The Dominguez Dream in Memory of H Frank Dominguez
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200774784
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9165758888
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $317,313
- Expenses
- $298,277
- Assets
- $1,078,224
- Liabilities
- $52
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KARLA ILARDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- KARLA ILARDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $71,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support and foster education and health, through the making of grants and distributions for charitable or educational purposes.
What it reported doing in 2024
The dominguez dream partners with elementary school principals, teachers, parents, and community volunteers to bring steam and literacy programs to students in under-resourced communities, with over 70% of these students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.we currently work with 15 schools, 13 in California including sacramento, los angeles, san bernardino, and fresno, plus one in phoenix and two in dallas. Together, these partnerships reach more than 6,000 students each year.since our founding, we've supported over 250,000 students, families, educators, and school leaders through programs that expand access to learning and build stronger school communities.our hands-on steam activities help students develop critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. For many, it's their first time exploring steam and meeting mentors who reflect their own communities. By involving families, educators, and local volunteers, we support students both in and beyond the classroom.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 50% for direct work, and 50% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.8%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $40.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 95.9%; rating input score 96; 56th 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.61; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.8% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $268K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 10 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.