The Dyson Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
136084888
IRS 990-PF coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Millbrook, NY, USA
Phone
8456770644
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,691,782
Expenses
$18,247,279

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

The Dyson Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Millbrook, NY. EIN 136084888. Tax year 2024 Form 990-PF reports $2.7M revenue and $18.2M expenses.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 317 grants totaling $16,015,770. The stated grant purposes included multi-year support for the adelante summer program, which helps undocumented high school students explore pathways to higher education and community leadership., multi-year support for scholarships for low-income students in the hudson valley msw program who live in columbia, dutchess, orange, putnam, and ulster counties, and plan to work in the area., and towards scholarships for adelphi's center for nonprofit leadership capacity building and leadership development programs for mid-hudson valley nonprofits., plus 175 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 92% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 90% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 18.09; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 40th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 328 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 40/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Compensation paid to a disqualified person not reported.