Connecticut · Nonprofit
BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION
BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,960 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($18,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $46k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $12k
What Big Dreams Childrens Foundation does
Mission
To assist children in need world-wide
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Home for Orphaned Ladyborsky Siblings, UA
$25,645 spentof which $25,645 as grants28% of program spendingHome of Dreams Orphanage Land and Aid, Uganda
$22,844 spentof which $22,844 as grants25% of program spendingPolina & Family Medical and Living, UA
$20,970 spentof which $20,970 as grants23% of program spendingDmytro Zhadan SMA Treatment, UAE
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants11% of program spendingLogistical and medical support in Georgia
$6,039 spentof which $6,039 as grants7% of program spendingOdessa, UA Humanitarian Aid Projects
$1,516 spentof which $1,516 as grants2% of program spendingDani Yepanov, Nutrition UA
$930 spentof which $930 as grants1% of program spendingInclusive- Resource Center Projects Cherkassy Oblast, UA
$1,040 spentof which $1,040 as grants1% of program spendingLaptops 4 UA for Students
$881 spentof which $881 as grants1% of program spendingIllya Garbazhii Olympiad Stipend, UA
$506 spentof which $506 as grants1% of program spendingMakar Medical Treatment, UA
$205 spentof which $205 as grants0% of program spendingVlad Petukhov Medical Treatent, UA
$831 spentof which $831 as grants1% of program spendingCT Aids Ukraine
$148 spentof which $148 as grants0% of program spending
The 13 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $91,555.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $60k to $12k (−80%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $750 → $8k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 58% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
79% of BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $12k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION's revenue fell 82% between 2021 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,000 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION?
- BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION (Connecticut) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,960 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($18,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $55,960 in grants to BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $18,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG DREAMS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing