About Brees Dream Foundation
Improving the quality of life for cancer patients, and providing care, education and opportunities for children and families in need.
Focus Areas
Cancer patient supportChild welfareEducationFamily services
Who They Fund
residents of Greater New Orleans, Louisianastudents/learners receiving scholarshipsparticipants in vocational/academy programs
Funding Style
general program fundingprogram-specific grantsscholarship supportgeographically targeted funding
Topics
About Brees Dream Foundation
Brees Dream Foundation’s largest recent grants show a strong commitment to Greater New Orleans, where it has funded Build Strong Academy three times across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including a $1,199,150 grant in 2023 and $724,890 in 2025. The foundation’s giving also extends to cancer-related organizations, education groups, and community programs, with support ranging from large multi-hundred-thousand-dollar awards to smaller general program grants. Its active grant program is broad in wording but consistent in purpose: improving the quality of life for cancer patients and providing care, education, and opportunities for children and families in need. Recent awards include $750,000 to Oschner Clinc Foundation and recurring support for Junior Achievement in New Orleans. The grant list also shows funding for sports, scholarship, and local community capacity building efforts, reflecting a mix of direct service organizations and education-oriented partners. Across the recent grants on file, the foundation appears to use general program funding frequently, alongside targeted awards tied to named initiatives and scholarship support.
What Brees Dream Foundation Funds
Cancer patient support is one of the clearest strands in the grant record. In 2023, Brees Dream Foundation gave $10,000 to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Foundation for general program funding, and it also supported Oschner Clinc Foundation with $750,000 in 2023 and $125,000 in 2024. Education and workforce-oriented programs are another visible theme. The foundation gave $1,199,150 in 2023, $568,260 in 2024, and $724,890 in 2025 to Build Strong Academy for Greater New Orleans. Scholarship support also appears in 2025 through a $173,593 grant to Junior Achievement for the Trust Your Crazy Ideas Scholarship. Community and family services show up in smaller awards as well, including $10,000 to Friends of Lafitte Greenway and $14,909 to New Orleans & Company, both in New Orleans.
How Brees Dream Foundation Gives
Typical grant size sits at $14,909 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $137,500 at the 75th percentile, showing a pattern that includes many mid-sized awards plus a smaller set of larger commitments. The recent list also shows repeat support over multiple years, especially for Build Strong Academy, Junior Achievement, Oschner Clinc Foundation, Discovery Land Company Foundation, and Purdue Research Foundation. Brees Dream Foundation operates a general grant program and accepts unsolicited requests. Its philanthropy is programmatic rather than individual-based, and it does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.2M
Total Assets
$733K
Total Revenue
$1.1M
Total Expenses
$1.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $138K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$138K
Geographic Reach
National5 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in LA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DREW BREES
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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