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DREAM SEEDING INC

DREAM SEEDING INC (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,750 to it, the largest being HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$259k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$148k
Net assets
$112k
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Dream Seeding Inc does

Mission

Dream Seeding Inc. is a charitable organization formed for the purpose of empowering community. Through access, collaboration, education and services, Dream Seeding will assist in connecting individuals to necessary resources for achieving success.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Professional Services for the Mama Joe Project: Mama Joe film production expense and professional services for event such as photography.

    $120,736 spent
    82% of program spending
  2. Facility rental for the Mama Joe Project Community Outreach events

    $13,320 spent
    9% of program spending
  3. Snacks & Food during the community outreach events featuring the Mama Joe Project documentary.

    $6,913 spent
    5% of program spending
  4. Community Outreach Event: Other Expenses: Speaker Honorariums $1,000 and Supplies & Materials: Quick Resource Guide for Alzheimer's $4,059.39, Advertising & Marketing $500

    $5,559 spent
    4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $146,528.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of DREAM SEEDING 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

DREAM SEEDING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% 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

100% 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 DREAM SEEDING INC.

51%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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 SEEDING INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.

MO

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

DREAM SEEDING INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin43% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.6mo · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like DREAM SEEDING 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 Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds DREAM SEEDING INC?
DREAM SEEDING INC (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,750 to it, the largest being HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DREAM SEEDING INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $147,750 in grants to DREAM SEEDING INC.
Who is the largest funder of DREAM SEEDING INC?
HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DREAM SEEDING INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2024–2024), 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