California · Nonprofit
DARE AMERICA
DARE AMERICA (California) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,786 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($32,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $109k
- Net assets
- $397k
What Dare America does
Mission
D.a.r.e america's primary mission is to implement, oversee, and support educational programs throughout the united states that provide students the decision-making skills needed to avoid drugs and other dangerous activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The training, development, evaluation and implementation of age appropriate curricula for delivery by d.a.r.e instructors to elementary, middle, and high school students, as well as to parents. D.a.r.e. Is the largest and most comprehensive educational program for k-12 students. These specialized curricula are designed to prevent the use of illegal drugs, the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medicines, bullying, and other destructive behaviours, ensuring that the students can lead productive, safe, and healthy lives.
$991,702 spentof which $7,200 as grants$39,053 earned by the program51% of program spendingD.a.r.e america provides education and essential instructional materials, free of charge, to over 8,000 police officers who deliver the program to millions of school children across the united states.
$148,617 spentof which $1,200 as grants8% of program spendingThe d.a.r.e program has reached millions of students worldwide and has been implemented in thousands of schools across all 50 states in the u.s. Since its inception in 1983, the overall use of illegal drugs in the united states has declined by nearly 50%. Notably, since 1997, there has been a significant reduction in illegal drug use among teenagers. The d.a.r.e program has been credited with playing a vital role in achieving these major accomplishments.
$817,393 spentof which $6,600 as grants42% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,957,712.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $2.9M (+162%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 0% · 2023 12% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of DARE AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $12k → $38k.
3 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 DARE AMERICA’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
DARE AMERICA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
41% 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 DARE AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 39% · 2019 38% · 2020 60% · 2021 62% · 2022 30% · 2023 84% — growing more concentrated.
“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
17% of DARE AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 23% 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
DARE AMERICA draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
DARE AMERICA's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding DARE AMERICA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28k on record.
- Department of Justice$28k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DARE AMERICA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
44% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Dare California · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DARE AMERICA: 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 DARE AMERICA?
- DARE AMERICA (California) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,786 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($32,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DARE AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $108,786 in grants to DARE AMERICA, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DARE AMERICA?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $32,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DARE AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 30 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