DC Dreamcenter: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 46-3532483)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$724K
FY2021	$624K
FY2022	$627K
FY2023	$586K
FY2024	$620K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$651K
FY2021	$727K
FY2022	$720K
FY2023	$755K
FY2024	$591K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$706K
FY2021	$603K
FY2022	$509K
FY2023	$341K
FY2024	$379K

Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2016-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 2017.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

79%

16%

Program services 79% · $516K Management & general 16% · $104K Fundraising 5% · $32K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Mark Batterson

Chairman

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joel Schmidgall

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joshua Symonette

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ernest Clover III

Exec. Director & Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Inspires and equips people to dream big and reach their full potential.

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1 program · $516K · in their own filed words · FY2020

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DC dreamcenter(dcdc) offers many programs designed to meet the needs of youth in the southeast D.C. Community. Volunteer opportunities, like the mentorship program, pairs kids with responsible adults looking to make a real difference in a young person's life.

$516Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$12K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$10K

Columbus FoundationFY2024$6K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$6K

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$34K

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Grants paid · 3 grants · $19K · 2020–2023

Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,552

Unitemized GrantFY2021$7,486

Unitemized GrantFY2020$5,099

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$724K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$721K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K

Other incomeLn 4–11$34

Money outPt IX

$651K

Ln 25

Programscol B$516K

Managementcol C$104K

Fundraisingcol D$32K

Owns and owesPt X

$706K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$283K

Total assetsLn 16$748K

LiabilitiesLn 26$43K

PeoplePt VI, VII

4

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a4

IndependentVI 1b3

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$721K

Government grantsLn 1e$70K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K

Other incomeLn 4–11$34

Total revenueLn 12$724K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$283K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$283K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$427K

Other assetsLn 15$2K

Total assetsLn 16$748K

LiabilitiesLn 26$43K

Net assetsLn 32$706K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 54

VolunteersI 6350

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$155K	$283K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$449K	$427K
Total assetsLn 16	$654K	$748K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$20K	$43K
Net assetsLn 32	$633K	$706K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$136K	$136K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$73K	$71K	$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$12K	$9K	$1K	$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$6K	$5K	$753	$686
Legal feesLn 11b	$250		$250
Accounting feesLn 11c	$51K		$51K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$37K	$28K	$7K	$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$1K	$25	$23
Office expensesLn 13	$88K	$59K	$20K	$9K
Information technologyLn 14	$4K	$3K	$547	$498
OccupancyLn 16	$51K	$39K	$8K	$4K
TravelLn 17	$14K	$11K	$1K	$1K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$20K	$18K	$946	$861
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$55K	$41K	$7K	$6K
InsuranceLn 23	$16K	$12K	$2K	$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$85K	$79K	$2K	$4K
All other expensesLn 24e	$5K	$4K	$580	$528
Total functional expensesLn 25	$651K	$516K	$104K	$32K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$620K	$591K	$29K	$379K	990 PDF
FY2023	$586K	$755K	−$168K	$341K	990 PDF
FY2022	$627K	$720K	−$93K	$509K	990 PDF
FY2021	$624K	$727K	−$103K	$603K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$724K	$651K	$72K	$706K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $723,667 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $367,285$720,733

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $6,575$2,900

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$34

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $373,860$723,667

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $28,666$135,573

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $88,458$90,272

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $409,849$425,649

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $526,973$651,494

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$153,113$72,173

Part VI · Governance 3 of 4 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4

VI-1b Independent voting members3

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $723,667 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1d Related organizations$191,400

VIII-1e Government grants$70,000

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$459,333

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$720,733

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,900$2,900

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $34$34

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,900 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $34$723,667

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $651,494 across 17 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $135,573$135,573

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $70,768 · Management $1,945$72,713

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,798 · Management $1,467 · Fundraising $1,335$11,600

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,520 · Management $753 · Fundraising $686$5,959

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $250$250

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $50,759$50,759

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $28,260 · Management $6,961 · Fundraising $1,784$37,005

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,457 · Management $25 · Fundraising $23$1,505

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $59,486 · Management $19,663 · Fundraising $8,539$87,688

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,283 · Management $547 · Fundraising $498$4,328

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $38,674 · Management $7,778 · Fundraising $4,066$50,518

IX-17 TravelPrograms $10,918 · Management $1,402 · Fundraising $1,276$13,596

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $17,852 · Management $946 · Fundraising $861$19,659

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $41,416 · Management $6,905 · Fundraising $6,285$54,606

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,336 · Management $1,959 · Fundraising $1,783$16,078

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $78,663 · Management $2,052 · Fundraising $4,238$84,953

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,596 · Management $580 · Fundraising $528$4,704

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $515,600 · Management $103,992 · Fundraising $31,902$651,494

Part X · Balance sheet $748,351 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $155,190$282,661

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $35,327$27,008

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $12,609$9,766

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $448,693$426,916

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,000$2,000

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $653,819$748,351

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,342$26,401

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$16,300

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20,342$42,701

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $617,477$687,400

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $16,000$18,250

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $633,477$705,650

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $653,819$748,351

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $705,650 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$723,667

XI-2 Total expenses$651,494

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$72,173

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$633,477

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$705,650

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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DC Dreamcenter FY2020 filing

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for DC Dreamcenter

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV