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Dermer Dreams Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2k
Granted FY2021
2
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it funds
0177% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$6kFood & Nutrition$3kReligion$2kPhilanthropy$2kYouth Development$1kCivil Rights$1kHuman Services$800International$250Other$0
02FY2021 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,041
Median grant
2
States reached
$69k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$1,041
SMILE TRAIN$500
02The need
03

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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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Dorot: $200 → 17%Copline: $300 → 6%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

IL
NY
IN
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14k · 6 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
31

Total granted

$14k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+59%

Still filing today

17%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21
Human ServicesInternationalPublic BenefitPhilanthropyFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k
  • H
    HADASSAH
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k
  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • AR
    AUTISM RESCUE MISSION
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
  • LUNCH BREAK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +227%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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.

1
Crisis Text Line Inc

By leveraging innovative technology and research, we are shaping mental health policy and systems to create a world where everyone has access to the support they need anytime, anywhere.

Health
2
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
3
Packages From Home

To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans

Philanthropy
4
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
5
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

Our vision is to reimagine everyday giving to help charities. our mission is to enable the world's leading online platforms to create opportunities for everyday charitable giving. in doing so, we ensure our programs are trustworthy,…

Philanthropy
6
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
7
Puppies Behind Bars Inc

Puppies behind bars trains incarcerated individuals to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, facility dogs for police departments, and explosive-detecton canines for law enforcement.

Human Services
8
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
9
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
10
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
11
Robert Irvine Foundation Inc

The robert irvine foundation is a not-for-profit entity and is tax exempt under 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code (irc). the organization supports and strengthens the physical and mental well-being of our service members, veterans,…

Human Services
12
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dorot Inc. 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

9 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. 9 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAUTISM RESCUE MISSION: $4,000 · OtherAUTISM RESCUE MISSIONHADASSAH: $2,020 · OtherHADASSAHSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,041 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherJEWISH FDN SPB CO INC: $1,000 · OtherBoys Girls Club of Palm Beach: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherWorld Jewish Congress: $1,000 · Other+19 more: $5,000 · Other+19 moreLUNCH BREAK INC: $2,550 · Food & NutritionCOPLINE INC: $300 · Human ServicesDOROT INC: $200 · Human ServicesMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $228 · InternationalPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $100 · Public BenefitFRESH AIR FUND: $50 · Recreation & SportsMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $30 · Philanthropy
Other$29,561Food & Nutrition$2,550Human Services$500International$478Public Benefit$100Recreation & Sports$50Philanthropy$30

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLUNCH BREAK INC: $2,550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $228 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $30 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 LUNCH BREAK INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds COPLINE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROT INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Dermer Dreams Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dermer Dreams Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Dermer Dreams Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 38 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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