHBORHOOD CARE CENTER: $50,000 · OtherCORNELIUS NEIGHBORHOOD CARE CENTERADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH - PERU MISSION SUPPORT: $44,580 · OtherADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH - PERU MISSION SUPPORTHabitat for Humanity of Lincoln County NC: $25,000 · Other+6 more: $75,000 · Other+6 moreNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $114,300 · Human ServicesNORTH VALLEY …THE PURPLE PROMISE FOUNDATION TO: $62,500 · EducationTHE PURPL…IT STARTS IN THE CLASSROOMINC: $15,000 · EducationIT STARTS…COMMUNITY BIKE WORKS: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentWORLD PEDIATRICS: $45,000 · InternationalROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION OF ALLENTOWN WEST WESTERN LEHIGH COUNTY PA: $32,000 · PhilanthropyILLINOIS PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterFurnish For Good Inc: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$568,651Human Services$114,300Education$77,500Youth Development$50,000International$45,000Philanthropy$37,000Housing & Shelter$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $114,300 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetTHE PURPLE PROMISE FOUNDATION TO: $62,500 over 5y, 24% of budgetCOMMUNITY BIKE WORKS: $50,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetWORLD PEDIATRICS: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION OF ALLENTOWN WEST WESTERN LEHIGH COUNTY PA: $32,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetHOPE HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Lincoln County NC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetIT STARTS IN THE CLASSROOMINC: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCORESRQ INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREMERGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYMCA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFurnish For Good Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Enterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 The Dunn Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dunn Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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.

    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 20 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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