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Realize Your Dream Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$63kReligion$26kYouth Development$8kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$5kInternational$4kHealth$3kAnimals$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$19k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSIY$10,000
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY$7,500
FU GENERATION FOUNDATION$4,400
ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTER$2,000
LIFE CHANGING SERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS$1,000
PORTLAND COMMUNITY SQUASH$500
FAMILY PROMISE OF HUNTERDON COUNTY$259
ST HUBERT'S ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER$250
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF HUNTERDON COUNTY: $259 → 4%CELESTIAL LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 10 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$73k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
-3%

Still filing today

50%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    5× · 2021–2025 · $26k · revenue +20%
  • GC
    GROVE CITY COLLEGE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $9k · revenue +32%
  • GU
    GANNON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • PP
    PATRIOTS' PATH COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue -10%
  • GA
    GUANGDONG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • CL
    CELESTIAL LOVE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -5%
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
Cabrini Legacy Corporation

See schedule o.education of the heart: cabrini university was a catholic institution of higher education. the cabrini legacy corporation exists to protect the legacy of the former university.cabrini university was a catholic institution of…

Education
2
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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5
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
6
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Saint Peter's University

See schedule o.saint peter's university, inspired by its jesuit, catholic identity, commitment to individual attention, and grounding in the liberal arts, educates a diverse community of learners in undergraduate, graduate and professional…

Education
9
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
10
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
11
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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12
St John's University New York

St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit; the most unlike its peers is Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TSUNG TSIN ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherTSUNG TSIN ASSOCIATIONST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITYISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTER: $9,000 · OtherISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTERPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $7,917 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYGUANGDONG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · OtherGUANGDONG ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONKITTANNING ALLIANCE CHURCH: $4,500 · OtherKITTANNING ALLIANCE CHURCHPARSIPPANY ISLAMIC CENTER: $2,700 · OtherNEW YORK CHINESE SCHOOL: $2,000 · Other+10 more: $8,675 · Other+10 moreDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $25,500 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIR…GROVE CITY COLLEGE: $8,750 · EducationGROVE CITY COLLEGEGANNON UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationGANNON UNIVERSITY+1 more: $625 · EducationPATRIOTS' PATH COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,600 · Youth DevelopmentCELESTIAL LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFamily Promise of Hunterdon County Inc: $259 · Human ServicesFU GENERATION FOUNDATION INC: $4,400 · InternationalHOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC: $2,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $200 · HealthLIFE CHANGING SERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS INC: $1,000 · Public BenefitPortland Community Squash: $700 · Recreation & Sports
Other$59,792Education$37,375Youth Development$6,600Human Services$5,259International$4,400Health$2,200Public Benefit$1,000Recreation & Sports$700

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 budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $25,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $8,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPATRIOTS' PATH COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCELESTIAL LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE SHEDS LIGHT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CHINESE SCHOOL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPortland Community Squash: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES: $625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarion Therapeutic Riding Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $200 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.

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.

American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Realize Your Dream Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Realize Your Dream Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Hope Sheds Light Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Marion Therapeutic Riding Association Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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

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How do I get to Realize Your Dream Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Realize Your Dream Foundation 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 30 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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