Rebuild the Dream

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900741275
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5106636500
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Citizen Participation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$202,500
Expenses
$286,396
Assets
$898,356
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NISHA ANAND (PRESIDENT)
  • JANOS MARTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KANDIA MILTON (POLITICAL DIRECTOR): $2,998 total reported compensation
  • JANOS MARTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $2,812 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Rebuild the dream is a 21st century think-tank that champions innovative solutions to fix the u.s. Economy and uplift the next generation. Rebuild the dream is a catalyst for change on pressing issues such as excessive incarceration, workforce training for urban youth, and creating an inclusive green economy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Rebuild the dream uses 21st century digital technology, grassroots organizing, and artistic expression to advance highly inventive solutions that can put america back to work and pull america back together. We have hundreds of thousands of constituents across the country who we mobilize online and on the ground. We take action for economic solutions that will create jobs and protect america's vulnerable middle class. We come together in small circles and large public events to celebrate art and collective action, and to unite people around inspiring solutions for our economy, our democracy and our nation's future.

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

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: -41.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.14; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.5%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $278K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3K · 3 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $120K reported
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.