Dolls & Dreams
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822090712
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2024250702
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $614,066
- Expenses
- $598,162
- Assets
- $44,482
- Liabilities
- $44,482
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Remy Henderson (Executive Director Interim Chair)
Highest reported compensation
- Remy Henderson (Executive Director Interim Chair): $146,250 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Daughters Overcoming Lifes Lessons D.O.L.L.S & DREAMS INC is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that teaches girls and young women ages 7-21 whose life experiences have prevented them from unlocking their potential the life skills that they need to succeed. To accomplish this each girl participates in peer groups workshops activities and events that address topics such as social and emotional awareness health and wellness youth development work-readiness and entrepreneurship cultural arts and restorative justice. This exposure helps the girls gain the skills and confidence needed to make healthier decisions for themselves and to become positive leaders and role models in their communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
D.O.L.L.S & DREAMS INC. proposes the implementation of The Polished Dolls Experience an innovative program that integrates Polished Dolls Etiquette Training with the DREAMS UNLEASHED - Creative Makers project. This comprehensive initiative is designed to empower young girls and women by instilling the principles of etiquette poise and grace guided by the Grace & Polished Manner curriculum. Through a dynamic combination of immersive workshops engaging activities and impactful discussions participants will embark on a journey of self-discovery confidence-building and personal growth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 79% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 81
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 54.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 38.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 46.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $572K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $146K · 3 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.