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The Dreamyard Project Inc

The dreamyard project, inc.

$82k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$600kPhilanthropy$576kEducation$272kPublic Safety & Disaster$217kHuman Services$91kYouth Development$57kEmployment$41kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $28,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $81,623 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $53,623 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.
$7,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC$7,000
RAW ART WORKS INC$7,000
IMAGINATION STAGE$7,000
A REASON TO SURVIVE (ARTS)$7,000
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 (FY21–21, $91k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FII - NATIONAL: $91k → 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
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
Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc

Bax/brooklyn arts exchange is a multigenerational arts organization nurturing creative expression and artistic process through education, residencies, and performance at the intersection of arts and social justice.

Arts & Culture
2
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc

Reel works mentors, inspires and empowers underserved nyc youth to share their stories through filmmaking, creating a springboard to successful careers in media and beyond.

Youth Development
3
The Dreamyard Project Inc

The dreamyard project, inc. (dreamyard) is an arts and social justice organization dedicated to working with bronx youth, families, and schools to build pathways toward equity and opportunity.

Arts & Culture
4
The Actors Center Inc

Creative residency programs, artist development workshops, advanced training opportunities, and mentorship for professional actors and people who wish to participate in the performing arts.

Arts & Culture
5
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
6
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
7
Studio in a School Association Inc

From classrooms to careers, studio in a school expands access to visual arts education and professions in the arts by partnering with practicing artists, schools, and cultural institutions.

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8
Theatreworks Usa Corporation

Theaterworksusa creates exceptional, transformative theatrical experiences for young and family audiences in diverse communities throughout new york city and north america.

Arts & Culture
9
Bct Brooklyn Children's Theatre Inc

Brooklyn children's theatre empowers youth through musical theatre, reimagining arts education by centering the whole child and prioritizing belonging and equity.

Arts & Culture
10
New York School of the Arts Inc

New york school of the arts, inc. is a school offering courses and specialized workshops in painting, drawing, sculpture,printmaking,art theory and other subjects.

Education
11
Brooklyn Acting Lab Inc

Brooklyn Acting Lab, Inc. (the Organization) was incorporated in February 2011 under the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of the State of New York. Brooklyn Acting Labs mission is to create innovative theatrical works that reflect our…

Arts & Culture
12
Big Thought

The mission of Big Thought is to make imagination a part of everyday learning. We bring relentless optimism, innovation, and imagination to the biggest problem facing education today: the opportunity gap.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Imagination Stage Inc; the most unlike its peers is Here to Here Foundation 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

22 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. 22 of the 23 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BRONX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $793,651 · PhilanthropyTHE BRONX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHERE TO HERE FOUNDATION INC: $475,000 · OtherHERE TO HERE FOUNDATION INCBEAM CENTER INC: $50,000 · OtherBEAM CENTER INC+3 more: $24,500 · OtherNEW YORK VIDEOGAME CRITICS CIRCLE INC: $138,410 · EducationNEW YORK VIDEOGA…TEACHERS UNITE INC: $61,400 · EducationTEACHERS UNITE I…MOUSE INC: $35,000 · EducationMOUSE INCThe New School: $20,000 · EducationThe New SchoolTHE BIG PICTURE COMPANY: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $7,000 · EducationMUSICAL THEATRE FACTORY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSTORYVILLE CENTER FOR THE SPOKEN WORD INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER: $18,750 · Arts & CultureKWELI JOURNAL INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Laundromat Project Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureIMAGINATION STAGE INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureA Reason To Survive: $7,000 · Arts & CultureFII - NATIONAL: $91,450 · Human ServicesThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $41,000 · Employment
Philanthropy$803,651Other$549,500Education$271,810Arts & Culture$104,750Human Services$91,450Employment$41,000

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 budgetTHE BRONX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $793,651 over 2y, 14% of budgetHERE TO HERE FOUNDATION INC: $475,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetFII - NATIONAL: $91,450 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEACHERS UNITE INC: $61,400 over 1y, 45% of budgetBEAM CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetThe Knowledge House Fellowship Inc: $41,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMOUSE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMUSICAL THEATRE FACTORY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetThe New School: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTORYVILLE CENTER FOR THE SPOKEN WORD INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER: $18,750 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BIG PICTURE COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDRENS ARTS & SCIENCES WORKSHOP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKWELI JOURNAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Laundromat Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIMAGINATION STAGE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAW ART WORKS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCKING THE BOAT INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Reason To Survive: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Pinkerton FoundationBooth Ferris Foundati…Altman FoundationRobin Hood FoundationThe New York Communit…The Ford FoundationTides FoundationVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Pinkerton FoundationNY15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinkerton Foundation · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Altman Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 Dreamyard Project Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dreamyard Project Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Imagination Stage Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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 23 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $33k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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