Arizona · Nonprofit
THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC
THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC (Arizona) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,484,078 to it, the largest being CITY HELP FOUNDATION ($1,574,894). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What The Dream Institute Inc does
Mission
Our purpose is expressed primarily in three key areas of service: community engagement services, addiction and life recovery programs, and education. We believe that hope can be restored despite any life circumstances and that, no matter what an individual has been through, it is possible to dream again.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
At the short creek dream center in hilldale, ut and colorado city, az we provide: -community engagement services: regularly scheduled outreach events are open to the community and include food distribution, medical services, a clothing pantry and other social events. -addiction recovery programs: we provide a residential recovery program for young women and men that has been uniquely crafted to meet the complex needs of those in the community struggling with a variety of life- controlling issues. Participants have access to licensed counseling, medical and behavioral health care and emotion-based therapy. -education: our community education efforts are open to the public and are offered as a way to engage the greater needs of the community. The public classes include: resume building, career seeking, cooking, health and wellness, parenting, certified anger management, art therapy and other life skills classes.
$1,932,872 spentof which $103,256 as grants$2,321,465 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,932,872.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $754k to $2.2M (+194%).
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: 2022 4% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Angel Barnett
CEO & direct
Board chair
Mike Ingram
Chairman & d
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $387k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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
THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 45% · 2023 39% — 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
90% of THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $515k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE DREAM INSTITUTE 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Short Creek Social Services LLC · disregarded
- Living Hope Dream Center LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC: 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 THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC?
- THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC (Arizona) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,484,078 to it, the largest being CITY HELP FOUNDATION ($1,574,894). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $2,484,078 in grants to THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC?
- CITY HELP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,574,894 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DREAM INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 16 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