Illinois · Private foundation
James Dyson Foundation North America
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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,711
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,711
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations James Dyson Foundation North America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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 | 2 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $190k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $89k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $114k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $68k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $57k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $91k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $23k | 60% |
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 Exploration | $149,133 | 5 | 4% |
| Envision Excellence in STEM Education Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $10,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Pratt Institute | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourishing Hope | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Connected | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Restoration Project | $4,011 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenhills School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Makergirl | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Exploration | $149,133 | 5 | 4% |
| Envision Excellence in STEM Education Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $10,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Pratt Institute | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourishing Hope | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Connected | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Restoration Project | $4,011 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenhills School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Makergirl | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Chicago Mobile Makers | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Goethe School | $1,399 | 1 | 4% |
| Movember Foundation | $1,063 | 1 | 0% |
| Role Model Movement Inc (NFP) | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($611k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James Dyson Foundation North America 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About James Dyson Foundation North America
- How much does James Dyson Foundation North America give?
- James Dyson Foundation North America reported 2 grants totaling $15,235 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James Dyson Foundation North America fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Education (26%), Health (20%).
- Who are James Dyson Foundation North America's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Project Exploration ($149k), Envision Excellence in STEM Education Inc ($25k), Northwestern University ($11k).
- Does James Dyson Foundation North America fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James Dyson Foundation North America 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 James Dyson Foundation North America?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is James Dyson Foundation North America based?
- James Dyson Foundation North America is based in IL.
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