About Dream Center Foundation
The Dream Center Foundation is dedicated to funding programs that address issues that are widely recognized as chronic societal problems. Our mission is to reconnect economically and socially marginalized people to a community of support by providing human services that address immediate and long-term needs in the areas of homelessness, hunger, poverty, addiction, domestic violence, human trafficking and educational opportunity.
Focus Areas
HomelessnessHungerPoverty alleviationAddiction recoveryDomestic violence supportHuman trafficking rescueEducation (adult education, GED)Foster care support
Who They Fund
economically marginalized individualssocially marginalized populationspeople experiencing homelessness
About Dream Center Foundation
Dream Center Foundation’s recent grantmaking is built around one central pattern: large, repeated support for the Dream Center in Los Angeles. The biggest recent grant in the record was $20,975,423 in 2024 to The Dream Center Foundation in Los Angeles, followed by $18,483,098 in 2025 to The Dream Center Inc in Los Angeles and $17,317,338 in 2023 to The Dream Center Foundation. Those awards point to a funder that operates through closely tied partnership support rather than a wide, dispersed portfolio. The foundation funds human services for economically and socially marginalized people, with emphasis on homelessness, hunger, poverty, addiction, domestic violence, human trafficking, and educational opportunity. Its active programs describe support for transitional housing and multi-year recovery programs through the Dream Center Los Angeles and partner programs. The grant record shows a local California footprint, and the recipient list is entirely U.S.-based. The overall picture is of a foundation that concentrates on direct service delivery and community reintegration, using sizable grants to sustain programs that address immediate needs alongside longer-term support.
What Dream Center Foundation Funds
In homelessness-related work, Dream Center Foundation supports transitional housing through its active partnership programs in Los Angeles. The same program structure also covers hunger and poverty relief, showing a direct-service model centered on immediate basic needs. Addiction recovery is another clear focus. The foundation’s partnership funding supports multi-year recovery programs, placing substance use services alongside housing and other wraparound supports. The foundation also funds domestic violence and human trafficking response. Its program descriptions name both domestic violence and human trafficking rescue as supported areas, along with educational opportunity. That education strand appears in the same partnership framework as adult education, GED attainment, and transition services for foster youth.
How Dream Center Foundation Gives
Dream Center Foundation gives in very large, tightly clustered amounts. The grant size distribution is concentrated around a median of $18,483,098, with a 25th percentile of $17,900,218 and a 75th percentile of $19,729,260. The recent record also shows repeated awards across 2023, 2024, and 2025, suggesting ongoing support rather than one-off funding. Its structure is programmatic and partnership-based: active grant programs describe general grantmaking and partnership program funding tied to Dream Center Los Angeles. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in the listed programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$30.1M
Total Assets
$52.9M
Total Revenue
$37.2M
Total Expenses
$35M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $17.9M and $19.7M, with a median of $18.5M.
25th Percentile
$17.9M
Median
$18.5M
75th Percentile
$19.7M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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