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The Dunn Family Foundation at a glance

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The Dunn Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$330k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$106k
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 2025.

Education$758kHuman Services$718kInternational$268kHealth$251kPublic Benefit$178kSocial Science$45kScience & Tech$42kArts & Culture$41kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $241k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCY UNIVERSITY$106,000
AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC$75,000
DON BOSCO COMMUNITY CENTER OF PORT CHESTER INC$60,000
OPEN DOOR CARE NETWORK FOUNDATION INC$25,000
PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC$25,000
THE ASIA SOCIETY$10,000
EMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC$10,000
5 STEPS TO FIVE INC$5,000
SHRINE CHURCH OF SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA$5,000
MAYO CLINIC$1,000
FRIENDS OF RYE TOWN PARK INC$1,000
SPRYE$1,000
SMILE TRAIN INC$1,000
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$1,000
NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $655k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DON BOSCO COMMUNITY CENTER OF PORT CHESTER: $40k → 15%DON BOSCO COMMUNITY CENTER OF PORT CHESTER: $30k → 15%DON BOSCO COMMUNITY CENTER OF PORT CHESTER: $20k → 15%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $40k → 9%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $30k → 9%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $30k → 9%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $25k → 9%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $25k → 9%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $25k → 9%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $25k → 9%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $20k → 9%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $20k → 9%AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $75k → 9%AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $50k → 9%AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $50k → 9%AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $50k → 9%SPRYE: $10k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $10k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $10k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $10k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $10k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $10k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $10k → 9%SPRYE: $8k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $5k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $5k → 9%5 STEPS TO FIVE INC: $5k → 9%SPRYE: $1k → 9%SPRYE: $1k → 9%SPRYE: $1k → 9%SPRYE: $1k → 9%SPRYE: $1k → 9%SPRYE: $1k → 9%SPRYE: $1k → 9%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 23 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
13

Total granted

$2.2M
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+35%

Still filing today

91%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MU
    MERCY UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $678k · revenue +28%
  • PC
    PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $240k · revenue +94%
  • OD
    OPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $190k · revenue +197%

Funded once

  • OW
    ONE WORLD UNITED AND VIRTUOUS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +6%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF RYE NEW YORKgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +49%
  • TE
    TWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -87%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rye Country Day School; the most unlike its peers is One World United and Virtuous Inc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 41 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/36
Grantees still filing
26/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERCY UNIVERSITY: $677,500 · EducationMERCY UNIVERSITYRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $57,000 · EducationRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $42,100 · Education+5 more: $19,600 · EducationPORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $240,000 · Human ServicesPORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INCTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA …THE DON BOSCO CENTERS: $90,000 · Human ServicesTHE DON BOSCO CENTERS5 Steps to Five: $75,000 · Human Services5 Steps to FiveSPRYE INC: $24,500 · Human ServicesDON BOSCO COMMUNITY CENTER OF PORT CHESTER INC: $283,000 · OtherDON BOSCO COMMUNIT…OPEN DOOR CARE NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherOPEN DOOR CARE NET…+17 more: $72,000 · Other+17 moreEMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $178,000 · Public BenefitEMPIRE CEN…MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $45,000 · Public BenefitMANHATTAN …OPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $190,000 · PhilanthropyOPEN DOOR…THE ASIA SOCIETY: $40,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $12,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11,000 · Arts & CultureTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RYE ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$796,200Human Services$654,500Other$380,000Public Benefit$223,000Philanthropy$190,000International$43,000Arts & Culture$33,000

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 budgetMERCY UNIVERSITY: $677,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $240,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetTHE AFYA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $225,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $190,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetEMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $178,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetTHE DON BOSCO CENTERS: $90,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budget5 Steps to Five: $75,000 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $57,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $42,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASIA SOCIETY: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPRYE INC: $24,500 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RYE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONE WORLD UNITED AND VIRTUOUS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF RYE NEW YORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF RYE TOWN PARK INC: $5,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRYE FREE READING ROOM: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEL EDUCATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WETHERSFIELD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPORT CHESTER-RYE-RYE BROOK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNYU LANGONE HEALTH SYSTEM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE APAWAMIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Joe & Sandy Sambe…The Glickenhaus Found…Margaret Cameron and …Chess FoundationJohn and Cheryl Hunt …The Carroll & Percy K…Nicholas & Christina …Judy & Warren Tenney …John and Jennifer Eck…William & Lynda Steer…Weissman Family Found…Synchrony Foundation
The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation IncNY24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc · The Glickenhaus Foundation · Margaret Cameron and James M Glickenhaus Foundation · Chess Foundation · John and Cheryl Hunt Charitable Foundation · The Carroll & Percy Klingenstein Foundation Inc C/O Lipsky Goodkin & Co · Nicholas & Christina Raho Foundationinc · Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation · John and Jennifer Eckerson Family Foundation C/O Citrin Cooperman · William & Lynda Steere Foundation · Weissman Family Foundation Inc · Synchrony 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 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dunn Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 41 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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