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Dunaway Foundation: 10 grants to organizations, $23.1 million (tax year ended December 2024)

Dunaway Foundation, a private foundation in La Jolla, CA, paid 10 grants to organizations totaling $23,108,907 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $5,500,000 to NTC Foundation in San Diego, CA for performing arts center "the joan".

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EIN
271996754
Based in
La Jolla, CA
Assets
$37,893,469
Grants paid
$23,108,907
Tax year ended
December 2024

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202503219349105220. It reported $23,108,907 in grants paid; 10 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
NTC FoundationSan Diego, CAPerforming arts center "the joan"Arts, culture and humanities$5,500,000apps.irs.gov
AcluNew York City, NYGeneral purpose$5,000,000apps.irs.gov
San Diego SymphonySan Diego, CACopley hall at jacobs music center$4,186,542apps.irs.gov
Ucsd FoundationLa Jolla, CAJacobs center for health innovation fund$2,200,000apps.irs.gov
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NYCenter for precision nutrition & health, college of human ecology endowment fundsEducation$2,000,000apps.irs.gov
Salk InstituteLa Jolla, CADesign costs for jacobs center$1,631,365apps.irs.gov
American Friends of Israel Democracy InstAtlanta, GAJacobs distinguished fellowship$1,200,000apps.irs.gov
Salk InstituteLa Jolla, CASalk innovation & collaboration grant$581,000apps.irs.gov
Ucsd FoundationLa Jolla, CAGlobal transformation endowed fund$560,000apps.irs.gov
TrovanowRed Hook, NYPancreatic cancer early detection consortium$250,000apps.irs.gov

Causes funded

From grants whose recipient has a cause.

CauseGranted
Arts, culture and humanities$5,500,000
Education$2,000,000

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
California$14,658,907
New York$7,250,000
Georgia$1,200,000

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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.