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Dream Weaver Foundation Inc at a glance

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Dream Weaver Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$63kAnimals$41kHealth$29kRecreation & Sports$25kHousing & Shelter$19kEducation$15kFood & Nutrition$9kYouth Development$5k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$5,800
Median grant
3
States reached
$471k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY$11,800
ST FRANCIS DAY SCHOOL$9,800
THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC$5,800
LAKE LANIER SAILING CLUB JUNIOR PROGRAM$5,000
GEORGIA SHERRIFF'S YOUTH HOMES INC$3,000
KABUKI SYNDROME FOUNDATION$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $12k → 14%NEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 12%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $6k → 4%SUMMIT EQUESTRIAN CENTER: $2k → 12%PARENT PROJECT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $8k → 14%NEW HORIZONS SERVICES DOGS: $8k → 12%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $5k → 4%SUMMIT EQUESTRIAN CENTER: $2k → 12%NEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $5k → 12%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $5k → 4%NEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $4k → 12%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $5k → 4%CANINE ASSISTANTS INC: $2k → 13%NEW HORIZONS SERVICES DOGS: $3k → 12%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $5k → 4%NEW HORIZONS SERVICES DOGS: $1k → 12%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $5k → 4%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $4k → 4%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $4k → 4%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $4k → 4%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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$206k · 11 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$206k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+13%

Still filing today

55%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TP
    The Place of Forsyth County Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $42k · revenue +98%
  • NH
    NEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS
    6× · 2017–2022 · $30k · revenue +66%
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS DAY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $17k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $9k · revenue +13%
  • HF
    HUGZ FROM BUGZ INC
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -80%
  • AB
    AVIAN BIODIVERSITY CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
2
Puppy Dog Ranch

A small No Kill Rescue and Sanctuary for unwanted, homeless, abused, neglected, blind, deaf, disabled, medically dependent, special needs and unadoptable dogs and puppies.

Animals
3
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
4
Canine Estates Inc
Animals
5
Dulebohn Service Dogs Inc

Our mission is to provide service dogs for children, adults and veterans with disabilities for them to gain independence and receive a lifesaving tool and best friend.

Animals
6
Purple Paws 2nd Chance Rescue
Animals
7
Furever Friends Rescue

Adoption services for orphaned pets

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8
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
9
Lovebugs Rescue

Lovebugs rescue is a foster-based animal rescue located in southern california. we began our mission in october 2010 and focus on rescuing dogs from high kill shelters and neglect. we rescue all breeds and all ages. we provide all medical…

Animals
10
Top Dog Foundation Inc
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11
Don't Bully Us Rescue Inc

Rescue of abandoned and abused dogs. Placement with foster homes or adopted. Many animals require medical treatment to recover from illness and injury.

Animals
12
Dollys Legacy Animal Rescue

Foster-based animal rescue that rescues homeless and abandoned animals, providing them with veterinary care including specialized care, heartworm treatment, surgery, severe illness treatment & hospitalization, then placing them for…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Zebra Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kabuki Syndrome 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEORGIA SHERRIFF'S YOUTH HOMES INC: $21,800 · OtherGEORGIA SHERRIFF'S YOUTH HOMES INCST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL: $18,300 · OtherST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOLLAKE LANIER SAILING CLUB JUNIOR PROGRAM: $15,000 · OtherLAKE LANIER SAILING CLUB JUNIOR PROGRAMIndividual grant recipient: $12,950 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLOVING WON BY ONE INC: $11,400 · OtherLOVING WON BY ONE INCSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $8,700 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INCHUGZ FROM BUGZ INC: $6,000 · OtherHUGZ FROM BUGZ INCAVIAN BIODIVERSITY CENTER: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $3,000 · OtherThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $42,100 · Human ServicesThe Place of Forsyth County IncNEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $30,200 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGSTHE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC: $19,800 · Human ServicesTHE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RES…SUMMIT EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $4,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesST FRANCIS DAY SCHOOL INC: $16,800 · EducationKABUKI SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $13,250 · HealthPET RESCUE BY JUDY INC: $3,000 · AnimalsGREYHOUND RANCH ADOPTIONS INC: $2,000 · AnimalsFALLIN PINES CRITTER RESCUE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsZEBRA YOUTH INC: $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentWELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$102,150Human Services$98,100Education$16,800Health$13,250Animals$6,000Youth Development$4,500Philanthropy$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $42,100 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $30,200 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC: $19,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST FRANCIS DAY SCHOOL INC: $16,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKABUKI SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $13,250 over 6y, 27% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $8,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUGZ FROM BUGZ INC: $6,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetZEBRA YOUTH INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPET RESCUE BY JUDY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCANINE ASSISTANTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREYHOUND RANCH ADOPTIONS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFALLIN PINES CRITTER RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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 The Place of Forsyth County Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds KABUKI SYNDROME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds HUGZ FROM BUGZ INC ↗
  • Who funds ZEBRA YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PET RESCUE BY JUDY INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE ASSISTANTS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREYHOUND RANCH ADOPTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds WELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FALLIN PINES CRITTER RESCUE INC ↗

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.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 21 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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