Dreams for Kids Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272969054
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA
Phone
3125598400
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Expenses
$8,275
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • THOMAS TUOHY (DIRECTOR)
  • JOSH DECATUR (DIRECTOR)
  • MISHELE GONSCH (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the dreams for kids foundation is to build collaborative partnerships that produce significant measurable outcomes for a wide range of critical social issues

What it reported doing in 2020

The dreams for kids foundation is a financial resource to the the holiday for hope, extreme recess, yes, patricia tuohy scholarship fund and other programs offered through the dreams for kids, inc. Organization (a public charity). The funds raised by the dreams for kids foundation are used in conjunction with the charitable community at large to empower youth who live in poverty and those with disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -38.9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2015 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.