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 2022–2024. 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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