The Camille and Henry Dreyfus
New York, NY · EIN 13-5570117. Reported 192 grants totalling $13.2M to 118 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $75,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $18,500 and $100,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $683,004 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $579,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $530,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $497,744 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $325,187 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | $310,261 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Chemical Society | Nw Washington, DC | $309,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $260,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Washington University | Bellingham, WA | $250,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Xiaowei Zhuang - Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Basel | Basel, Basel | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $191,142 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $161,209 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $160,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| William and Mary | Williamsburg, VA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $128,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida State University Research Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgia Tech Research Corp | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington, IN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| James Madison University | Harrisonburg, VA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Occidental College | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Providence College | Providence, RI | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas A&m University | College Station, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas A&m University | College Park, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Akron | Akron, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Macalester College | Saint Paul, MN | $93,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | $93,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville, TN | $93,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Colorado Denver | Denver, CO | $93,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California State University | Fresno, CA | $85,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barnard College of Columbia University | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California State Polytechnic University | San Luis Obispo, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California State Polytechnic University Pomona | Pomona, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California State University Chico | Chico, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu | Honolulu, HI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Creighton University | Omaha, NE | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Csu Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation | Fullerton, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haverford College | Haverford, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| High Point University | High Point, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lafayette College | Easton, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reed College | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simith College | Northampton, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Bonaventure University | St Bonaventure, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of North Carolina Asheville | Asheville, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Richmond | Richmond, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $72,967 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia Southern University | Statesboro, GA | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California State University La | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kenyn College | Gambier, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Towson University | Towson, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bard College | Annandaleonhudson, NY | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christopher Newport University | Newport News, VA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colorado State University Pueblo | Pueblo, CO | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eastern Illinois University | Charleston, IL | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, PA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harvey Mudd College | Claremont, CA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Idaho State University | Pocatello, ID | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Illinois State University | Normal, IL | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca, NY | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kalamazoo College | Kalamazoo, MI | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Missouri State University | Springfield, MO | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| SUNY New Paltz | New Paltz, NY | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Woman's University | Denton, TX | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The College of New Jersey | Ewing, NJ | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, VA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trinity University | San Antonio, TX | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Union College | Schenectady, NY | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Princess Annes, MD | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | West Chester, PA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Willamette University | Salem, OR | $16,222 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercer University | Macon, GA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rowan University | Glassboro, NJ | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Twin Cities Regional Science Fairs | Maple Grove, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eth Zurich Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
40 of 118 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 38%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Xiaowei Zhuang - Harvard University
DREYFUS PRIZE IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES - University of Michigan
MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES - University of California Los Angeles
TEACHER-SCHOLAR SCHOLARSHIP - California Institute of Technology
CAMILLE TEACHER- SCHOLAR AWARD GRANT - American Chemical Society
CHEMICAL SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIP - California State University Chico
HENRY DREYFUS TEACHER-SCHOLAR SCHOLARSHIP
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 103 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $3,592,970 | $100,000 |
| 2022 | 49 | $3,561,077 | $80,000 |
| 2023 | 59 | $3,175,222 | $18,500 |
| 2024 | 41 | $2,874,967 | $75,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus has 45 of them, worth $1,294,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| American Chemical Society | Washington, DC | $180,000 |
| American Chemical Society | Nw Washington, DC | $164,000 |
| American Chemical Society | Nw Washington, DC | $110,000 |
| University of Basel | Basel, Basel | $65,000 |
| The American Chemical Society | Washington, DC | $63,000 |
| The American Chemical Society | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| University of Basel | Basel, Basel | $50,000 |
| The American Chemical Society | Washington, DC | $40,000 |
| University of Basel | Basel, Basel | $30,000 |
| University of Basel | Basel, Basel | $25,000 |
| Christopher Newport University | Newport News, VA | $18,500 |
| Eastern Illinois University | Charleston, IL | $18,500 |
| Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $18,500 |
| Ithaca College | Ithaca, NY | $18,500 |
| Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR | $18,500 |
Where its money goes
20% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $75,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 405 Lexington Avenue 909, New York, NY, 10174. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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