The Disability Resources Educational Advocacy Motivation Institute DREAM
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201357411
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Skiatook, OK, USA
- Phone
- 9186603408
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,991
- Expenses
- $3,222
- Assets
- $202,365
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- Kristy Long (Chairman)
- Jan Collins (Trustee)
- James Martin PhD (Secretary)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Dream Institute's purpose and mission is to help people overcome their disabilities through success in higher education. This is accomplished by providing 1. academic and professional mentorship; 2. academic assistance and 3. scholastic awards (scholarships) to qualified applicants with disabilities.NOTE: All revenue and program expenses are reported in this return. Some of those revenues and expenses have also been REPORTED BY TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (TCF) FIN #73-1554474. The Dream Institute has an agency agreement with TCF. TCF reports all the program revenue and expenses that are received and or paid to or from TCF accounts. See TCF's Form 990, DREAM program. Scholarship funds can be used for tuition, fees, books and tutoring.Five students were awarded scholarships for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. The scholarship committee believes that all the students made progress towards graduation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Program #1: Scholastic Awards: Higher Education Assistance Program (HEAP) -- HEAP scholarships are awarded each year to students with physical and/or learning disabilities. The students must be pursuing a higher education degree at a state college or university. Recipients are selected based performance and application criteria. The scholarships are based on the student's financial need and intended to "fill the gap" where a student lacks funding for a semester. The scholarships are awarded for either a two or four year program but the performance of each recipient is reviewed annually and the scholarship can be terminated by the scholarship committee. NOTE: All revenue and program expenses are reported in this return. Some of those revenues and expenses have also been REPORTED BY TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (TCF) FIN #73-1554474. The Dream Institute has an agency agreement with TCF. TCF reports all the program revenue and expenses that are received and or paid to or from TCF accounts. See TCF's Form 990, DREAM program. Scholarship funds can be used for tuition, fees, books and tutoring.
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
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 64.2%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 62.81; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -45.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.