Dream Center Cincy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920659440
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5134716426
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$123,008
Expenses
$128,537
Assets
$1,042,809
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rebecca Rife (Executive Director)
  • Carol Herweh (President, Board of Directors)
  • David Schemenaur (Vice President, Board of Directors)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rebecca Rife (Executive Director): $48,000 total reported compensation
  • Katherine Goodman (Administrator): $3,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Dream Center Cincy is to bring hope, help, and healing to Sedamsville and its' surrounding communities. We do this by addressing food insecurity, supporting youth development, working toward family rebuilding, assisting with addiction recovery and spearheading community building initiatives. Our most significant activities are community dinners, food pantry, Thanksgiving Boxes, Christmas Free Toy Store, Kids' Camps, and Backpack Giveaway. All services and items are completely free and open to anyone.

What it reported doing in 2025

We serve a weekly community dinner free for anyone in the community who wants to attend. We serve an average of 50 meals per week which equals 2,600 meals per year. This service addresses the need of community building and food insecurity in our community. Much of the food used to cook these meals is donated. The total expense amount includes only the additional items we purchased to complete the meals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 9
  • Fundraising efficiency: $111.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.11; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9% of revenue deployed · 8.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.