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American Dreams Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$27k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$27,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$27,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 44
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$255k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations American Dreams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$27k100%
FY20231$3k100%
FY202244$100kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$106kPhilanthropy$27k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CO
NE
WV
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lawrence E White Family Foundation$27,000117%
Southeastern University Inc$11,00010%
Campbell University$4,10010%
Life University Inc$4,10010%
Gardner-Webb University$3,95010%
Belmont Abbey College Inc$3,20010%
Nc State University$2,8001n/a
University of Chicago$2,70010%
Florida State University$2,3001n/a
Notre Dame College$2,20010%
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All grantees of American Dreams Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lawrence E White Family Foundation$27,000117%
Southeastern University Inc$11,00010%
Campbell University$4,10010%
Life University Inc$4,10010%
Gardner-Webb University$3,95010%
Belmont Abbey College Inc$3,20010%
Nc State University$2,8001n/a
University of Chicago$2,70010%
Florida State University$2,3001n/a
Notre Dame College$2,20010%
Lehigh University$1,72510%
Santa Fe College$1,3001n/a
Wesleyan University$1,30010%
New York University$1,15010%
North Central College$90010%
Central Michigan University$9001n/a
University of Florida$6501n/a
Lincoln Memorial University$40010%
Hastings College$40010%
Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc$40010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Dreams Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLawrence E White Family Foundation: $27,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetSoutheastern University Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCampbell University: $4,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife University Inc: $4,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGardner-Webb University: $3,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont Abbey College Inc: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $2,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNotre Dame College: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh University: $1,725 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWesleyan University: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Central College: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Memorial University: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHastings College: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Atlantic University Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 15.

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.

National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About American Dreams Foundation

How much does American Dreams Foundation give?
American Dreams Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $27,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 44 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does American Dreams Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (80%), Philanthropy (20%).
Who are American Dreams Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Lawrence E White Family Foundation ($27k), Southeastern University Inc ($11k), Campbell University ($4k).
Does American Dreams Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does American Dreams 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 American Dreams Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation.
Where is American Dreams Foundation based?
American Dreams Foundation is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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