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Dreams R US Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$1.4MReligion$1.2MPhilanthropy$997kHuman Services$625kArts & Culture$590kHealth$575kEducation$470kFood & Nutrition$460kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $240k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $500k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COVENANT HOUSE OF NEW YORK$150,000
UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND$125,000
MUSICOPIA$100,000
LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES$75,000
FARMS FOR CITY KIDS FOUNDATION$50,000
EMBRELLA$39,000
OUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONS$37,600
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT PROJECT$25,800
MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES$25,000
THE PLACE$25,000
THE BASILICA CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND MARY$18,100
THE DELA SALLE SCHOOL$17,000
SACRED HEART ACADEMY$15,000
ANCHOR HOUSE$15,000
TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$12,078
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 20%FRIENDSHIP CENTER FOR NEW BEGINNINGS: $30k → 4%ANCHOR HOUSE: $16k → 11%LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $85k → 20%THE PLACE: $55k → 9%FRIENDSHIP CENTER FOR NEW BEGINNINGS: $30k → 4%ANCHOR HOUSE: $15k → 11%LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $77k → 20%FRIENDSHIP CENTER FOR NEW BEGINNINGS: $30k → 4%ANCOR HOUSE: $15k → 11%LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $75k → 20%THE PLACE: $50k → 9%ANCHOR HOUSE: $10k → 11%LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $75k → 20%THE PLACE: $50k → 9%ANCHOR HOUSE: $10k → 11%LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $65k → 20%THE PLACE: $50k → 9%ANCOR HOUSE: $8k → 11%LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 20%THE PLACE: $25k → 9%ANCOR HOUSE: $8k → 11%LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $48k → 20%THE PLACE: $25k → 9%THE PLACE: $20k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 17%MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $35k → 7%MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $27k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 17%MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $27k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 17%MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $27k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 17%MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $25k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 17%MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $25k → 7%MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $25k → 7%MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $25k → 7%TIMOTHY HILL CHILDREN'S RANCH: $8k → 7%TOMTHY HILL CHILDREN'S RANCH: $5k → 7%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 24 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
9

Total granted

$6.6M
$123k

Still filing today

58%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE
    5× · 2018–2022 · $750k · revenue +11%
  • MI
    MUSICOPIA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $590k · revenue +359%
  • EmbrellaInc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $351k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • LF
    LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $39k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF MERCY
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
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
Under 21

Since 1972, under 21, d.b.a. covenant house new york (chny) has been working with one of new york city's most vulnerable populations - youth experiencing homelessness, age 16-24, and their dependent children. chny provides young people…

Human Services
2
Covenant House New Jersey Inc

To provide shelter, food, medical and mental health care, legal services, educational and vocational services and an array of housing options, including transitional and permanent housing opportunities, for youth facing homelessness and…

Human Services
3
Covenant House California

Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.

Human Services
4
Covenant House Georgia Inc

Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.

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5
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
6
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

—
7
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21

Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…

Housing & Shelter
8
Covenant House Missouri

Covenant house missouri serves young people age 16-24 who are living without homes and/or victims of human trafficking and protect and safeguard all youth with absolute respect and unconditional love.

Human Services
9
Diaspora Community Services Inc

diaspora community services is a social support service agency that empowers low income families and individuals to maximize their abilities to overcome obstacles to their well-being and self-sufficiency.

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10
Community Housing Innovations Inc

Founded in 1991, community housing innovations, inc. (chi) is a not-for-profit organization serving several new york counties. chi's mission is to provide housing and human services that support social and economic independence. chi's…

—
11
House of Hope

We assist young mothers with housing and wrap around services.

Human Services
12
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Little Flower Children Family Services of New York; the most unlike its peers is Nosh Delivers Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 35 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND: $997,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF LONG ISLANDCOVENANT HOUSE OF NEW YORK: $575,000 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE OF NEW YORKOUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONS: $353,190 · OtherOUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONSEmbrellaInc: $350,800 · OtherEmbrellaIncARTS IN SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE: $313,000 · OtherARTS IN SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVEOUR LADY OF MERCY ACADEMY: $303,750 · OtherOUR LADY OF MERCY ACADEMYTHE BASILICA CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND MARY: $159,700 · OtherURBAN PEAK: $122,000 · Other+15 more: $296,714 · Other+15 moreCOVENANT HOUSE: $750,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSELITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $575,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN FAMILY SERV…The Place: $275,000 · Human ServicesThe PlaceMERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $241,420 · Human ServicesMERCY CENTER MINISTRIESFRIENDSHIP CENTER FOR NEW BEGINNINGS INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesANCHOR HOUSE INC: $82,400 · Human Services+1 more: $12,500 · Human ServicesMUSICOPIA INC: $590,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICOPIA…FARMS FOR CITY KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 · Youth DevelopmentFARMS FOR…THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT PROJECT INC: $101,900 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BUTTE…CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CENTRAL JERSEY: $72,866 · EducationNOSH Delivers Inc: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,471,154Human Services$2,026,320Arts & Culture$590,000Youth Development$551,900Education$72,866Food & Nutrition$10,000

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND: $997,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $750,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMUSICOPIA INC: $590,000 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetLITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEW YORK: $575,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFARMS FOR CITY KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetEmbrellaInc: $350,800 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetARTS IN SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE: $313,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetThe Place: $275,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetMERCY CENTER MINISTRIES: $241,420 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetTHE BUTTERFLY EFFECT PROJECT INC: $101,900 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CENTER FOR NEW BEGINNINGS INC: $90,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetANCHOR HOUSE INC: $82,400 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CENTRAL JERSEY: $72,866 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTIMOTHY HILL CHILDREN'S RANCH INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% 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 UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds MUSICOPIA INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds FARMS FOR CITY KIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EmbrellaInc ↗
  • Who funds ARTS IN SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds The Place ↗
  • Who funds MERCY CENTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP CENTER FOR NEW BEGINNINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANCHOR HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CENTRAL JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds TIMOTHY HILL CHILDREN'S RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds NOSH Delivers 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.

Verizon FoundationThe New York Communit…Enterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Verizon FoundationNJ13.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Dreams R US Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dreams R US Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 45%
  • Anchor House Inc: 45% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report 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 35 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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