· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MEDICAL MISSION SISTERS | $2,000 |
| PROJECT HOPE | $2,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $2,000 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY KENYA PROGRAM | $2,000 |
| ESPA USA FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHENS | $1,500 |
| MERCY CORPS | $1,000 |
| FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE | $541 |
| THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER | $500 |
| ASPCA | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% 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
Backed again, and grew
PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +85%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +98%- TATHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS7× · 2019–2025 · $3k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- EUESPA USA ADDL JUNE 2022one grant, 2023 · $1k
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PECONIC INCone grant, 2017 · $500
- CUCARE USAone grant, 2023 · $380
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O
To increase and diffuse geographic knowledge in the broadest sense, using the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of the world.
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds Friends of the Elephant Seal ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PECONIC INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David Tyson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David Tyson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
How this is measured
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