The Dyson Foundation
Historical FunderMillbrook, New York · EIN 13-6084888 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$16M
Organizations funded317
Typical grant$16,500
Total assets$246.9M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $6,545 and $50,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | THE DYSON FOUNDATION |
|---|---|
| Address | 25 HALCYON ROAD, MILLBROOK NY 12545 |
| Phone | 8456770644 |
| Form and materials | SEE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMISSION INFORMATION IN FEDERAL FOOTNOTE STATEMENTS. |
| Deadlines | SEE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMISSION INFORMATION IN FEDERAL FOOTNOTE STATEMENTS. |
| Restrictions | SEE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMISSION INFORMATION IN FEDERAL FOOTNOTE STATEMENTS. |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
10% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Laguna Seca | Salinas, CA | Towards capital improvements at laguna seca raceway and recreation area. | $1,000,000 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | Towards renovation of the museum, creation of a new restoration shop, and an endowment. | $1,000,000 |
| Family Services | Poughkeepsie, NY | Towards a capital campaign to improve the family partnership center in poughkeepsie. | $750,000 |
| Vassar Brothers Medical Center Foundation | New York, NY | Multi-Year support for construction of a new patient pavilion. | $750,000 |
| Washington and Lee University | Lexington, VA | Towards the delaney center director endowment, to support the leader of the center to manage curricular and co-curricular programs and… | $600,000 |
| Hudson River Housing | Poughkeepsie, NY | Towards a revolving fund for affordable housing pre-development expenses. | $500,000 |
| Rupco | Kingston, NY | Towards a revolving fund for affordable housing pre-development expenses. | $500,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $300,000 |
| High Mowing School | Wilton, NH | For general operating support. | $250,000 |
| Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York | Cornwallonhudson, NY | Towards the hudson valley distribution facility. | $250,000 |
| Winners Circle Project | Ithaca, NY | Towards high school project-based learning and career readiness (s.t.e.a.m.) through the prism of auto racing. | $250,000 |
| Dutchess County Agricultural Society | Rhinebeck, NY | Towards a new museum building to showcase antique fire apparatus from dutchess county. | $200,000 |
| Dutchess Day School | Millbrook, NY | Towards the installation of a new playground, the construction of an outdoor classroom, and potentially the installation of high ropes type… | $200,000 |
| Family Services | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $200,000 |
| Millbrook Community Partnership | Millbrook, NY | Multi-Year support to revitalize two millbrook properties to enhance the civic and cultural life in central dutchess county. | $200,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | Towards the public policy, litigation and law program and to patient direct assistance and navigation services. | $200,000 |
| Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York | Cornwallonhudson, NY | A multi-year grant for expanded programming and operations in the mid-hudson valley. | $200,000 |
| Family Services | Poughkeepsie, NY | For general operating support. | $150,000 |
| High Mowing School | Wilton, NH | Towards kitchen equipment. | $150,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh | Newburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $125,000 |
| Lewis County Hospital Foundation | Lowville, NY | Towards a comprehensive modernization of lewis county general hospital, including a new surgical pavilion, modernized private patient… | $125,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York | New York, NY | Multi-Year support for programming and services in dutchess, orange, and ulster counties. | $125,000 |
| Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $120,000 |
| Hudson River Housing | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $115,000 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | Multi-Year support for scholarships for economically-disadvantaged students from the mid-hudson valley, and student stipends for the… | $115,000 |
| Dutchess Outreach | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $110,000 |
| Legal Services of the Hudson Valley | White Plains, NY | Multi-Year support of legal services of the hudson valley's four mid-hudson valley offices, located in dutchess (poughkeepsie), orange (new… | $110,000 |
| Mental Health America of Dutchess County | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $110,000 |
| North Country Prenatal-Perinatal Council | Watertown, NY | Multi-Year support for a comprehensive adolescent pregnancy prevention program. | $110,000 |
| High Mowing School | Wilton, NH | For general operating support. | $100,000 |
| Marietta College | Marietta, OH | For general operating support. | $100,000 |
| Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum | Poughkeepsie, NY | Towards an outdoor steam-focused play and learning park. | $100,000 |
| People USA | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general support of people usa's services in the mid-hudson valley. | $100,000 |
| Mass Design Group | Boston, MA | Multi-Year support for the hudson valley design lab, a community design center that uses inclusive, collaborative, context-specific… | $90,000 |
| New York Council of Nonprofits | Albanew York, NY | A multi-year grant for support of new yorkcons work in the mid-hudson valley, including support of its poughkeepsie satellite office. | $90,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh | Newburgh, NY | Multi-Year support for summer youth programming in poughkeepsie and newburgh. | $85,000 |
