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The Building Dreams Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$28k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$67kHuman Services$34kEducation$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$21kHealth$8kFood & Nutrition$8kYouth Development$7kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$79k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES$5,000
OUTLYR 2025 CHUB CLASSIC SPONSOR$4,700
EDGE$4,700
YETI$3,710
FROM THE GROUND UP MINISTRIES$2,500
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & COHEN EDU CENTER$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
WINGED FOOT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$1,000
FATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE FL DIST 3$700
BOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION$516
Individual grant recipient$100
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 (FY23–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VALERIES HOUSE: $5k → 11%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $3k → 10%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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$131k · 7 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$131k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+39%

Still filing today

43%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionReligionArts & CultureOther
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

  • COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $21k · revenue +29%
  • HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $8k · revenue +42%
  • SF
    STARABILITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $5k · revenue +952%

Funded once

  • SF
    SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMERGENCY RELIEF
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
  • VH
    VALERIE'S HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -3%
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
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
2
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
3
The Bolles School

The bolles school prepares students for college and life by inspiring excellence, courage, integrity and compassion in an academic community dedicated to nurturing mind, body and soul.

Education
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Vanguard School of Lake Wales Florida Inc

The vanguard school is an independent, co-educational, boarding and day school for students who learn differently. vanguard strives to ensure each student aspires to higher educational opportunities and independent life.

Education
6
Canterbury School Inc

Canterbury school is pk3-12, coeducational, college preparatory day school with approximately 650 students. the school is dedicated to academic excellence within a caring and supportive community emphasizing character, leadership and…

Education
7
Andrew Habsieger Scholarship Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
9
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Academy Prep Center of Lakeland Inc

To inspire and empower students qualifying for need-based scholarships to become future community leaders through a rigorous middle school program coupled with ongoing graduate support.

Education
12
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grace Place for Children and Families Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ambers Antibodies 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

11 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. 11 of the 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $64,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN: $28,760 · OtherTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMENSOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMERGENCY RELIEF: $20,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMERGENCY RELIEFIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherOUTLYR: $5,000 · Other+11 more: $22,910 · Other+11 moreCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC: $21,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY SC…VALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $5,150 · Human ServicesGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $3,100 · Human ServicesHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $7,550 · Food & NutritionSTARABILITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAMBERS ANTIBODIES INC: $2,060 · PhilanthropyFROM THE GROUND UP MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 · ReligionTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $516 · Health
Other$148,170Education$21,000Human Services$8,250Food & Nutrition$7,550Philanthropy$7,060Religion$2,500Arts & Culture$2,500Health$516

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NAPLES INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $7,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $5,150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTARABILITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFROM THE GROUND UP MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe League Club Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMBERS ANTIBODIES INC: $2,060 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWINGED FOOT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $516 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.

Collier Community Fou…The Chicago Community…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Collier Community Foundation IncFL15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 The Building Dreams Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Building Dreams Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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