Sweet Dream Makers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813693206
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Phone
5615717363
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,657,974
Expenses
$2,586,018
Assets
$1,677,815
Liabilities
$361,008

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Suzanne Broad (Executive Director)
  • Brian Broad (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Suzanne Broad (Executive Director): $122,167 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Sweet Dream Makers' mission is to improve the health and wellness of children and families by providing, beds, bedding and essential furniture. Sweet Dream Makers provides new beds at no cost to children and families sleeping on the floor, sharing beds or sleeping in unsafe, unsanitary conditions. Each child gets to choose their own bedding to go with their new bed.

What it reported doing in 2025

During the period 1/1/2025-12/31/2025, Sweet Dream Makers provided 7,448 beds and bedding (including a few like-new beds) to children and their caregivers. In addition, service was expanded to serve other vulnerable populations, including senior citizens, veterans, and adults with disabilities residing in Adult-only households. Families in great need are referred by over 225 social service agencies, including police, fire rescue, and school systems in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties. A Bed of My Own is generously supported by monetary contributions from approximately 1448 donors in 2025.Additionally, in 2025, our warehouse provided approximately 1900 new and gently used furniture, housewares, and bedding items to more than 200 families. In order to collect the in-kind donations, Sweet Dream Makers had contact with approximately 135 individual donors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 2.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.