| Rural & Migrant Ministry | Cornwall on Hudson, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $85,000 |
| The Art Effect | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $85,000 |
| Bardavon 1869 Opera House | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $80,000 |
| Center for Creative Education | Kingston, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $80,000 |
| Child Care Council of Dutchess and Putnam | Poughkeepsie, NY | Multi-Year support towards the child care tuition scholarship program for economically disadvantaged families in dutchess county. | $80,000 |
| Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York | New York, NY | Towards expanding organizational capacity to meet evolving needs throughout the diocese. | $75,000 |
| Exodus Transitional Community | New York, NY | Multi-Year support for reentry programming to serve men and women released from prison and jail to dutchess and orange counties, and their… | $75,000 |
| Grace Church | Millbrook, NY | Multi-Year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh | Newburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Literacy Connections of the Hudson Valley | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Rupco | Kingston, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Safe Harbors of the Hudson | Newburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Walkway Over the Hudson | Poughkeepsie, NY | For general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley | Poughkeepsie, NY | Multi-Year support for field trips for K-12 public schools students in dutchess and ulster counties. | $70,000 |
| Marist College | Poughkeepsie, NY | Towards football helmets and related equipment for the marist college football program. | $70,000 |
| Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson | Montgomery, NY | Multi-Year support to provide girl scout leadership experience programming to girls in under-served communities in dutchess, orange,… | $65,000 |
| Grace Smith House | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $65,000 |
| North East Community Center | Millerton, NY | A multi-year request for general operating support. | $65,000 |
| Worker Justice Center of New York | Rochester, NY | Multi-Year support of the mid-hudson valley office. | $65,000 |
| Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley | Poughkeepsie, NY | Towards the poughkeepsie public schools foundation fund. | $63,000 |
| Community Family Development | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $60,000 |
| Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood | Hudson, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $60,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County | Wappingers Falls, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $60,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 317 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vassar Brothers Medical Center Foundation | New York, NY | Multi-Year support for construction of a new patient pavilion. | $3,750,000 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | Towards renovation of the museum, creation of a new restoration shop, and an endowment. | $3,000,000 |
| Washington and Lee University | Lexington, VA | Towards the delaney center director endowment, to support the leader of the center to manage curricular and co-curricular programs and… | $2,400,000 |
| Family Services | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $400,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $300,000 |
| Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York | Cornwallonhudson, NY | A multi-year grant for expanded programming and operations in the mid-hudson valley. | $300,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York | New York, NY | Multi-Year support for programming and services in dutchess, orange, and ulster counties. | $250,000 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | Multi-Year support for scholarships for economically-disadvantaged students from the mid-hudson valley, and student stipends for the… | $230,000 |
| YMCA of Middletown | Middletown, NY | Multi-Year support for the ymca's programming for low-income families and their children. | $225,000 |
| Dutchess Outreach | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $220,000 |
| Legal Services of the Hudson Valley | White Plains, NY | Multi-Year support of legal services of the hudson valley's four mid-hudson valley offices, located in dutchess (poughkeepsie), orange (new… | $220,000 |
| Mental Health America of Dutchess County | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $220,000 |
| Millbrook Community Partnership | Millbrook, NY | Multi-Year support to revitalize two millbrook properties to enhance the civic and cultural life in central dutchess county. | $200,000 |
| People USA | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general support of people usa's services in the mid-hudson valley. | $200,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | Towards the public policy, litigation and law program and to patient direct assistance and navigation services. | $200,000 |
| Rural & Migrant Ministry | Cornwall on Hudson, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $170,000 |
| The Art Effect | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $170,000 |
| Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orange County | Middletown, NY | Multi-Year support for the gleaning program, which distributes donated local produce to regional emergency food programs in orange county… | $150,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh | Newburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $150,000 |
