West Virginia · Private foundation
The Dunn Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $85k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Dunn Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $85k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $63k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $72k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $52k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc | $69,000 | 5 | 2% |
| West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund | $54,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Friends of Blackwater Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 8% |
| West Virginia Free Incorporated | $29,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Solar United Neighbors Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Energy Efficient West Virginia | $18,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Coal River Mountain Watch Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Marshall University Foundation Incorporated | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc | $69,000 | 5 | 2% |
| West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund | $54,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Friends of Blackwater Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 8% |
| West Virginia Free Incorporated | $29,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Solar United Neighbors Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Energy Efficient West Virginia | $18,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Coal River Mountain Watch Inc | $14,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Marshall University Foundation Incorporated | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The West Virginia Land Trust Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philanthropy West Virginia Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dunn Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Appalachian Stewardship Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Tides Foundation · Nonprofit Partners Inc · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dunn Foundation Inc
- How much does The Dunn Foundation Inc give?
- The Dunn Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $85,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Dunn Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (71%), Philanthropy (11%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are The Dunn Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc ($69k), West Virginia Citizen Action Education Fund ($54k), Friends of Blackwater Inc ($45k).
- Does The Dunn Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dunn Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Dunn Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Appalachian Stewardship Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, Tides Foundation.
- Where is The Dunn Foundation Inc based?
- The Dunn Foundation Inc is based in WV.
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