Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DREAMING OUT LOUD INC
DREAMING OUT LOUD INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,025,012 to it, the largest being EUGENE & AGNES E MEYER FOUNDATION ($1,243,500). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What Dreaming Out Loud Inc does
Mission
Dreaming out loud's mission is to create economic opportunities for the dc metro regions marginalized community members through building a healthy, equitable food system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Farm and food hub: dol's food hub sources produce and food from local farmers and producers to supply the needs of schools, food banks, churches, and more. This program increases market access for food producers while increasing food access in dc. The food hub also provides wic home delivery, an avenue for increasing food access among wic participants residing in dc. Dol's food as medicine and medically-tailored meals programs recognize the link between nutritious meals and positive health outcomes, providing access to healthy meals through partnerships with healthcare companies, community clinics, and academic institutions. Dreaming out loud also provides emergency food for community groups that support neighbors in crisis situations such as deaths, house fires, severe illness, etc.
$2,273,470 spentof which $356,155 as grants$1,327,507 earned by the program55% of program spendingDream program:the dream program serves under-resourced, community-based food entrepreneurs from across washington, dc via a 16-week start-up business program. During the program, dc residents are trained in workshops ranging from business formalization and marketing to accessing capital. Additionally, dreaming out loud offers training and technical assistance to other local food entrepreneurs to grow community economic development. Dream program graduates join a community of local food entrepreneurs, coaches, and industry experts to help them to the next level. The dream partner farm infrastructure fund sub-granted $251,000 to marginalized farmers to help build infrastructure and capacity to produce food for communities across the region, supporting food access efforts in local communities.
$1,240,074 spent30% of program spendingKelly miller and fort staton farms :dol manages holistic community programming at the farm at kelly miller and fort staton urban farm, in partnership with dc department of recreation, city blossoms, and a myriad of other community groups. It is an intergenerational space with programming for all ages from children to seniors via field trips for students 0-18, volunteer opportunities for teens and adults, and more. Dol also hosts festivals and other community events, grows its own food, and provides farmer training workshops. The farms supply dol's community supported agriculture program and farmers markets where subsidized food access for low-income residents is offered.
$620,037 spent15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,133,581.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.5M to $0 (−100%).
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 25% · 2018 13% · 2019 26% · 2020 1% · 2021 0% · 2023 10% · 2024 26% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of DREAMING OUT LOUD INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Christopher Bradshaw
Executive director
Board chair
Andre Towner
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $106k → $1.9M.
17 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 DREAMING OUT LOUD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 funders by total. 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
DREAMING OUT LOUD INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
52% 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 DREAMING OUT LOUD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 35% · 2019 37% · 2020 13% · 2021 20% · 2022 20% · 2023 26% — 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
32% of DREAMING OUT LOUD INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
52% of DREAMING OUT LOUD INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
DREAMING OUT LOUD INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DREAMING OUT LOUD INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.6M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$2.6M
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 DREAMING OUT LOUD 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DREAMING OUT LOUD INC?
- DREAMING OUT LOUD INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,025,012 to it, the largest being EUGENE & AGNES E MEYER FOUNDATION ($1,243,500). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DREAMING OUT LOUD INC have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $11,025,012 in grants to DREAMING OUT LOUD INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DREAMING OUT LOUD INC?
- EUGENE & AGNES E MEYER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,243,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DREAMING OUT LOUD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 67 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing