New York · Private foundation
David Tyson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $167k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations David Tyson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $14k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $12k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $16k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $13k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $11k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $11k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $9k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $19,215 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $19,215 | 9 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $3,139 | 7 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $2,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Marymount School of New York | $2,330 | 7 | n/a |
| Family Service League Inc | $2,313 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Elephant Seal | $2,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Loyola School | $2,251 | 7 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Corps | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $19,215 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $19,215 | 9 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $3,139 | 7 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $2,800 | 7 | 0% |
| Marymount School of New York | $2,330 | 7 | n/a |
| Family Service League Inc | $2,313 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Elephant Seal | $2,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Loyola School | $2,251 | 7 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Corps | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Peconic Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Saint Joseph's University | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $157 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David Tyson Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About David Tyson Foundation
- How much does David Tyson Foundation give?
- David Tyson Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $13,541 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David Tyson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (67%), Education (21%), Animals (8%).
- Who are David Tyson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc ($19k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($19k), The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($3k).
- Does David Tyson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David Tyson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as David Tyson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is David Tyson Foundation based?
- David Tyson Foundation is based in NY.
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