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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName Dunham Funds
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Feb. 28, 2020
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund  
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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective:
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Fund seeks to maximize total return from capital appreciation and dividends.
Objective, Secondary [Text Block] rr_ObjectiveSecondaryTextBlock

A secondary investment objective of the Fund is to exceed, over the long-term, the total return available from direct ownership of real estate with less risk than direct ownership.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Fund:
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. 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 professional and in How to Purchase Shares on page 89 of the Fund's Prospectus and in How to Buy and Sell Shares on page 88 of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.  
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover:
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

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 63% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 63.00%
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts 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.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount $ 50,000
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example:
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

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:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Principal Investment Strategies:
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund’s Sub-Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objectives by investing primarily in income-producing equity securities (including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”)) of U.S. real estate companies. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets (defined as net assets plus borrowing for investment purposes) in equity securities of companies principally engaged in the U.S. real estate industry. The Fund defines a company as principally engaged in the U.S. real estate industry if at least 50% of the company’s revenues or 50% of the market value of the company’s assets are related to the ownership, operation, construction, development, financing, leasing, management or sale of U.S. real estate. The Sub-Adviser believes that equity securities of real estate companies with monopolistic characteristics generally perform better over time and can command higher occupancy rates and better rents, which in turn can create more valuable portfolios for shareholders through enhanced dividends and higher real estate values.


In general, the Sub-Adviser buys securities of issuers with real estate that is more difficult to supply, demand is less cyclical, and tenants are reluctant to leave. The Sub-Adviser sells securities when a company no longer meets its selection criteria or the valuation no longer meets the risk return parameters of the portfolio. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it can invest a greater percentage of its assets in any one issuer than a diversified fund. The Fund’s Sub-Adviser may engage in active and frequent trading of the Fund’s portfolio securities to achieve the Fund’s investment objectives.

 

The Sub-Adviser seeks to outperform other real estate funds using in-house knowledge, research and its understanding of the real estate market. The Sub-Adviser seeks to find favorable real estate investments in the public markets through disciplined analysis by combining bottom-up fundamental research of companies with a research driven top-down asset allocation. Through such analysis, the Sub-Adviser seeks to deliver total return by identifying individual company value and by repositioning the Fund’s portfolio to be invested in companies with the best property types and geographic regions based on current real estate market conditions. Additionally, the Sub-Adviser focuses the Fund’s securities portfolio on investments that generally provide income and also have the potential for long-term capital appreciation.

 

The Fund may also engage in securities lending.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Investment Risks:
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

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.

 

Real Estate Industry Concentration Risk – By concentrating in a single sector, the Fund carries much greater risk of adverse developments in that sector than a fund that invests in a wide variety of industries. Real estate values rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, including local, regional and national economic conditions, interest rates and tax considerations.

 

Real Estate Investment Trust Risk – A REIT’s performance depends on the types and locations of the rental properties it owns and on how well it manages those properties. A decline in rental income may occur because of extended vacancies, increased competition from other properties, tenants’ failure to pay rent or poor management.

 

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.

 

Non-Diversification Risk – As a non-diversified fund, the Fund has a greater potential to realize losses upon the occurrence of adverse events affecting a particular issuer.

 

Management Risk – The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. 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.

 

Small and Medium Capitalization Risk – The Fund’s investments in smaller and medium-sized companies carry more risks than investments in larger companies. Companies with small and medium size market capitalization often have narrower markets, fewer products or services to offer and more limited managerial and financial resources than do larger, more established companies.

 

Liquidity Risk – Some securities may have few market-makers and low trading volume, which tend to increase transaction costs and may make it impossible for a Fund to dispose of a security position at all or at a price which represents current or fair market value.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk – A higher portfolio turnover will result in higher transactional and brokerage costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.


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.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund.
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus Non-Diversification Risk – As a non-diversified fund, the Fund has a greater potential to realize losses upon the occurrence of adverse events affecting a particular issuer.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance:
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

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).
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns 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.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone (888) 3DUNHAM (338-6426)
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress www.dunham.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how a Fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading Class N Shares Annual Total Return for Years Ended December 31
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 16.76% (quarter ended March 31, 2019) and the lowest return for a quarter was -16.10% (quarter ended September 30, 2011).

Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN For the periods ended December 31, 2019
Performance Table Does Reflect Sales Loads rr_PerformanceTableDoesReflectSalesLoads The Class A sales charge is reflected in the average annual total return table.
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate 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.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred 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.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text] rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown After tax returns for Class C and Class A shares, which are not shown, will vary from those of Class N shares.
Performance Table Narrative rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock

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.
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund | Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Total Return Index  
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Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Total Return Index
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 28.92% [1]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 8.34% [1]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.95% [1]
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund | FTSE NAREIT All REITS Index  
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Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 28.07%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 8.44%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 12.46%
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund | Morningstar Real Estate Category  
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Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel Morningstar Real Estate Category (return before taxes)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 27.28% [2]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 6.81% [2]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.30% [2]
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund | Class A  
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 5.75%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the original purchase price for purchases of $1 million or more) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice 0.75%
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Exchange Fee rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.10% [3]
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.32%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.67%
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 735
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,071
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,430
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 2,438
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel return before taxes
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 19.75%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 4.65%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 10.24%
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund | Class C  
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the original purchase price for purchases of $1 million or more) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Exchange Fee rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.10% [3]
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.32%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.42%
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 245
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 755
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,291
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 2,756
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel return before taxes
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 26.05%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 5.09%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 10.06%
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund | Class N  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the original purchase price for purchases of $1 million or more) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Exchange Fee rr_ExchangeFeeOverRedemption none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.10% [3]
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.32%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.42%
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 145
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 449
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 776
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,702
Annual Return 2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 25.72%
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 6.27%
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 18.72%
Annual Return 2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 2.93%
Annual Return 2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 31.09%
Annual Return 2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 2.07%
Annual Return 2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 6.25%
Annual Return 2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 4.24%
Annual Return 2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 (6.37%)
Annual Return 2019 rr_AnnualReturn2019 27.32%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel the highest return
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2019
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 16.76%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel the lowest return
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Sep. 30, 2011
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (16.10%)
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel return before taxes
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 27.32%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 6.15%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.17%
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund | Class N | return after taxes on distributions  
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Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel return after taxes on distributions                             
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 24.44%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 3.57%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 9.30%
Dunham Real Estate Stock Fund | Class N | return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 16.99%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 3.91%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 8.54%
[1] Change in Fund’s benchmark due to implementation of the Sub-Adviser’s investment strategy primarily using the new benchmark index. As a result, the Fund’s performance is compared to both indices in the table above.
[2] The Morningstar Real Estate Category is generally representative of mutual funds that primarily invest in REITS of various types. REITs are companies that develop and manage real estate properties.
[3] Management Fees have been restated to reflect a new Sub-Advisory agreement that was effective January l, 2020. The Management fees assume the Sub-Adviser’s base fee. Actual Sub-Advisory fees may be higher or lower depending on Fund performance. The new Sub-Advisory Fee is a fulcrum fee with a base or fulcrum of 45 bps (0.45%) and can range from 0.15% to 0.75% based on the Fund’s performance relative to the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Total Return Index, the Fund’s benchmark.