California · Nonprofit
International Association for the Study of Dreams
International Association for the Study of Dreams (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,131 to it, the largest being THE BILL MUSTER FOUNDATION ($13,060). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $239k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $301k
What International Association for the Study of Dreams does
Mission
Educational forum for the study of dreams. This corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation law for charitable purposes. The specific purposes for which this corporation is organized are to promote scientific research into the study of dreams and to provide an educational forum for the interdisciplinary exchange of such information among the scientific and professional community and the general public. The means for promoting scientific research and providing such education include, but are not limited to, conducting workshops and conferences available to both interested professionals and the general public and to periodically publish research related to studies into dreaming.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In fulfillment of our mission, we conducted an annual international conference each summer with more than one hundred presenters; numerous presentations provide CE credits for mental health professionals. We hosted a year-long Research Talk Zoom Series that was free to the public, and hosted several smaller regional conferences. We offered a variety of online courses and dreams groups through our Online Activity Center, such as our Dream Study Groups Program (DSGP) and Foundation Series Courses. We also support Dream Research and presentations on Nightmare and PTSD Treatment.
$153,661 spent75% of program spendingJournal of IASD, "Dreaming," Magazine of IASD, "Dream Time," Regional & Online Conferences: Through these outlets and other initiatives, IASD furthers the pursuit of the pure and applied investigation of dreams and dreaming. The purposes are to promote an awareness and appreciation of dreams in both professional and public arenas; to encourage research into the nature, function, and significance of dreaming; to advance the application of the study of dreams; and to provide a forum for the eclectic and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and information. IASD publishes the refereed journal, Dreaming, which provides new scientific research on dreaming. IASD also publishes its own in-house magazine, DreamTime, to educate members. Our popular website, www.asdreams.org, provides access to information about IASD, its bylaws, Board of Directors, and helpful information on dreaming, along with a discussion board to post questions.IASD published the journal, "Dreaming," & the magazine of IASD, "Dream Time." Through these & other initiatives, IASD furthers the pursuit of the pure & applied investigation of dreams.
$51,220 spent25% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $204,881.
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 2020 to 2021, from $265k to $360k (+36%).
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. 4 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.
Board chair
Joy Fatooh
Board Chair,Dir
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 International Association for the Study of Dreams’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
International Association for the Study of Dreams leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 58% · 2023 94% — 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
74% of International Association for the Study of Dreams's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $571 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
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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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 International Association for the Study of Dreams: 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 International Association for the Study of Dreams?
- International Association for the Study of Dreams (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,131 to it, the largest being THE BILL MUSTER FOUNDATION ($13,060). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does International Association for the Study of Dreams have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,131 in grants to International Association for the Study of Dreams, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of International Association for the Study of Dreams?
- THE BILL MUSTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $13,060 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like International Association for the Study of Dreams 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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