The Dunlap Foundation concentrates its giving on a small set of regional nonprofits, prioritizing direct service to vulnerable people and local institutional supports. Its largest commitments fund homeless feeding and shelter services as well as regional medical care, while smaller grants go to community foundation infrastructure and higher education. The foundation favors a hands-on, place-based approach in Southern California with occasional support for university programs.
Dunlap Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by repeated $50,000 commitments to Martha’s Village & Kitchen in Indio and Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation in Rancho Mirage. Those grants point to a pattern of direct support for basic needs and regional medical care, rather than broad thematic diversification. Across the recent grants list, the foundation also backs community intermediaries and local service organizations serving the Coachella Valley and nearby Southern California communities. Its portfolio includes support for homelessness services, medical needs, animal care, and education. The same organizations can appear more than once across years, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than isolated awards. The foundation’s largest grants are matched by a wider set of smaller awards, including funding for community foundation infrastructure, rescue missions, and campus-based support. The mix shows a place-based grantmaker that concentrates resources in a limited geography and often funds operating or program needs tied to immediate service delivery. For researchers, the clearest signal is the emphasis on organizations that meet urgent needs in person: feeding programs, medical support, and local safety-net services. That emphasis is consistent across multiple years and across both human and animal-serving nonprofits.
In homelessness and emergency food work, Dunlap Foundation gave $50,000 to Martha’s Village & Kitchen in 2023 for “FEED THE HOMELESS,” then repeated that support with another $50,000 in 2025. It also backed Coachella Valley Rescue Mission with $10,000 in 2023, indicating interest in shelter-linked relief services. In animal care, the foundation funded Animal Samaritans Spca in Thousand Oaks at $15,000 in 2023, $10,000 in 2024, and $6,000 in 2025, and also gave $10,000 to Loving All Animals in Coachella in 2023. A separate $5,000 grant went to Traveling Paws in La Quinta in 2025. Education appears as a smaller part of the portfolio, with support for University of Arizona Foundation in Tucson across three grants and $10,000 to College of the Desert Foundation in Palm Desert.
Typical grants cluster around a modest mid-five-figure-to-low-five-figure range: the 25th percentile is $5,000, the median is $10,000, and the 75th percentile is $15,000. That distribution sits below the foundation’s repeated $50,000 awards, which represent a smaller set of larger commitments. The recent record also shows recurring support to the same recipients across multiple years, including organizations funded in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The grantmaker is a private foundation with local geographic scope, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
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Most grants fall between $5K and $15K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$15K
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Concentrated, high-dollar giving to a handful of repeat grantees — multiple sizable grants to the same organizations — complemented by a few smaller, targeted gifts to community and education causes.
Notable grantees: Martha's Village & Kitchen, Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, University of Arizona Foundation
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly California-based, with 88% of grants to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. The strongest concentration is in the Coachella Valley and surrounding Southern California cities: Indio, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Mecca, La Quinta, Coachella, Palm Springs, Irvine, Long Beach, and Thousand Oaks. Tucson, Arizona appears as an out-of-state recipient location, but the overall pattern remains local and California-centered. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
The recent record centers on direct-service nonprofits serving people experiencing homelessness, medical institutions, animal care groups, and some education-related organizations. Recipients include Martha’s Village & Kitchen, Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation, Animal Samaritans Spca, and University of Arizona Foundation.
The grant-size distribution is centered on smaller awards: the 25th percentile is $5,000, the median is $10,000, and the 75th percentile is $15,000. The recent list also includes a smaller number of larger $50,000 grants.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Martha’s Village & Kitchen in 2023 and 2025, Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Animal Samaritans Spca in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Its giving is concentrated in California, which accounts for 88% of grants to recipients in the HQ state. Recent recipient cities include Indio, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Mecca, La Quinta, Coachella, Palm Springs, Irvine, and Long Beach.
