Delaware · Private foundation
Dreamcatcher Foundation
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.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $474k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Dreamcatcher Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $17k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $19k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $17k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $17k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $17k | 83% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter-Gaud Foundation | $69,553 | 7 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $13,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Kind Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $6,000 | 7 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $3,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Sustainable Harvest International | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter-Gaud Foundation | $69,553 | 7 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $13,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $9,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Kind Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $6,000 | 7 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $3,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Sustainable Harvest International | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Orphan Relief | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| One-Eighty Place | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | $510 | 1 | 0% |
| Church of St Simon-by-the-Sea | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Icna Relief USA Programs Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dreamcatcher Foundation 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Dreamcatcher Foundation
- How much does Dreamcatcher Foundation give?
- Dreamcatcher Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $18,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dreamcatcher Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), International (21%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are Dreamcatcher Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Porter-Gaud Foundation ($70k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($14k), Americares Foundation Inc ($11k).
- Does Dreamcatcher Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dreamcatcher Foundation 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 Dreamcatcher Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Dreamcatcher Foundation based?
- Dreamcatcher Foundation is based in DE.
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