California · Nonprofit
DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB
DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $310,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN WATER CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONINC ($285,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $310k
- Net assets
- $161k
What Dream Machine Innovation Lab does
Mission
Dream Machine Innovation Lab is building a network of unlikely allies to create a better future for overlooked communities. Our goal is to reinvent the failing systems that lead to excess prisons, poverty and pollution. Our obstacle is polarization.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
A.I. Academy: dream machine academy ensures that underestimated and overlooked communities are not just participants in the future - but architects, owners and leaders of it. Our a.I. Academy empowers underserved communities to become innovators and leaders in the a.I. Revolution. Accomplishments:delivered 30+ free workshops with measurable learning outcomes.engaged 1,000+ participants in hands-on workshops and bootcamps.addressed 6,000+ attendees for in-person sessions.reached over 2 million people online.(accomplishments continued in schedule o)collaborated with 30+ instructors, panelists and facilitators across sectors.engaged 30+ community partners to expand access and relevance.reached participants ranging from high school students to senior leaders in creative, nonprofit, tech and education fields.built strong partnerships with public libraries and civic tech leaders.cultivated sustained interest in a.I. Programming and exponential technology through culturally resonant learning experiences.
$2,073,445 spentof which $15,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,073,445.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $2.7M to $216k (−92%).
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 DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
Anthony Van Jones
CEO and director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $350k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Dream Machine Innovation So Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB raised.
From the IRS filings of DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB’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
DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB's revenue fell 62% between 2023 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB
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
48% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 8 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Dream Machine Innovation So Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB: 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 DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB?
- DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $310,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN WATER CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONINC ($285,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $310,000 in grants to DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB.
- Who is the largest funder of DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB?
- AMERICAN WATER CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONINC is the largest funder on record, with $285,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DREAM MACHINE INNOVATION LAB 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 2 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