Funding search · EIN 650415977 · Wilmington, DE

The Dunn Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

191
grants reported
$28.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Conservative Partnership Institute3 grants · $5.3M
  • Turning Point USA5 grants · $3.1M
  • Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression in3 grants · $2.3M
  • Foundation for Government Accountability3 grants · $2.1M
  • Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternat3 grants · $1.2M
  • Prager University Foundation3 grants · $1.1M
  • Americans for Fair Treatment2 grants · $1.0M
  • Alliance Defending Freedom3 grants · $941,000
  • Atlas Economic Research Foundation - Atlas Network3 grants · $780,000
  • Fairness Center3 grants · $775,000

Giving over time

$8.9M
2022
$10.1M
2023
$10.0M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 191 grants.

  • $2.5M

    Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    The Academy

  • $2.5M

    Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    The Academy

  • $1.3M

    Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression in · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1.0M

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    general & unrestricted

  • $1.0M

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General & unrestricted

  • $1.0M

    Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1.0M

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2022

    general & unrestricted

  • $725,000

    Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternat · Harrisburg, PA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $625,000

    Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $600,000

    Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression in · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $540,000

    Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    Corporate Freedom Program and general support

  • $500,000

    Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    Americans for Fair Treatment · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500,000

    Americans for Fair Treatment · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $400,000

    Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $380,000

    Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression in · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $350,000

    America First Policy Institute · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $300,000

    Citizens Defending Freedom · Mulberry, FL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $275,000

    Fairness Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $270,000

    Atlas Economic Research Foundation - Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $260,000

    Atlas Economic Research Foundation - Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Atlas Economic Research Foundation - Atlas Network · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Citizens Defending Freedom · Mulberry, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternat · Harrisburg, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Fairness Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    America First · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternat · Harrisburg, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Fairness Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $235,000

    Freedomworks Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $226,000

    Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $220,000

    Students for Liberty Incorporated · Mc Lean, VA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $205,000

    Students for Liberty Incorporated · McLean, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    America First · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Blexit Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    County Citizens Defending Freedom USA Foundation I · Mulberry, FL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Moms for America · Branson, MO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $200,000

    Students for Liberty Incorporated · Mc Lean, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $175,000

    Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $155,000

    Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024

    SCIENTIFIC research project

  • $150,000

    Epoch Times Association · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Scientific study on reliability of Drug-Detecting Dog Alerts

  • $150,000

    Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Scientific study on reliability of Drug-Detecting Dog Alerts

  • $125,000

    Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $125,000

    Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $125,000

    Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $125,000

    Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $125,000

    The Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $115,000

    Young Americans Against Socialism · Boerne, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    America First Legal Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    The Dunn Foundation Fund

  • $100,000

    Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Moms for America · Branson, MO · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Stud · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    America First Legal Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Epoch Times Association · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2023

    Miami Dade School District

  • $100,000

    Freedomworks Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Stud · Tallahassee, FL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    Citizen Journalism fund

  • $100,000

    America First Legal Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    David Horowitz Freedom Center · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    Dunn Foundation Fund

  • $100,000

    Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Stud · Tallahassee, FL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $90,000

    Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $87,500

    Personnel Policy Operations · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $85,000

    Young Americans Against Socialism · Boerne, TX · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $80,000

    Kings Academy · West Palm Bch, FL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Property & Environment Research Ctr · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $70,000

    Political Economy Research Center Inc - Property & · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    The Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Liberty Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $56,250

    The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $53,250

    National Foundation for Gun Rights · Loveland, CO · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Do No Harm · Glen Allen, VA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Fdrlst Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Lucy Burns Institute · Middleton, WI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    National Foundation for Gun Rights · Loveland, CO · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    American Movement Foundation · Herndon, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.