The Dyson Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $1.0M

  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

  Towards renovation of the museum, creation of a new restoration shop, and an endowment.

• $1.0M

  Friends of Laguna Seca · Salinas, CA · 2024

  Towards capital improvements at laguna seca raceway and recreation area.

• $750,000

  Vassar Brothers Medical Center Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for construction of a new patient pavilion.

• $750,000

  Family Services · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards a capital campaign to improve the family partnership center in poughkeepsie.

• $600,000

  Washington and Lee University · Lexington, VA · 2024

  Towards the delaney center director endowment, to support the leader of the center to manage curricular and co-curricular programs and initiatives, and to recruit and mentor center faculty.

• $500,000

  Rupco · Kingston, NY · 2024

  Towards a revolving fund for affordable housing pre-development expenses.

• $500,000

  Hudson River Housing · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards a revolving fund for affordable housing pre-development expenses.

• $300,000

  Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $250,000

  High Mowing School · Wilton, NH · 2024

  For general operating support.

• $250,000

  Winners Circle Project · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  Towards high school project-based learning and career readiness (s.t.e.a.m.) through the prism of auto racing.

• $250,000

  Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York · Cornwallonhudson, NY · 2024

  Towards the hudson valley distribution facility.

• $200,000

  Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York · Cornwallonhudson, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for expanded programming and operations in the mid-hudson valley.

• $200,000

  Millbrook Community Partnership · Millbrook, NY · 2024

  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 · 2024

  Towards the public policy, litigation and law program and to patient direct assistance and navigation services.

• $200,000

  Dutchess Day School · Millbrook, NY · 2024

  Towards the installation of a new playground, the construction of an outdoor classroom, and potentially the installation of high ropes type challenge.

• $200,000

  Family Services · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $200,000

  Dutchess County Agricultural Society · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024

  Towards a new museum building to showcase antique fire apparatus from dutchess county.

• $150,000

  High Mowing School · Wilton, NH · 2024

  Towards kitchen equipment.

• $150,000

  Family Services · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  For general operating support.

• $125,000

  Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for programming and services in dutchess, orange, and ulster counties.

• $125,000

  Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh · Newburgh, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $125,000

  Lewis County Hospital Foundation · Lowville, NY · 2024

  Towards a comprehensive modernization of lewis county general hospital, including a new surgical pavilion, modernized private patient rooms, and an expanded critical care unit.

• $120,000

  Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $115,000

  Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for scholarships for economically-disadvantaged students from the mid-hudson valley, and student stipends for the see-beyond summer learning program.

• $115,000

  Hudson River Housing · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $110,000

  Mental Health America of Dutchess County · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $110,000

  Legal Services of the Hudson Valley · White Plains, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support of legal services of the hudson valley's four mid-hudson valley offices, located in dutchess (poughkeepsie), orange (new windsor and goshen), and ulster (kingston) counties.

• $110,000

  North Country Prenatal-Perinatal Council · Watertown, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for a comprehensive adolescent pregnancy prevention program.

• $110,000

  Dutchess Outreach · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $100,000

  High Mowing School · Wilton, NH · 2024

  For general operating support.

• $100,000

  People USA · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general support of people usa's services in the mid-hudson valley.

• $100,000

  Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards an outdoor steam-focused play and learning park.

• $100,000

  Marietta College · Marietta, OH · 2024

  For general operating support.

• $90,000

  New York Council of Nonprofits · Albanew York, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for support of new yorkcons work in the mid-hudson valley, including support of its poughkeepsie satellite office.

• $90,000

  Mass Design Group · Boston, MA · 2024

  Multi-year support for the hudson valley design lab, a community design center that uses inclusive, collaborative, context-specific practices to develop innovative architectural solutions to address systemic regional ch…

• $85,000

  The Art Effect · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $85,000

  Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh · Newburgh, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for summer youth programming in poughkeepsie and newburgh.

• $85,000

  Rural & Migrant Ministry · Cornwall On Hudson, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $80,000

  Center for Creative Education · Kingston, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $80,000

  Child Care Council of Dutchess and Putnam · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support towards the child care tuition scholarship program for economically disadvantaged families in dutchess county.

• $80,000

  Bardavon 1869 Opera House · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $75,000

  Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh · Newburgh, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $75,000

  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $75,000

  Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  Towards expanding organizational capacity to meet evolving needs throughout the diocese.

• $75,000

  Grace Church · Millbrook, NY · 2024

  Multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $75,000

  Safe Harbors of the Hudson · Newburgh, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $75,000

  Literacy Connections of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $75,000

  Walkway Over the Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  For general operating support.

• $75,000

  Rupco · Kingston, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $75,000

  Exodus Transitional Community · New York, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for reentry programming to serve men and women released from prison and jail to dutchess and orange counties, and their families.

• $70,000

  Marist College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards football helmets and related equipment for the marist college football program.

• $70,000

  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for field trips for k-12 public schools students in dutchess and ulster counties.

