Dayton Dream Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872420605
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Dayton, OH, USA
Phone
9374698840
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,298,039
Expenses
$1,089,028
Assets
$1,074,956
Liabilities
$59,794

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL PATRICK MURRAY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTINE SEXTON (EXECUTIVE DI): $71,467 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our purpose is to connect the people of dayton to a community of support by addressing immediate and long-term needs in the areas of poverty, addiction, education, abuse, joblessness, and community re-entry. More than 20 years ago, the dream of the dayton dream center was born. Pastor pat and jackie murray and their congregation, living word church, located in vandalia, Ohio, have run feeding programs and have served the adults and children of dayton using a truck and volunteers. The current facility was fully funded by the congregants of the their church and surrounding community. Over four million dollars were raised for the project from 2018-2022 and the building was renovated for its purpose and without debt. In july of 2022, the doors were officially opened. We began with very simple feeding programs and the intention of services being added as we could staff and support them. In the first year, over 11,000 visits were made by guests from the surrounding community around third and

What it reported doing in 2024

Dc diner - the dayton dream center works every week to address the need of hunger by cooking and distributing hot meals to people in downtown dayton. Meals are served directly out of the dream center building on mondays 12- 1pm, wednesday evenings 5:30-6:30pm, and saturday 1-2 pm. Saturday meals also include grocery/food donations to guests as available. 15,484 meals were served june 2024-july 2025. Dayton dream center is planning to increase the number of guests served this coming year. Adopt-a-block program addresses addiction, homelessness, food insecurity, and health barriers dayton. Adopt-a-block is a monthly outreach that deploys volunteers to knock on doors in targeted blocks, offering yard work, grocery delivery, prayer, and referrals to ddc programs (food pantry, roadmap 2 recovery, mobile medical unit). The hope food truck provides free meals, hygiene kits, and resource information in a welcoming setup with tents/tables. The program serves the 2,574 residents of census tract 39113002300 (median age 35.5, household income 34,868), prioritizing low-income families, children in poverty (60.8%), seniors (15.9% poverty), individuals with disabilities, single-female-headed households (29.7%), and those facing addiction or limited mobility. Ddc coordinates 25-35 volunteers monthly into four teams: setup/teardown, cooking/serving, ministry (door-knocking/introductions), and hands-on (fulfilling needs). Key partners include living word church, dayton food bank, local churches, dayton public schools (e.g., horizon science academy), montgomery county job & family services, recovery partners (e.g. Ethan's crossing, hope line, sidewalk soldiers) and premier health (on-site mobile medical truck).

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $23.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.1%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 55.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 67.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 73.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $796K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.