No. The foundation’s profile indicates that it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIO EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | RANCHO MIRAGE, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | MEDICAL |
| MARTHAS VILLAGE & KITCHEN MARTHAS VILLAGE & KITCHEN INC | INDIO, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | FEED THE HOMELESS |
| GALILEE CENTER GALILEE CENTER | MECCA, CA | $11,000 | 2025 | NEEDY |
| ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | IRVINE, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | NEEDY |
| CENTURY VILLAGES CABRILLO-BANNING CENTURY VILLAGES CABRILLO-BANNING | LONG BEACH, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | NEEDY |
| BIGHORN BAM BIGHORN BAM | PALM DESERT, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | NEEDY |
| ANIMAL SAMARITANS SPCA ANIMAL SAMARITIANS SPCA | THOUSAND OAKS, CA | $6,000 | 2025 | ANIMAL CARE |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DESSERT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DESERT | PALM DESERT, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | NEEDY |
| TRAVELING PAWS TRAVELING PAWS | LA QUINTA, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | ANIMAL CARE |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION | TUCSON, AZ | $5,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| LOVING ALL ANIMALS LOVING ALL ANIMALS | COACHELLA, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | ANIMAL CARE |
| EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIO EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | RANCHO MIRAGE, CA | $50,000 | 2024 | MEDICAL |
| MARTHAS VILLAGE & KITCHEN MARTHAS VILLAGE & KITCHEN INC | INDIO, CA | $40,000 | 2024 | FEED THE HOMELESS |
| GALILEE CENTER GALILEE CENTER | MECCA, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | NEEDY |
| BIGHORN BAM BIGHORN BAM | PALM DESERT, CA | $11,000 | 2024 | NEEDY |
| ANIMAL SAMARITANS SPCA ANIMAL SAMARITIANS SPCA | THOUSAND OAKS, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL CARE |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION | TUCSON, AZ | $10,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VLY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB COACHELLA VLY | PALM DESERT, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | NEEDY |
| LOVING ALL ANIMALS LOVING ALL ANIMALS | COACHELLA, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL CARE |
| MCCALLUM THEATRE MCCALLUM THEATRE | PALM DESERT, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | NEEDY |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF USA HUMANE SOCIETY OF USA | PALM SPRINGS, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | ANIMAL CARE |
| READ WITH ME READ WITH ME | RANCHO MIRAGE, CA | $1,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| MARTHAS VILLAGE & KITCHEN MARTHAS VILLAGE & KITCHEN INC | INDIO, CA | $50,000 | 2023 | FEED THE HOMELESS |
| ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | IRVINE, CA | $50,000 | 2023 | NEEDY |
| EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIO EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | RANCHO MIRAGE, CA | $30,000 | 2023 | MEDICAL |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION | TUCSON, AZ | $25,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| ANIMAL SAMARITANS SPCA ANIMAL SAMARITIANS SPCA | THOUSAND OAKS, CA | $15,000 | 2023 | ANIMAL CARE |
| BIGHORN BAM BIGHORN BAM | PALM DESERT, CA | $10,500 | 2023 | NEEDY |
| LOVING ALL ANIMALS LOVING ALL ANIMALS | COACHELLA, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | ANIMAL CARE |
| GALILEE CENTER GALILEE CENTER | MECCA, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | NEEDY |
| COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION | INDIO, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | NEEDY |
| COLLEGE OF THE DESERT FOUNDATION COLLEGE OF THE DESERT FOUNDATION | PALM DESERT, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
| ST JOSEPH PERUVIAN MISSION FUND ST JOSEPH PERUVIAN MISSION FUND | EDMOND, OK | $750 | 2023 | NEEDY |
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIO EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
$50,000MEDICAL
CENTURY VILLAGES CABRILLO-BANNING CENTURY VILLAGES CABRILLO-BANNING
$10,000NEEDY
BIGHORN BAM BIGHORN BAM
NEEDY
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DESSERT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DESERT
$5,000NEEDY
TRAVELING PAWS TRAVELING PAWS
$5,000ANIMAL CARE
LOVING ALL ANIMALS LOVING ALL ANIMALS
$1,000ANIMAL CARE
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIO EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
$50,000MEDICAL
BIGHORN BAM BIGHORN BAM
$11,000NEEDY
LOVING ALL ANIMALS LOVING ALL ANIMALS
$1,000ANIMAL CARE
MCCALLUM THEATRE MCCALLUM THEATRE
$1,000NEEDY
HUMANE SOCIETY OF USA HUMANE SOCIETY OF USA
$1,000ANIMAL CARE
READ WITH ME READ WITH ME
$1,000EDUCATION
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIO EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
$30,000MEDICAL
BIGHORN BAM BIGHORN BAM
$10,500NEEDY
LOVING ALL ANIMALS LOVING ALL ANIMALS
$10,000ANIMAL CARE
EDUCATION