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Dibia Dream Inc

Dibia Dream Inc (Florida) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $640,785 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($188,645). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$1.5M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$641k
Net assets
$723k
7/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What Dibia Dream Inc does

Mission

Dibia Dream's mission is to (1) develop the capacities of youth to engage in STEM-Based activities for learning and recreation (2) inspire youth to value the opportunities and possibilities of STEM-Based careers (3) to help youth develop the necessary and transferable 21st century skills of communication,collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and community.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

  1. Dibia Dream through the Dream Academy serves over 700 students in Atlanta, Miami and New Orleans, at cost to their families. Through the Dream Academy, students participate in academic tutoring, Science, Technology , Engineering , Arts and Math (STEAM) projects, field trips, sports and health clinics. The program achievements in 2021 were as follows: (1) 80% of DREAM Academy scholars improved in literacy skills based on Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills(DIBELS) (2) 75% of DREAM Academy Scholars demonstrated an increased ability to positively handle conflict as measured by reports from program staff, mentors and caregivers and pre/post surveys.(3) 80% of DREAM Academy Scholars reported an increase in engagement in healthy behaviors (proper nutrition and exercise) by participating in the program, as measured by pre and post assessments (4) 80% of Scholars attending STEM SaturdAY events reported an increase in awareness of the STEM subject area based on post events survey.

    $592,338 spentof which $1,501,606 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $592,338.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($226k) Expenses 100 ($187k) Net assets 100 ($48k)2018 Revenue 168 ($381k) Expenses 160 ($299k) Net assets 270 ($130k)2019 Revenue 369 ($835k) Expenses 329 ($614k) Net assets 495 ($238k)2020 Revenue 145 ($328k) Expenses 325 ($607k) Net assets -84 ($-40618)2021 Revenue 664 ($1.5M) Expenses 395 ($738k) Net assets 1499 ($723k)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (664)Expenses (395)Net assets (1499)

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 $48k to $811k (+1594%).

$49k
$131k
$239k
$48k
$811k
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$39k
’17
$82k
’18
$221k
’19
−$279k
’20
$763k
’21
13
months of
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

Brandon Okpalobi

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2021 Form 990.

20172018201920202021
Listed12147
Joined····+6
No longer listed····3
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $14k → $172k.

2 of 13 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 Dibia Dream Inc’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

Dibia Dream Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

65% 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 Dibia Dream Inc.

29%
largest funder
68%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 66% · 2020 100% · 2021 46% · 2022 36% · 2023 87% — 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

25% of Dibia Dream Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

Dibia Dream Inc draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 5 states in all.

ME
WA
NY
CT
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $199k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Dibia Dream 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

LA
FL

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds Dibia Dream Inc?
Dibia Dream Inc (Florida) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $640,785 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($188,645). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Dibia Dream Inc have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $640,785 in grants to Dibia Dream Inc, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Dibia Dream Inc?
THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $188,645 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Dibia Dream 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 13 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