Florida · Nonprofit
CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC
CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,495,666 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($273,350). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Chasin a Dream Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide individualized, life changing assistance to families with children battling cancer, cystic fibrosis, and other life threatening illnesses.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Since its founding in 2017, chasin a dream foundation has distributed more than $1.8 million in direct financial assistance to local families. The foundation currently assists an average of 120 families each year and serves more than 700 children diagnosed with cancer, congenital heart disease, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, spinal cord injuries, genetic disorders, traumatic brain injuries, rare diseases, and other complex medical conditions. The foundation has distributed more than 630 hospital backpacks, matched 12 children with service dogs, provided mental wellness services to 53 parents through the mindful haven program, and is supported by more than 400 volunteers. Chasin a dream foundation provides direct financial assistance to children battling life-threatening illnesses and disabilities throughout palm beach, martin, and st lucie counties. A childs diagnosis often creates immediate financial hardship as parents reduce their work hours or leave their employment to become full-time caregivers. Through the critical need program, the foundation helps ensure that families can focus on their childs medical care rather than the financial burden…
$615,822 spentof which $415,496 as grants81% of program spendingThe hospital backpack program provides personalized backpacks to children newly diagnosed with life-threatening illness or disability who are immediately admitted to the hospital. During these critical first days, families often arrive with few personal belongings as their entire focus is on their childs medical emergency. Each backpack includes an ipad or chromebook to help children remain connected with family, friends, school, and medical resources, along with handmade quilts, stuffed animals created by local volunteers, toys, games, arts and crafts, toiletries, journals, planners, diffusers with essential oils, gift cards, and other items that provide comport during extended hospital stays. Since the programs inception, more than 630 backpacks have been provided to children facing some of the most challenging days of their lives. The program helps reduce stress for both the child and their family while providing comfort, normalcy, and practical resources during an unexpected medical crisis.
$94,615 spentof which $63,837 as grants12% of program spendingThe mindful haven program provides mental health and emotional wellness services to parents and primary caregivers of children battling life-threatening illnesses and disabilities. While a childs diagnosis receives immediate attention, the emotional and physchological impact on parents is often overlooked. Many caregivers experience chronic stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and isolation as they navigate their childs medical journey. The program offers individual counseling, support groups, mindfulness and meditation sessions, yoga, journeling, empowerment workshops, educational programs, and therapeutic community activities designed to help parents build resilience, improve their emotional well-being, and develop heathly coping strategies. All services are provided at no cost to participating families. Since its launch, 53 parents have participated in the mindful haven program. By strengthening the emotional health of caregivers, the program helps create a more stable and supportive environment for their children while reducing the long-term effects of caregiver burnout and compassion fatigue.
$33,896 spentof which $22,870 as grants4% of program spendingThe forever faith program assists families with funeral costs and/or grief counseling.
$15,320 spentof which $10,336 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $759,653.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $935k to $1.4M (+55%).
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.
94% of CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lori Griffith
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $11k → $261k.
9 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 funders by total. 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
CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
66% 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 CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 86% · 2019 50% · 2020 45% · 2021 20% · 2022 19% · 2023 21% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
29% of CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
81% of CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $597k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC?
- CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,495,666 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($273,350). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $1,495,666 in grants to CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $273,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHASIN A DREAM FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 62 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing