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Dreamcatcher Fund at a glance

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Dreamcatcher Fund

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.

$191k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$95k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$98kPhilanthropy$96kInternational$26kEducation$23kScience & Tech$11kFood & Nutrition$10kEnvironment$10kHealth$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$95,413
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Flyfisher Fund$95,413
Happy Day Fund$95,413
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ALS Therapy Development Institute: $500 → 8%Mennonite Central Committee: $5k → 9%NaNoWriMo: $2k → 10%High Fives Foundation: $500 → 11%Legal Aid Foundation Los Angeles: $2k → 14%Wisdom Thinkers Network: $500 → 14%Planned Parenthood Federation of America: $5k → 17%Heifer International: $1k → 17%World Wildlife Fund: $2k → 14%Sea Turtle Conservancy: $2k → 19%Seed Savers Exchange: $2k → 10%Water Org: $2k → 15%The Dream Zebra: $500 → 8%Washed Ashore: $2k → 17%The Flyfisher Fund: $95k → 5%Ukranians of Colorado: $3k → 7%Food Bank of the Rockies: $2k → 12%Rubber City Theatre: $1k → 13%EPIC Inc: $3k → 18%Rust College: $5k → 19%Meals on Wheels: $1k → 7%Mennonite Central Committee: $3k → 9%Planned Parenthood Federation of America: $2k → 17%World Wildlife Fund: $1k → 14%Sea Turtle Conservatory: $1k → 19%Seed Savers: $2k → 10%Water Org: $1k → 15%Washed Ashore: $2k → 17%Rubber City Theatre: $1k → 13%EPIC Inc: $1k → 18%Rust College: $2k → 19%Meals on Wheels: $750 → 7%Mennonite Central Committee: $2k → 9%UNICEF: $1k → 17%GlobalGiving Foundation: $4k → 14%Seed Savers: $1k → 10%Washed Ashore: $1k → 17%Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank: $1k → 13%Rust College: $2k → 19%UNICEF: $1k → 17%Anera: $3k → 14%Salvation Army: $812 → 13%Doctors Without Borders: $2k → 17%Akron Community Foundation: $500 → 13%The Actors Fund: $1k → 17%Salvation Army in Akron OH: $1k → 13%Happy Day Fund: $95k → 13%Vantage Meals on Wheels: $1k → 13%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

MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
AR
DC
MS
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.

21%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$65k · 13 repeat orgs$246k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
35

Total granted

$65k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+7%

Still filing today

62%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $191k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • RC
    RUST COLLEGE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $9k · revenue +40%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +28%
  • XS
    XERCES SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue -40%
  • AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue +2%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
7
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
12
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ukrainians of Colorado. 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

26 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. 26 of the 51 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
15/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Happy Day Fund: $95,413 · OtherHappy Day FundThe Flyfisher Fund: $95,413 · OtherThe Flyfisher FundIndividual grant recipient: $10,200 · Other+32 more: $59,200 · Other+32 moreGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 · InternationalWATERORG: $3,000 · InternationalAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $2,500 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,200 · InternationalSea Turtle Conservancy: $2,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalRUST COLLEGE: $8,500 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $7,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $750 · HealthWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $7,100 · EnvironmentSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC: $2,400 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,000 · Food & NutritionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $1,700 · Food & NutritionXERCES SOCIETY INC: $5,400 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $450 · Animals
Other$260,226International$15,400Education$8,500Health$7,750Environment$7,100Food & Nutrition$6,100Animals$5,850

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRUST COLLEGE: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $7,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetXERCES SOCIETY INC: $5,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERORG: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINIANS OF COLORADO: $2,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWISDOM THINKERS NETWORK INC: $500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Novel Writing Month: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $100 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 RUST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds XERCES SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERORG ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID ↗
  • Who funds UKRAINIANS OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds Sea Turtle Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationThe Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY13× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Dreamcatcher Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dreamcatcher Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Dreamcatcher Fund?

Find your warmest path to Dreamcatcher Fund 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 51 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home