New York · Private foundation
Building Dreams Foundation Inc
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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,330
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $259k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Building Dreams Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $54k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $36k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $17k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $26k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $28k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $34k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain House Inc | $46,500 | 7 | 0% |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression | $20,035 | 8 | 0% |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness of W Estchester Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Historical Society of Princeton | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA | $2,880 | 3 | 0% |
| Cancer Support Team Inc | $1,785 | 5 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $1,395 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific House Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain House Inc | $46,500 | 7 | 0% |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression | $20,035 | 8 | 0% |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness of W Estchester Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Historical Society of Princeton | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA | $2,880 | 3 | 0% |
| Cancer Support Team Inc | $1,785 | 5 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $1,395 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific House Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westchester Golf Association Inc | $350 | 2 | n/a |
| Calvary Hospital Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Futures in Education | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Grad Bag Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Play for Pink Inc | $80 | 1 | 0% |
| Let's Get Ready Inc | $75 | 1 | 0% |
| String Orchestra of Brooklyn Inc | $60 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior League of Central Westchester Inc | $30 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($138k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Building Dreams Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Building Dreams Foundation Inc
- How much does Building Dreams Foundation Inc give?
- Building Dreams Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $22,230 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Building Dreams Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Health (38%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Building Dreams Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fountain House Inc ($47k), National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression ($20k), National Alliance on Mental Illness of W Estchester Inc ($20k).
- Does Building Dreams Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Building Dreams Foundation Inc 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 Building Dreams Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Building Dreams Foundation Inc based?
- Building Dreams Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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