Tennessee · Public charity
Dreamchasers
Provide grants and scholarships for education, extracurricular activites, sports, health, medical, arts, sciences, religion and other nonprofit activities.
- $947k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $777k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $9,150
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,615
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 48
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $360k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Dreamchasers funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $271k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 41 | $777k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 48 | $892k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $212k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $262k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $171k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville Academy | $151,143 | 5 | 1% |
| Pensacola Christian College Inc | $48,708 | 3 | 0% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | $28,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Lipscomb University | $28,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Davidson Academy | $17,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethel University | $15,610 | 2 | 0% |
| Harding University Inc | $10,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Soccer Club Inc | $9,635 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $6,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Covenant College | $6,750 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville Academy | $151,143 | 5 | 1% |
| Pensacola Christian College Inc | $48,708 | 3 | 0% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | $28,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Lipscomb University | $28,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Davidson Academy | $17,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethel University | $15,610 | 2 | 0% |
| Harding University Inc | $10,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Soccer Club Inc | $9,635 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $6,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Covenant College | $6,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Montessori Academy Incorporated | $6,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Cumberland Baseball Club | $6,200 | 1 | 9% |
| Lyon College | $5,414 | 1 | 0% |
| Healthy Habits T0 Go | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Club 51 Aau | $5,256 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Kentucky University | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Freed-Hardeman University | $5,086 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dreamchasers 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: Tulsa Community Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Dreamchasers
- How much does Dreamchasers give?
- Dreamchasers reported 41 itemized grants totaling $776,665, out of $947,018 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 48 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Dreamchasers fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (13%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are Dreamchasers's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Clarksville Academy ($151k), Pensacola Christian College Inc ($49k), Trevecca Nazarene University ($29k).
- Does Dreamchasers fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dreamchasers?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is Dreamchasers based?
- Dreamchasers is based in TN.
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