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The Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation

The foundation provides educational opportunities and financial assistance to pre- and post-graduate students in the field of cosmetology who are socially and economically disadvantaged and provides financial support to cosmetologists or cosmetology-related enterprises facing hardship.

$659k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Health$1.4MEducation$658kArts & Culture$606kHuman Services$505kInternational$482kAnimals$268kCommunity Improvement$120kYouth Development$84kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $368,929, the rows itemized in this filing. The $658,788 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $289,859 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $269k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$44,040
Median grant
4
States reached
$512k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEEZA'S CARE CONNECTION$50,000
UNCF$50,000
BEST FRIEND ANIMAL SOCIETY$49,000
CAST$49,000
NO LIMITS THEATER GROUP INC$44,040
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK$42,389
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$34,500
LEGACY YOUTH LEADERSHIP$25,000
THE THIRST PROJECT$25,000
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 (FY17–24, $576k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CAST: $89k → 8%WIGS 4 KIDS: $25k → 10%READY SET RIDE: $11k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $6k → 23%ROB'S BARBER SHOP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%EBEAUTY: $25k → 8%CAST: $68k → 8%READY SET RIDE: $11k → 7%ROB'S BARBER SHOP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%EBEAUTY: $25k → 8%CAST: $59k → 8%READY SET RIDE: $8k → 7%CAST: $56k → 8%READY SET RIDE: $6k → 7%CAST: $49k → 8%CAST: $48k → 8%CAST: $36k → 8%THE ROAD HOME: $5k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
MA
OH
NJ
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 16 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
12

Total granted

$4.0M
$229k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
-1%

Still filing today

94%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • LG
    LEEZA GIBBONS MEMORY FOUNDATION INC dba LEEZAS CARE CONNECTION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $568k · revenue +134% · 27% of their budget
  • NL
    NO LIMITS THEATER GROUP INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $533k · revenue +38%
  • TT
    THE THIRST PROJECT
    8× · 2017–2024 · $482k · revenue +153% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • MJ
    MAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $73k
  • TE
    The Eye Cancer Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $45k · revenue +71%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $28k
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
Beauty Bus Foundation

Beauty bus foundation delivers loving kindness, support and compassion to seriously ill patients and their caregivers through beauty and grooming services.

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Living beyond breast cancer (lbbc) was founded in 1991 and is a national nonprofit organization that seeks to create a world that understands there is more than one way to have breast cancer. to fulfill its mission of providing trusted…

Health
4
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
5
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
6
Marty Hennessy Inspiring Children Foundation

Mission statement the mission of the foundation is to revolutionize youth development and mental health by empowering children to heal, grow, and thrive through a whole-human approach. using proprietary ten pillars of healing, growth, and…

Health
7
Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope

Lindner center of hope (lcoh) is a mental health center staffed by a diverse team, united in the philosophy that by working together, we can best offer hope for people living with mental illness. the patients and their families are at the…

Health
8
The Beautywell Project

The beautywell project addresses the critical issues of skin-lightening practices and chemical exposures within immigrant communities and communities of color. our mission is to foster healthy individuals, families, and communities through…

Social Science
9
Braveworks

Our vision is to be a catalyst for god-inspired transformation through artisan enterprise, leading to abundant & purposeful lives. our mission is to empower women & families overcoming trauma & injustice, bridging the gap from pain to…

Human Services
10
Project Beauty

Our mission is to spread empowerment through the universal language of beauty by helping women build confidence, hope and provide support and encouragement for each other. project beauty provides beauty services to women and children who…

Human Services
11
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
12
Project Milk Mission

Project milk mission is at the forefront of a vital mission - reducing infant mortality rates by championing breastfeeding, with a special focus on supporting low-income african american mothers. through comprehensive services spanning the…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Beauty Changes Lives; the most unlike its peers is Change Your Brain Change Your Life Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 28 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $436,456 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKCANCER SCHMANCER: $195,819 · OtherCANCER SCHMANCERMAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $72,958 · OtherMAGIC JOHNSON FOUNDATIONBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $267,814 · OtherBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYPROFESSIONAL BEAUTY ASSOCIATION: $120,000 · OtherPROFESSIONAL BEAUTY ASSOCIATIONLEGACY YOUTH LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL: $77,500 · OtherLEGACY YOUTH LEADERSHIP INTERNATI…+5 more: $59,150 · OtherLEEZA GIBBONS MEMORY FOUNDATION INC dba LEEZAS CARE CONNECTION: $568,308 · HealthLEEZA GIBBONS ME…The Eye Cancer Foundation Inc: $44,640 · HealthThe Eye Cancer F…CAST INC: $404,168 · Human ServicesCAST INCROBS BARBERSHOP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesROBS BARBERSHOP…EBEAUTY COMMUNITY INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesEBEAUTY COMMUNI…READY SET RIDE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION FACILITY: $35,838 · Human ServicesREADY SET RIDE …MAGGIE'S WIGS4KIDS OF MICHIGAN INC: $25,000 · Human Services+3 more: $17,849 · Human ServicesNO LIMITS THEATER GROUP INC: $533,154 · Arts & CultureNO LIMITS THEA…THE THIRST PROJECT: $482,410 · InternationalTHE THIRST PR…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $438,559 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE …+1 more: $9,309 · PhilanthropyUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $154,322 · EducationBEAUTY CHANGES LIVES: $100,000 · EducationCHANGE YOUR BRAIN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Education
Other$1,229,697Health$612,948Human Services$582,855Arts & Culture$533,154International$482,410Philanthropy$447,868Education$304,322

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 budgetLEEZA GIBBONS MEMORY FOUNDATION INC dba LEEZAS CARE CONNECTION: $568,308 over 8y, 27% of budgetNO LIMITS THEATER GROUP INC: $533,154 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetTHE THIRST PROJECT: $482,410 over 8y, 37% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $438,559 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $436,456 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCAST INC: $404,168 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $267,814 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $154,322 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROFESSIONAL BEAUTY ASSOCIATION: $120,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBEAUTY CHANGES LIVES: $100,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetLEGACY YOUTH LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONAL: $77,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetROBS BARBERSHOP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetCHANGE YOUR BRAIN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetEBEAUTY COMMUNITY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetThe Eye Cancer Foundation Inc: $44,640 over 1y, 16% of budgetREADY SET RIDE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION FACILITY: $35,838 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetMAGGIE'S WIGS4KIDS OF MICHIGAN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFRANCISCAN MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFRANCISCAN MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BORIS LAWRENCE HENSON FOUNDATION: $9,309 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCASA TERESA INC: $6,442 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BREAKFAST CLUB KIDS: $6,100 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $6,004 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $5,403 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.

The Bank of America C…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 The Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Cast Inc: 15% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Andrew Gomez 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 28 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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