DYSON FOUNDATION

Financial Information

Total Assets: $210,842,373 Total Giving: $14,499,662

Area of Service:

New York

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

Directors’ Discretionary, Legacy and Family Interest, Management Assistance Program (MAP), Management Assistance Program (MAP), Program-Related Investment,

Grants

The following grants were reported in recent years:
GRACE CHURCH
Millbrook, New York – $4,000 in 2011
LYALL MEMORIAL FEDERATION CHURCH
Millbrook, New York – $4,000 in 2011
RURAL AND MIGRANT MINISTRY
Poughkeepsie, New York – $100,000 in 2011

Limitations

Giving primarily in Dutchess County, NY, and organizations providing services in Dutchess County; limited grants to other Mid-Hudson Valley counties (Columbia, Greene, Orange, Putnam and Ulster counties). National and other grants on a solicited basis.
No support for international organizations.
No grants to individuals, or for debt reduction, direct mail campaign or fundraising events.

Summary

The foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the Mid-Hudson Valley of NY in a variety of fields and makes grants that are linked to the interests of the family. To best support the most vulnerable people and communities in the foundation’s region, the foundation will focus on organizations and activities that address basic needs such as food, housing, health care, and other human services. In addition, there will also be funds available through the capacity-building Mini-Grant Program and the Nonprofit Strategic Restructuring Initiative.

Additional

Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation
Trust established in 1956 in NY; incorporated in 1957 in DE.

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

http://www.dysonfoundation.org/

Located in:

Millbrook,

New York

United States

Contact Information / Process

Tel: (845) 677-0644
Fax: (845) 677-0650
Email: [email protected]
Address:
DYSON FOUNDATION
25 Halcyon Rd.
Millbrook, NY 12545-6137
Procedure:
No new applications will be accepted in the areas of the arts, environment, historic preservation, or for capital projects. The foundation has its own application forms available for download on the foundation’s web site. The foundation also accepts the Dutchess County Common Grant Application and Philanthropy New York’s New York/New Jersey area Common Application Form. Please see the foundation’s web site for special instructions if using the Dutchess County Common Grant Application. Application form required. Initial approach: Submit letter of inquiry either online or via postal mail
Copies of proposal: 1
Board meeting date(s): Quarterly
Deadline(s): None
Final notification: Three to six months

Donors & Leadership

Officers and Directors: Robert R. Dyson Chair. and Director
Andrea L. Reynolds C.E.O. and Pres.
John S. FitzSimmons Secy.
Christopher C. Dyson Treas. and Director
Molly Dyson
Raymond A. Lamontagne
Timmian C. Massie
Jode Millman
Lynn McCluskey Asst. Treas. & Asst. Secy.

EIN:

136084888