Dunham Funds

03/04/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/04/2026 15:44

Summary Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497K)

SUMMARY PROSPECTUS

March 1, 2026

Dunham Large Cap Value Fund

Class A (DALVX)

Class C (DCLVX)

Class N (DNLVX)

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated March 1, 2026, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can obtain these documents and other information about the Fund online at www.dunham.com/prospectus/LargeCapValue. You can also obtain these documents at no cost by completing a document request form on our web-site, www.dunham.com or by calling (toll free) (888) 338-6426 or by sending an email request to [email protected], or ask any financial advisor, bank or broker-dealer that offers shares of the Fund.

Investment Objective: The Fund seeks to maximize total return from capital appreciation and dividends.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in How to Purchase Shares on page 117 of the Fund's Prospectus and in How to Buy and Sell Shares on page 89 of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A Class C Class N

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases

(as a % of offering price)

5.75% None None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)

(as a % of the of the original purchase price for purchases of $1 million or more)

0.75% None None

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed

on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions

None

None

None

Redemption Fee None None None
Exchange Fee None None None

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(expenses that you pay each year as a

percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees(1) 0.99% 0.99% 0.99%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% 0.00%
Other Expenses 0.18% 0.18% 0.18%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.42% 2.17% 1.17%
(1) The Sub-Advisory Fee is a fulcrum fee with a base or a fulcrum fee of 30 bps (0.30%) and can range from 0.10% to 0.50% based on the Fund's performance relative to the Russell 1000? Value Index, the Fund's benchmark.

Example: This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

Class

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Class A $711 $998 $1,307 $2,179
Class C $220 $679 $1,164 $2,503
Class N $119 $372 $644 $1,420

Portfolio Turnover: The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 33% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies: The Fund's Sub-Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by investing primarily in value-oriented, large capitalization or "large cap" common stocks of companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets (defined as net assets plus borrowing for investment purposes) in the common stock of large cap companies. The Fund defines large capitalization companies as those companies whose market capitalizations are equal to or greater than the smallest company in the Russell 1000? Index during the most recent 12-month period. For the most recent annual reconstitution published as of June 2025, the market capitalization range of companies in the Russell 1000? Index was approximately $1.6 billion to $3.8 trillion, which range will vary daily.

The Sub-Adviser focuses on large capitalization value stocks it believes are statistically undervalued while exhibiting attractive earnings dynamics. In general, the Sub-Adviser buys securities that it believes are undervalued and have better than average valuation as measured by statistics such as price to earnings or price to cash flow and sells them when they become fully valued or more compelling investments are available.

The Fund may also engage in securities lending.

Principal Investment Risks: As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Although the Fund will strive to meet its investment objective, there is no assurance that it will do so. Many factors affect the Fund's net asset value and performance.

Large Cap Stock Risk - Because the investment focus of the Fund is on large cap stocks, the value of the Fund may be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.

Stock Market Risk - Stock markets can be volatile. In other words, the prices of stocks can fall rapidly in response to developments affecting a specific company or industry, or to changing economic, political or market conditions. The Fund's investments may decline in value if the stock markets perform poorly.

Financial Services Sector Risk - The profitability of many types of financial services companies may be adversely affected in certain market cycles. For example, periods of rising interest rates may restrict the availability and increase the cost of capital for these companies. Moreover, when interest rates rise, the value of securities issued by many types of financial services companies generally falls. Declining economic conditions may cause credit losses due to financial difficulties of borrowers. In addition, financial services companies often are regulated by governmental entities, which can increase costs for new services or products and make it difficult to pass increased costs on to consumers. In certain areas, deregulation of financial services companies has resulted in increased competition and reduced profitability.

Natural Disaster/Epidemic Risk - Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease and illness, including pandemics and epidemics (such as the novel coronavirus), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets.

