Maryland · Public charity
Dream Big Foundation Inc
To strengthen the performance of community-based nonprofits and effectively integrate them to achieve life changing results for children and youth living in underserved baltimore neighborhoods.
- $70k
- Granted FY2021
- 1
- Grants FY2021
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $69,788
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $69,788
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $892k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations Dream Big Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $275k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $293k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humanim Inc | $430,999 | 2 | 1% |
| Creative Kids Inc | $69,788 | 1 | n/a |
| So What Else Inc | $37,600 | 1 | 7% |
| Amplify | $33,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryland Community Health Initiatives | $32,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Chance for Life | $15,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Harlem Children's Zone Inc | $10,900 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
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.
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How this is measured
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About Dream Big Foundation Inc
- How much does Dream Big Foundation Inc give?
- Dream Big Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $69,788 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does Dream Big Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (75%), Education (16%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are Dream Big Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2021: Humanim Inc ($431k), Creative Kids Inc ($70k), So What Else Inc ($38k).
- Does Dream Big Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dream Big Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Dream Big Foundation Inc based?
- Dream Big Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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