California · Nonprofit
DREAMS & DUCATS
DREAMS & DUCATS (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,000 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $426k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $302k
What Dreams & Ducats does
Mission
To evolve learning alongside community and culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Studio Sessions - a cultural enrichment program that centers music as a catalyst for healing , connection and belonging through immersive music events.
$50,000 spent$50,000 earned by the program30% of program spendingAlt-Futures is an 8-week, project-based creative workforce and civic engagement program that prepares youth ages 1624 to explore careers and entrepreneurship in brand and creative strategy while building the tools to shape narratives, influence culture, and drive social change.
$11,000 spent$11,000 earned by the program7% of program spendingThreads, a youth enrichment program that empowers young people to express their dreams, identities, and stories through custom shoe painting, fashion styling, and design.
$11,500 spent$11,500 earned by the program7% of program spendingEquity impact program- general program and operating support arts ecosystem: venues and spaces- general program and operating support for activation of a community learning and cultural center
$93,407 spent$272,500 earned by the program56% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $165,907.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $47k to $302k (+541%).
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: 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of DREAMS & DUCATS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% 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
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of DREAMS & DUCATS’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
DREAMS & DUCATS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of DREAMS & DUCATS's grant income comes from California 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
DREAMS & DUCATS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DREAMS & DUCATS
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
73% 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 DREAMS & DUCATS: 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 DREAMS & DUCATS?
- DREAMS & DUCATS (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,000 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DREAMS & DUCATS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $53,000 in grants to DREAMS & DUCATS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DREAMS & DUCATS?
- THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DREAMS & DUCATS 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.
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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 2022–2025), 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