New York · Private foundation
Dreams R US 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.
- $745k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Dreams R US Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 17 | $745k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $712k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $764k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $836k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $780k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $733k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $721k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $715k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Long Island | $997,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Covenant House | $750,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Musicopia Inc | $590,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Little Flower Children Family Services of New York | $575,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Farms for City Kids Foundation Inc | $450,000 | 9 | 2% |
| EmbrellaInc | $350,800 | 9 | 2% |
| Arts in Schools Collaborative | $313,000 | 6 | 24% |
| The Place | $275,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Mercy Center Ministries | $241,420 | 9 | 3% |
| The Butterfly Effect Project Inc | $101,900 | 8 | 7% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Long Island | $997,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Covenant House | $750,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Musicopia Inc | $590,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Little Flower Children Family Services of New York | $575,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Farms for City Kids Foundation Inc | $450,000 | 9 | 2% |
| EmbrellaInc | $350,800 | 9 | 2% |
| Arts in Schools Collaborative | $313,000 | 6 | 24% |
| The Place | $275,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Mercy Center Ministries | $241,420 | 9 | 3% |
| The Butterfly Effect Project Inc | $101,900 | 8 | 7% |
| Friendship Center for New Beginnings Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Anchor House Inc | $82,400 | 7 | 1% |
| Christian School Association of North Central Jersey | $72,866 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc | $50,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Mercy | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Timothy Hill Children's Ranch Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| NOSH Delivers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dreams R US 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: Verizon Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Dreams R US Foundation
- How much does Dreams R US Foundation give?
- Dreams R US Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $744,578 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dreams R US Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (21%), Religion (17%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Dreams R US Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Long Island ($997k), Covenant House ($750k), Musicopia Inc ($590k).
- Does Dreams R US Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dreams R US 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 Dreams R US Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Verizon Foundation, The New York Community Trust, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
- Where is Dreams R US Foundation based?
- Dreams R US Foundation is based in NY.
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