Massachusetts · Nonprofit
DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC
DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,981 to it, the largest being BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC ($66,481). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $333k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $104k
- Net assets
- $55k
What Dreamcatcher Initiative Inc does
Mission
To eliminate the state of being that is hopeless in underserved youth populations by creating pathways and programs that will help them achieve their dreams and realize their potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Progress made in community and economic development and youth organizing
$347,375 spent$386,224 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $347,375.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $25k to $67k (+170%).
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: 2023 71% · 2024 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Adrian Major
President/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $39k.
From the IRS filings of DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE 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
DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 86% · 2023 81% — 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.
Where its funders are
86% of DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record — $550k federal, $663k state.
- Department of Justice$550k
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$484k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$179k
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 DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE 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 DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC?
- DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,981 to it, the largest being BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC ($66,481). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $103,981 in grants to DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC?
- BOSTON AFTER SCHOOL & BEYOND INC is the largest funder on record, with $66,481 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DREAMCATCHER INITIATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 4 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