How to apply
See grant application submission information in federal footnote statements. Contact: The Dyson Foundation, 25 Halcyon Road, Millbrook, Ny, 8456770644 Deadlines: See grant application submission information in federal footnote statements. Restrictions: See grant application submission information in federal footnote statements.
Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.
Grants paid in 2024
Top 40 of 317 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV. Part XV itemizes $16M; Part I reports $14M in contributions paid
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Laguna SecaSalinas, CA | Towards capital improvements at laguna seca raceway and recreation area. | $1.0M |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway FoundationIndianapolis, IN | Towards renovation of the museum, creation of a new restoration shop, and an endowment. | $1.0M |
| Family ServicesPoughkeepsie, NY | Towards a capital campaign to improve the family partnership center in poughkeepsie. | $750K |
| Vassar Brothers Medical Center FoundationNew York, NY | Multi-year support for construction of a new patient pavilion. | $750K |
| Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VA | Towards the delaney center director endowment, to support the leader of the center to manage curricular and co-curricular programs and init… | $600K |
| Hudson River HousingPoughkeepsie, NY | Towards a revolving fund for affordable housing pre-development expenses. | $500K |
| RupcoKingston, NY | Towards a revolving fund for affordable housing pre-development expenses. | $500K |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $300K |
| High Mowing SchoolWilton, NH | For general operating support. | $250K |
| Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New YorkCornwallonhudson, NY | Towards the hudson valley distribution facility. | $250K |
| Winners Circle ProjectIthaca, NY | Towards high school project-based learning and career readiness (s.t.e.a.m.) through the prism of auto racing. | $250K |
| Dutchess County Agricultural SocietyRhinebeck, NY | Towards a new museum building to showcase antique fire apparatus from dutchess county. | $200K |
| Dutchess Day SchoolMillbrook, NY | Towards the installation of a new playground, the construction of an outdoor classroom, and potentially the installation of high ropes type… | $200K |
| Family ServicesPoughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $200K |
| Millbrook Community PartnershipMillbrook, NY | Multi-year support to revitalize two millbrook properties to enhance the civic and cultural life in central dutchess county. | $200K |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY | Towards the public policy, litigation and law program and to patient direct assistance and navigation services. | $200K |
| Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New YorkCornwallonhudson, NY | A multi-year grant for expanded programming and operations in the mid-hudson valley. | $200K |
| Family ServicesPoughkeepsie, NY | For general operating support. | $150K |
| High Mowing SchoolWilton, NH | Towards kitchen equipment. | $150K |
| Boys and Girls Club of NewburghNewburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $125K |
| Lewis County Hospital FoundationLowville, NY | Towards a comprehensive modernization of lewis county general hospital, including a new surgical pavilion, modernized private patient rooms… | $125K |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New YorkNew York, NY | Multi-year support for programming and services in dutchess, orange, and ulster counties. | $125K |
| Mid-Hudson Discovery MuseumPoughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $120K |
| Hudson River HousingPoughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $115K |
| Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY | Multi-year support for scholarships for economically-disadvantaged students from the mid-hudson valley, and student stipends for the see-be… | $115K |
| Dutchess OutreachPoughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $110K |
| Legal Services of the Hudson ValleyWhite Plains, NY | Multi-year support of legal services of the hudson valley's four mid-hudson valley offices, located in dutchess (poughkeepsie), orange (new… | $110K |
| Mental Health America of Dutchess CountyPoughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $110K |
| North Country Prenatal-Perinatal CouncilWatertown, NY | Multi-year support for a comprehensive adolescent pregnancy prevention program. | $110K |
| High Mowing SchoolWilton, NH | For general operating support. | $100K |
| Marietta CollegeMarietta, OH | For general operating support. | $100K |
| Mid-Hudson Discovery MuseumPoughkeepsie, NY | Towards an outdoor steam-focused play and learning park. | $100K |
| People USAPoughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general support of people usa's services in the mid-hudson valley. | $100K |
| Mass Design GroupBoston, MA | Multi-year support for the hudson valley design lab, a community design center that uses inclusive, collaborative, context-specific practic… | $90K |
| New York Council of NonprofitsAlbanew York, NY | A multi-year grant for support of new yorkcons work in the mid-hudson valley, including support of its poughkeepsie satellite office. | $90K |
| Boys and Girls Club of NewburghNewburgh, NY | Multi-year support for summer youth programming in poughkeepsie and newburgh. | $85K |
| Rural & Migrant MinistryCornwall on Hudson, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $85K |
| The Art EffectPoughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $85K |
| Bardavon 1869 Opera HousePoughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $80K |
| Center for Creative EducationKingston, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $80K |
By state: New York 284 · California 2 · Indiana 2 · Virginia 2 · New Hampshire 3 · Massachusetts 4
About this foundation
Dyson Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Millbrook, New York, administered in care of Vivian Walsh, tax-exempt since 1958. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does Dyson Foundation accept grant applications?
Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. See grant application submission information in federal footnote statements. Deadlines: See grant application submission information in federal footnote statements..
How much does Dyson Foundation give each year?
In tax year 2024 it paid $16M across 317 grants, a median of $17K.
Where does Dyson Foundation give?
New York (284 grants), California (2 grants), Indiana (2 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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