Dunaway Foundation

La Jolla, CA
Tax-exempt since April 2010
EIN: 27-1996754

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Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(3) Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations / Private Grantmaking Foundations (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Revenue

$13.5M (2024)

Expenses

$23.5M (2024)

Total Assets

$37.9M (2024)

Total Liabilities

$0 (2024)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2024

Tax Filings by Year

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2024

Revenue

$13,451,107

Expenses

$23,514,374

Net Income

-$10,063,267

Net Assets

$37,912,179

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$7,284,229	54.2%
Interest Revenue	$16,883	0.1%
Dividends	$660,846	4.9%
Sales of Assets	$5,279,955	39.3%
Other Income	$209,194	1.6%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$23,343,264	99.3%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$37,912,179
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$37,912,179

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, President)	$0	$0
Harlan Jacobs (Director, Secretary)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 17, 2025

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Revenue

$1,277,383

Expenses

$785,317

Net Income

$492,066

Net Assets

$47,975,446

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$10,710	0.8%
Interest Revenue	$24,686	1.9%
Dividends	$1,006,861	78.8%
Sales of Assets	-$129,528
Other Income	$364,654	28.5%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$557,487	71.0%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$47,975,446
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$47,975,446

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

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Filed on Nov. 15, 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Revenue

$1,378,048

Expenses

$684,096

Net Income

$693,952

Net Assets

$47,483,380

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$8,553	0.6%
Interest Revenue	$2,637	0.2%
Dividends	$477,950	34.7%
Sales of Assets	-$403,593
Other Income	$1,292,501	93.8%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$543,458	79.4%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$47,483,380
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$47,483,380

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 16, 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Revenue

$762,699

Expenses

$430,366

Net Income

$332,333

Net Assets

$46,789,428

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$22,437	2.9%
Interest Revenue	$209	0.0%
Dividends	$553,623	72.6%
Sales of Assets	$186,430	24.4%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$348,598	81.0%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$46,789,428
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$46,789,428

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 14, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Revenue

$984,098

Expenses

$570,956

Net Income

$413,142

Net Assets

$45,127,458

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$1,121,006	> 100%
Interest Revenue	$393	0.0%
Dividends	$505,725	51.4%
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$394,829	69.2%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$45,127,459
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$45,127,458

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Sept. 3, 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Revenue

$7,416,577

Expenses

$32,248,174

Net Income

-$24,831,597

Net Assets

$36,340,174

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$7,411	0.1%
Interest Revenue	$14,344	0.2%
Dividends	$1,733,589	23.4%
Sales of Assets	$5,661,233	76.3%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$31,768,877	98.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$36,340,175
Total Liabilities	$1
Net Assets	$36,340,174

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on Nov. 13, 2020

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Revenue

$85,561,620

Expenses

$27,601,641

Net Income

$57,959,979

Net Assets

$61,171,772

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$6,506,329	7.6%
Interest Revenue	$70,075	0.1%
Dividends	$405,158	0.5%
Sales of Assets	$78,580,058	91.8%
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$26,725,399	96.8%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$61,171,772
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$61,171,772

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

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Filed on Nov. 14, 2019

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Revenue

$252

Expenses

$6,981

Net Income

-$6,729

Net Assets

$100,739

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$252	100%
Dividends	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$6,318	90.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$100,739
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$100,739

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

990-PF

Filed on May 14, 2018

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Revenue

$53,945

Expenses

$4,666,382

Net Income

-$4,612,437

Net Assets

$107,468

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$100,000	> 100%
Interest Revenue	$318	0.6%
Dividends	$18,305	33.9%
Sales of Assets	-$64,678
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$4,595,000	98.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$107,468
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$107,468

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

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Filed on May 15, 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Revenue

-$104,646

Expenses

$7,952,697

Net Income

-$8,057,343

Net Assets

$4,652,746

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$100
Dividends	$182,333
Sales of Assets	-$287,079
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$7,800,000	98.1%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$4,652,746
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$4,652,746

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

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Filed on Oct. 31, 2016

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Revenue

$5,771,184

Expenses

$15,770,599

Net Income

-$9,999,415

Net Assets

$12,528,109

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$5,549,416	96.2%
Interest Revenue	$16,220	0.3%
Dividends	$263,508	4.6%
Sales of Assets	-$57,960
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$15,529,549	98.5%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$12,550,109
Total Liabilities	$22,000
Net Assets	$12,528,109

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

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Filed on Nov. 13, 2015

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Revenue

$27,722,814

Expenses

$4,998,129

Net Income

$22,724,685

Net Assets

$22,780,233

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$27,763,918	> 100%
Interest Revenue	$16,025	0.1%
Dividends	$0
Sales of Assets	-$57,129
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$4,803,500	96.1%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$22,802,725
Total Liabilities	$22,492
Net Assets	$22,780,233

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Other
Irwin M Jacobs (Director, Cfo, Secretary)	$0	$0
Joan K Jacobs (Director, President)	$0	$0

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Filed on Oct. 6, 2014

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Revenue

$98

Expenses

$33,776

Net Income

-$33,678

Net Assets

$60,125

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$98	100%
Dividends	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$5,000	14.8%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$60,125
Total Liabilities	$0
Net Assets	$60,125

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Revenue

$364

Expenses

$16,955

Net Income

-$16,591

Net Assets

$93,803

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions Received	$0
Interest Revenue	$364	100%
Dividends	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Other Income	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Charitable Disbursements	$2,000	11.8%
Compensation of Officers*	$0
* Officer compensation may be included in charitable disbursements, so Percent of Total Expenses may add up to greater than 100%.

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$93,235
Total Liabilities	-$568
Net Assets	$93,803

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

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Dunaway Foundation

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue $13.5M (2024)

Expenses $23.5M (2024)

Total Assets $37.9M (2024)

Total Liabilities $0 (2024)

Tax Filings by Year

Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2020

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2019

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2018

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2017

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2016

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2013

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Revenue

$13.5M (2024)

Expenses

$23.5M (2024)

Total Assets

$37.9M (2024)

Total Liabilities

$0 (2024)

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