California · Nonprofit
FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT
FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,550 to it, the largest being FLOURISH ARBONNE FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $668k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Fostering Dreams Project does
Mission
Dance and performing arts programs for youth in foster care
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lausd's arts and music based program offers foster youth and other system- involved youth a valuable avenue to engage with dance and access art education. Beyond developing artistic skills, the program also serves as a therapeutic outlet, supporting their social and emotional well-being. By combining creative expression with therapeutic benefits, fdp empowers these young individuals to explore their emotions, build confidence, and foster personal growth. Served over 13,000 students
$248,472 spent$196,028 earned by the program68% of program spendingBenefited, arts for healing justice network school programs and workshops: 850 students and educators benefited
$24,650 spent$129,153 earned by the program7% of program spendingCalifornia arts council: 160 youth benefited
$24,693 spent7% of program spendingOther projects and programs that provide arts and dance classes to youths
$64,999 spent$250,525 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $362,814.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $194k to $563k (+189%).
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: 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT’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
FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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: 2018 100% · 2019 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
99% of FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT'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
FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT
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
76% 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 FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT: 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 FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT?
- FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,550 to it, the largest being FLOURISH ARBONNE FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,550 in grants to FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT?
- FLOURISH ARBONNE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOSTERING DREAMS PROJECT 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 2018–2025), 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