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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 27-1996754

Dunaway Foundation

A private foundation in La Jolla, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $23.1 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $23,108,907

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $37,912,179

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $47,975,446

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $47,483,380

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $46,789,428

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $45,127,459

  • Tax year 2019

    $31,303,925

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $36,340,175

  • Tax year 2018

    $26,439,683

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $61,171,772

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. NTC FoundationSan Diego, CA

    Performing arts center "the joan"

    $5,500,000
  2. ACLUNew York City, NY

    General purpose

    $5,000,000
  3. San Diego SymphonySan Diego, CA

    Copley hall at jacobs music center

    $4,186,542
  4. UCSD FoundationLa Jolla, CA

    Jacobs center for health innovation fund

    $2,200,000
  5. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Center for precision nutrition & health, college of human ecology endowment funds

    $2,000,000
  6. Salk InstituteLa Jolla, CA

    Design costs for jacobs center

    $1,631,365
  7. American Friends of Israel Democracy InstAtlanta, GA

    Jacobs distinguished fellowship

    $1,200,000
  8. Salk InstituteLa Jolla, CA

    Salk innovation & collaboration grant

    $581,000
  9. UCSD FoundationLa Jolla, CA

    Global transformation endowed fund

    $560,000
  10. TrovanowWhite Plains, NY

    Pancreatic cancer early detection consortium

    $250,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $5,500,00073% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $2,000,00027% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California6 grants $14,658,907
  2. New York3 grants $7,250,000
  3. Georgia1 grant $1,200,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Irwin M JacobsDIRECTOR, CFO, PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Harlan JacobsDIRECTOR, SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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