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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 FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
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01What it funds
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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
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$27,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$255k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAWRENCE E WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION$27,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Hastings College: $400 → 11%Malyke Hines: $3k → 11%United States Military Academy: $1k → 14%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $1k → 17%Binghamton University: $650 → 20%University of Arkansas at Little Rock: $7k → 17%FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE: $900 → 10%FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%Florida Atlantic University: $2k → 11%LAWRENCE E WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $27k → 13%SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSTIY: $11k → 16%FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%SANTA FE COLLEGE: $1k → 19%IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $800 → 12%NORTH IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $400 → 12%University of Iowa: $8k → 15%Hutchinson Community College: $900 → 15%Clackamas Community College: $2k → 8%Lincoln Memorial University: $400 → 20%NC STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE: $3k → 12%CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $4k → 13%Gardner-Webb University: $4k → 17%Brown University: $2k → 14%Kennesaw State University: $1k → 8%Colorado School of Mines: $1k → 7%NOTRE DAME COLLEGE: $2k → 17%Bluefield State College: $650 → 21%North Central College: $900 → 7%NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $4k → 13%University of Chicago: $3k → 14%University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: $900 → 19%Lehigh University: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $4k → 13%TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 19%Keiser University: $800 → 14%Life University: $4k → 8%Triton College: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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MI
NY
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OH
PA
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RI
CO
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AZ
KS
AR
TN
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GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

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Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
3
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
4
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
5
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale college is a private liberal arts college with approximately 1,500 students. founded in 1844, the college remains, in the words of its articles of association, "grateful to god for the inestimable blessings resulting from the…

Education
6
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
7
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
8
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
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Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
10
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
11
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
12
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lehigh University; the most unlike its peers is Lawrence E White Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Iowa: $7,600 · OtherUniversity of IowaUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock: $6,750 · OtherUniversity of Arkansas at Little RockTriton College: $5,100 · OtherTriton CollegeUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $4,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDANORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: $4,100 · OtherNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $3,166 · OtherNC STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,800 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $2,600 · OtherTALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2,600 · OtherUniversity of Northern Iowa: $2,300 · OtherFLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,300 · OtherFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY: $2,300 · Other+19 more: $19,084 · Other+19 moreSOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC: $11,000 · EducationSOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INCCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $4,100 · EducationCAMPBELL UNIVERSITYLIFE UNIVERSITY INC: $4,100 · EducationLIFE UNIVERSITY INCGARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY: $3,950 · EducationGARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITYBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC: $3,200 · EducationBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INCUniversity of Chicago: $2,700 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoNOTRE DAME COLLEGE: $2,200 · EducationNOTRE DAME COLLEGELEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $1,725 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $1,300 · Education+5 more: $3,250 · Education+5 moreLAWRENCE E WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $27,000 · PhilanthropyLAWRENCE E WHITE FAMILY…BROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,400 · Community Improvement
Other$64,950Education$37,525Philanthropy$27,000Community Improvement$2,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,400 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
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 LAWRENCE E WHITE FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LIFE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NOTRE DAME COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds North Central College ↗

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 A…Folds of Honor Founda…Tulsa Community Found…Enterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Dreams Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Dreams Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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