Dream Farm Education Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 921070559
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Hilliard, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6142095997
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $60,124
- Expenses
- $63,594
- Assets
- $36,935
- Liabilities
- $32,684
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOSEPH WANG (MANAGING DIRECTOR)
- LINGYING ZHAO (DIRECTOR)
- LIYING HUANG (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dream Farm Education Center is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under Section 501c3. The organizations exempt purpose is to provide youth education promote sustainable agriculture and support community development through farm-based learning food production and outreach programs. The organization conducts educational programs for youth students and community members focused on natural food production environmental stewardship and healthy living. It also produces and distributes agricultural products to support local communities and schools. In addition the organization operates community and educational initiatives including music and cultural programs to foster personal development creativity and social engagement.
What it reported doing in 2025
Dream Farm Education Center conducted agricultural education and community service programs through farm-based learning activities in 2025. The organization provided hands-on training in sustainable agriculture food production and environmental stewardship for youth and community participants. Activities included farm operations supply procurement equipment use and maintenance of the agricultural facility. These programs supported local education healthy food awareness and community engagement.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
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: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.88; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.