| Northern Dutchess Hospital Foundation | Rhinebeck, NY | Multi-Year support to renovate the hospital's emergency room. | $150,000 |
| Community Family Development | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $120,000 |
| Hudson River Housing | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $115,000 |
| Long Term Care Community Coalition | New York, NY | Multi-Year support towards the hudson valley long term care ombudsman program, through which trained and certified staff and volunteers… | $112,500 |
| Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess County | Millbrook, NY | Multi-Year support towards the green teen community gardening program, a workforce development program for teens in beacon and poughkeepsie. | $100,000 |
| Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County | Kingston, NY | Multi-Year support for the relatives as parents program, which provides education, support, and other services for kinship caregivers and… | $100,000 |
| Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet | Poughkeepsie, NY | For general operating support. | $100,000 |
| Mass Design Group | Boston, MA | Multi-Year support for the hudson valley design lab, a community design center that uses inclusive, collaborative, context-specific… | $90,000 |
| New York Council of Nonprofits | Albanew York, NY | A multi-year grant for support of new yorkcons work in the mid-hudson valley, including support of its poughkeepsie satellite office. | $90,000 |
| Astor Services | Rhinebeck, NY | Multi-Year support for a bilingual parent infant educator to work with families in the enhanced childhood coordinated services initiative. | $85,000 |
| Bardavon 1869 Opera House | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $80,000 |
| Literacy Connections of the Hudson Valley | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $80,000 |
| Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York | New York, NY | Towards expanding organizational capacity to meet evolving needs throughout the diocese. | $75,000 |
| Exodus Transitional Community | New York, NY | Multi-Year support for reentry programming to serve men and women released from prison and jail to dutchess and orange counties, and their… | $75,000 |
| Rupco | Kingston, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Safe Harbors of the Hudson | Newburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Walkway Over the Hudson | Poughkeepsie, NY | For general operating support. | $75,000 |
| Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley | Poughkeepsie, NY | Multi-Year support for field trips for K-12 public schools students in dutchess and ulster counties. | $70,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County | Wappingers Falls, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $70,000 |
| Mediation Center of Dutchess County | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $70,000 |
| Grace Smith House | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $65,000 |
| North East Community Center | Millerton, NY | A multi-year request for general operating support. | $65,000 |
| Ulster Immigrant Defense Network | Kingston, NY | For general operating support. | $60,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Orange County | Middletown, NY | A multi-year grant for the safety net program, which provides transportation, home visiting, case management, and counseling for disabled… | $57,500 |
| Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium | Hudson, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $55,000 |
| Community Action of Greene County | Catskill, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $50,000 |
| Covecare Center | Carmel, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $50,000 |
| Culinary Institute of America | Hyde Park, NY | A multi-year grant towards scholarships for mid-hudson valley students with financial need. | $50,000 |
| Fearless Hudson Valley | Newburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $50,000 |
| Newburgh Armory Unity Center | Newburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $50,000 |
| Nubian Directions II | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $50,000 |
| Pro Publica | New York, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $50,000 |
| United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $50,000 |
| Center for Governmental Research | Rochester, NY | Multi-Year support for the mid-hudson valley community profiles website, which provides trend data and analysis for a series of indicators… | $47,700 |
| Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood | Albanew York, NY | Support for upper hudson planned parenthood's hudson health center which provides vital sexual and reproductive health care for residents… | $45,000 |
| Grace Church | Millbrook, NY | Multi-Year support for the millbrook community preschool at grace church. | $40,000 |
| Newburgh Armory Unity Center | Newburgh, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $40,000 |
| Nami Mid-Hudson Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $33,000 |
| Arts Mid-Hudson | Poughkeepsie, NY | A multi-year grant for general operating support. | $30,000 |
| Northern New York Community Foundation | Watertown, NY | Multi-Year support for operation snowstorm, which provides winter clothing for students in need from lowville academy and beaver river… | $30,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16,015,770 | 398 |
| 2023 | $12,878,395 | 376 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 13, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202533179349103208
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-6084888
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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