Georgia · Nonprofit
SECOND WIND DREAMS INC
SECOND WIND DREAMS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $240,243 to it, the largest being The Caesars Foundation ($50,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $240k
- Net assets
- $442k
What Second Wind Dreams Inc does
Mission
Through the fulfillment of dreams and innovative educational programs, second wind dreams, a non-profit organization, enhances the quality of life for those living in elder care communities and changes the perception of aging.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Dementia awareness and training - virtual dementia tour program and training this program is to increase society's awareness of dementia. The program provides sensitivity training for caregivers, family and the community by giving them a sense of what dementia might be like. In2024, 430 kits were sold and approximately 526 awareness and training programs were conducted.empathic transitions - from diagnosis to placement decisions, family care and behavioral health, we have been on the cutting edge of innovation and implementation. For the past two years some of our focus has been on developing an end-of-life program for those with dementia, thus making our services for dementia care full circle.
$1,477,879 spent$946,196 earned by the program97% of program spendingMaking dreams come true in eldercare - the goal is to change the perception of aging through fulfillment of dreams. The achievement is to impact the life of the elder and their local community. In 2024, approximately 6500 dreams were fulfilled through second wind dreams with the help of 1,783 volunteers.
$27,333 spentof which $8,007 as grants2% of program spendingGifts of light - this program ensures residents, without family support or resources and living in an elder care community, receive a gift at holiday time and a visit from a second wind dreams volunteer. In 2024, 2,700 gifts were presented to residents with the help of 782 volunteers.
$12,288 spentof which $24,986 as grants1% of program spendingAutism reality experience - expanding into autism awareness and education in the united states, we would like to share with you a new simulation of autism designed to be more fully immersive than viewing a film or virtual reality. The autism reality experience, originally developed by training 2 care in the united kingdom, is now offered in the u.s. Through second wind dreams. This training is designed to give participants a sense of what the sensory challenges are like for people on the autism spectrum.
$4,663 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,522,163.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $2.3M (+118%).
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 39% · 2018 45% · 2019 55% · 2020 55% · 2021 70% · 2022 60% · 2023 51% · 2024 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of SECOND WIND DREAMS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Michelle Minor
CEO
Board chair
Chuck Brown
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $500 → $11k.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 SECOND WIND DREAMS INC’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
SECOND WIND DREAMS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
58% 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 SECOND WIND DREAMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 49% · 2020 99% · 2021 73% · 2022 67% · 2023 54% — 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
40% of SECOND WIND DREAMS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 26% 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
SECOND WIND DREAMS INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SECOND WIND DREAMS INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SECOND WIND DREAMS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- FL$19k
- NJ$365
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 SECOND WIND DREAMS 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SECOND WIND DREAMS INC?
- SECOND WIND DREAMS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $240,243 to it, the largest being The Caesars Foundation ($50,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SECOND WIND DREAMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $240,243 in grants to SECOND WIND DREAMS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SECOND WIND DREAMS INC?
- The Caesars 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 SECOND WIND DREAMS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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