Dream Centers of Michigan
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471103865
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Troy, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2482215747
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $763,653
- Expenses
- $817,454
- Assets
- $1,334,115
- Liabilities
- $36,242
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANTOINE JACKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ANTOINE JACKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $118,317 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Volunteer driven, non-profit organization serving the homeless, low income, at-risk youth and struggling families by providing resources and opportunities to help them realize their dream of living a self-sufficient life.
What it reported doing in 2025
Community engagement: dream centers of Michigan continued to demonstrate its commitment to holistic community care through year-round outreach and seasonal support initiatives. Over 100 families received bags of hope, each filled with approximately $50 worth of groceries to address short-term food insecurity. During the thanksgiving season, more than 1,200 thanksgiving boxeseach providing enough food to feed a family of sixwere distributed in partnership with local churches, donors, and volunteers. In preparation for the school year, the organization provided 800 backpacks filled with school supplies to children in the pontiac community, helping alleviate financial stress for families and setting students up for academic success. These initiatives reflect dream centers' mission to bring practical hope and build trust with residents through compassionate, consistent engagement.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $44.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd 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: -7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $673K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.