Management Risk - The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Sub-Adviser's judgments about the attractiveness, "value" and potential appreciation of securities may prove to be inaccurate and may not produce the desired results. The Sub-Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its decisions will produce the intended result. The successful use of hedging and risk management techniques

may be adversely affected by imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the hedging vehicles and the securities being hedged.

Securities Lending Risk - The risk of securities lending is that the financial institution that borrows securities from the Fund could go bankrupt or otherwise default on its commitment under the securities lending agreement and the Fund might not be able to recover the loaned securities or their value.

Performance: The following bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of Class N Shares of the Fund from year to year and by showing how the Fund's Class A, Class C and Class N average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Class A sales charge is reflected in the average annual total return table. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how a Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at no cost by visiting www.dunham.com or by calling toll free (888) 3DUNHAM (338-6426).

Class N Shares Annual Total Return for Years Ended December 31

During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 14.52% (quarter ended December 31, 2020) and the lowest return for a quarter was -25.33% (quarter ended March 31, 2020).

Dunham Large Cap Value Fund

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN

For the periods ended December 31, 2025 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class N Shares
return before taxes 18.04% 12.13% 10.36%
return after taxes on distributions 16.68% 10.77% 9.35%
return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares 11.62% 9.41% 8.29%
Class C Shares
return before taxes 16.85% 11.01% 9.26%
Class A Shares
return before taxes 10.92% 10.53% 9.43%
S&P 500 Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 17.88% 14.42% 14.82%
Russell 1000? Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 15.91% 11.33% 10.53%
Morningstar US Large-Mid Cap Broad Value Index (return before taxes)* 18.83% 13.38% 12.50%
Morningstar Large Cap Value Category (return before taxes)** 15.79% 12.54% 12.11%
* The Fund has added this additional benchmark.
** The Morningstar Large Cap Value Category is generally representative of mutual funds that primarily invest in big (large capitalization) U.S. companies that are less expensive or growing more slowly than other large-cap stocks.

After-tax returns are estimated and are based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor's tax situation and are likely to differ from those shown. If you own shares of the Fund in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan, this information is not applicable to your investment, because such accounts are only subject to taxes upon distribution. After tax returns for Class C and Class A shares, which are not shown, will vary from those of Class N shares.

Investment Adviser: Dunham & Associates Investment Counsel, Inc. (the "Adviser")

Sub-Adviser: Great Lakes Advisors, LLC ("Great Lakes" or the "Sub-Adviser")

Sub-Adviser Portfolio Managers: The following portfolio managers share responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Paul Roukis, CFA and Managing Director, has worked for the Sub-Adviser and its predecessor firm since 2005 and has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since July 2015. Jeff Agne, Managing Director, has worked for the Sub-Adviser and its predecessor firm since 2015 and has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since March 2020. Jason Smith, Managing Director, has worked for the Sub-Adviser and its predecessor firm since 2017 and has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since 2020.

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

You may purchase and redeem shares of a Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. For Class A shares and Class C shares, the initial minimum investment amount in a Fund for regular accounts is $5,000, and for tax-deferred accounts and certain tax efficient accounts is $2,000. The minimum subsequent investment is $100. For Class N shares, the minimum initial investment per Fund is $100,000 for taxable accounts and $50,000 for tax-deferred accounts. There is no minimum subsequent investment amount for Class N shares.

Purchases and redemptions may be made by mailing an application or redemption request to the addresses indicated below, by calling toll free (888) 3DUNHAM (338-6426) or by visiting the Fund's website www.dunham.com. You also may purchase and redeem shares through a financial intermediary.

via Regular Mail via Overnight Mail
Dunham Funds Dunham Funds
c/o Gemini Fund Services, LLC c/o Gemini Fund Services, LLC
P.O. Box 46707 225 Pictoria Dr, Suite 450
Cincinnati, OH 45246 Cincinnati, OH 45246

Tax Information

Dividends and capital gain distributions you receive from a Fund, whether you reinvest your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan. However, these dividend and capital gain distributions may be taxable upon their eventual withdrawal from tax-deferred plans.

Financial Intermediary Compensation

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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