• $65,000

  Grace Smith House · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $65,000

  Worker Justice Center of New York · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support of the mid-hudson valley office.

• $65,000

  Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson · Montgomery, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support to provide girl scout leadership experience programming to girls in under-served communities in dutchess, orange, putnam, and ulster counties.

• $65,000

  North East Community Center · Millerton, NY · 2024

  A multi-year request for general operating support.

• $63,000

  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards the poughkeepsie public schools foundation fund.

• $60,000

  Greater Hudson Promise Neighborhood · Hudson, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $60,000

  Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $60,000

  Community Family Development · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $60,000

  Washington and Lee University · Lexington, VA · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $57,500

  Jewish Family Service of Orange County · Middletown, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for the safety net program, which provides transportation, home visiting, case management, and counseling for disabled or medically frail adults in orange county.

• $55,000

  Hand in Hand Early Childhood Center · Lowville, NY · 2024

  Towards after-school programs and subsidized tuition costs.

• $55,000

  Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium · Hudson, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $50,000

  Grace Smith House · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards facilities repair and maintenance expenses.

• $50,000

  Putnam County Housing Corporation · Carmel, NY · 2024

  Towards affordable housing units in putnam county.

• $50,000

  Community Action of Greene County · Catskill, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $50,000

  Ramapo for Children · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024

  Towards support for the northern dutchess daycare center operations.

• $50,000

  Ampact · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards recruitment, training, and management of americorps members' service in early learning corps and math corps in poughkeepsie and dutchess county.

• $50,000

  Poughkeepsie Children'S Cabinet · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  For general operating support.

• $50,000

  Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $50,000

  United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $50,000

  Habitat for Humanity of Dutchess County · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2024

  Towards repair and maintenance expenses to help existing homeowners, including mobile home owners, stay in their homes.

• $50,000

  Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York · Cornwallonhudson, NY · 2024

  Towards support for the regional food bank's member agencies in the mid-hudson valley.

• $50,000

  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  To support the poughkeepsie public schools foundation's efforts to positively impact student engagement and success.

• $50,000

  New York Council of Nonprofits · Albanew York, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant towards technical assistance for mid-hudson valley nonprofit organizations.

• $50,000

  Family Services · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards summer programming for teens in the city of poughkeepsie.

• $50,000

  Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards the poughkeepsie progress fund.

• $50,000

  Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for the museum's transition to owning its property.

• $50,000

  Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2024

  Support for programming and services in dutchess, orange, and ulster counties.

• $50,000

  Empire State College Foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024

  Multi-year scholarship support for mid-hudson valley adult students enrolled in sunew york empire state university's school of nursing and allied health degree programs.

• $50,000

  Northern Dutchess Hospital Foundation · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support to renovate the hospital's emergency room.

• $50,000

  Fearless Hudson Valley · Newburgh, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $50,000

  Vassar-Warner Home · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards general operating support.

• $50,000

  Nubian Directions Ii · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $50,000

  New City Parks · New York, NY · 2024

  To support community stewardship of poughkeepsie parks.

• $50,000

  Legal Services of the Hudson Valley · White Plains, NY · 2024

  Towards eviction prevention work, to cover rental and utility arrears for low-income individuals and families at risk of homelessness.

• $50,000

  Newburgh Armory Unity Center · Newburgh, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $50,000

  Day One Early Learning Community · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards the teacher apprentice program in dutchess county.

• $50,000

  Fearless Hudson Valley · Newburgh, NY · 2024

  Towards facilities repair and maintenance expenses.

• $50,000

  Covecare Center · Carmel, NY · 2024

  A multi-year grant for general operating support.

• $50,000

  Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County · Kingston, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for the relatives as parents program, which provides education, support, and other services for kinship caregivers and the youth in their care. Kinship caregivers are primarily grandparents raising th…

• $50,000

  Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

  Towards planning for an outdoor play space.

• $47,200

  Center for Governmental Research · Rochester, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for the mid-hudson valley community profiles website, which provides trend data and analysis for a series of indicators for columbia, dutchess, greene, orange, putnam, sullivan, and ulster counties.

• $42,500

  Astor Services · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for a bilingual parent infant educator to work with families in the enhanced childhood coordinated services initiative.

• $40,000

  Hole in the Wall Gang Camp · New Haven, CT · 2024

  For general operating support.

• $40,000

  Lowville Food Pantry · Lowville, NY · 2024

  Towards the construction of a walk-in freezer to increase capacity for receiving donated food.

• $40,000

  Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood · Albanew York, NY · 2024

  Support for upper hudson planned parenthood's hudson health center which provides vital sexual and reproductive health care for residents of columbia and greene counties in new york and parts of the berkshires in massac…

• $40,000

  Long Term Care Community Coalition · New York, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support towards the hudson valley long term care ombudsman program, through which trained and certified staff and volunteers advocate for residents of long-term care facilities.

• $40,000

  Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties · Acra, NY · 2024

  Multi-year support for the parenting with confidence program, which provides free in-home and group parenting support for families in columbia and greene counties.