New York · Public charity
I Have a Dream Foundation
The "I have a dream" foundation (IHDF) expands educational opportunities for children living in under-resourced communities by empowering them to achieve higher education and providing them with guaranteed tuition support and equipping them with the skills and knowledge they need to gain entry to and succeed in college and beyond. We…
- $462k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,679
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $152,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations I Have a Dream Foundation 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; $122k 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 | 7 | $462k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $402k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $40k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $149k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Have a Dream Foundation - New Jersey Inc | $430,574 | 3 | 17% |
| I Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles | $138,697 | 4 | 5% |
| I Have a Dream Foundation - Milwaukee Inc | $126,802 | 4 | 15% |
| The I Have a Dream Foundation of Miami Inc | $100,745 | 2 | 8% |
| Farwise Inc | $88,594 | 1 | 6% |
| I Have a Dream Foundation - Atlanta | $75,000 | 1 | 22% |
| I Have a Dream Foundation - Dallas | $38,865 | 1 | 12% |
| I Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County | $37,514 | 4 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget I Have a Dream 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: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About I Have a Dream Foundation
- How much does I Have a Dream Foundation give?
- I Have a Dream Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $461,711 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does I Have a Dream Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (82%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are I Have a Dream Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: I Have a Dream Foundation - New Jersey Inc ($431k), I Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles ($139k), I Have a Dream Foundation - Milwaukee Inc ($127k).
- Does I Have a Dream Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as I Have a Dream Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is I Have a Dream Foundation based?
- I Have a Dream Foundation is based in NY.
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