Florida · Nonprofit
DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC
DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC (Florida) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,243,403 to it, the largest being PGA TOUR INC ($257,424). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 80
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Dreams Come True of Jacksonville Inc does
Mission
Using the power of a dream to bring hope and joy to every first coast child battling a life-threatening illness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Founded in 1984 by the late thomas r. Mcgehee, chairman of the board of mac papers, and his wife delia, dreams come true has fulfilled dreams for more than 5,000 children. To be eligible a child must be between the ages of 2 and 18, be diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition, and reside in or receive treatment in the seven counties of northeast florida. In this fiscal year, more than 211 dreams were fulfilled. No qualified child has ever been placed on a waiting list or denied their dream. Approximately 550 plus children are currently dreaming, and we receive more than 20 new qualified referrals every month.
$3,560,563 spent100% of program spendingSpecial times children battling life-threatening medical conditions can only receive one dream. Unfortunately, our dreamers confront many struggles throughout their entire medical journey. For that reason, dreams come true developed the special times program. Special times provides the dream child and his or her family a time to momentarily forget the realities of their life- threatening medical condition. It may be dinner at a favorite restaurant, tickets to a football game, a relaxing evening at the movies, a day of beauty, concert tickets or support for the holidays or a birthday. During this fiscal year, more than 6,000 special times were provided to our dreamers and their family members.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,560,563.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $6.0M to $8.7M (+45%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $86k → $349k.
12 of 80 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 80 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
DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE 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
51% 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 DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 23% · 2019 33% · 2020 23% · 2021 24% · 2022 22% · 2023 22% — 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
50% of DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
77% of DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $520k 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.
Organizations like DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC?
- DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC (Florida) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,243,403 to it, the largest being PGA TOUR INC ($257,424). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 80 organizations giving $2,243,403 in grants to DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE INC?
- PGA TOUR INC is the largest funder on record, with $257,424 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DREAMS COME TRUE OF JACKSONVILLE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 80 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