About Follow Your Dream Foundation
Follow Your Dream Foundation celebrates the extraordinary journeys of individuals who overcome adversity and inspire change by incubating and producing films and storytelling projects that elevate untold stories, amplify voices of resilience, and spark meaningful conversations.
Focus Areas
film and media/arts & culturewomen's rights and gender equityhealth (integrative oncology / cancer awareness)youth programming and community kindnesseducation and public engagement
Who They Fund
not specified
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted fundingflexible fundingcore/overhead coverage
About Follow Your Dream Foundation
Follow Your Dream Foundation Inc centers its giving on incubating and producing films and storytelling projects that elevate untold stories and amplify voices of resilience, and its recent grants show a broader pattern of backing organizations with large general-support awards. The largest grant in the file is $4,400,000 to UBS Financial Services Inc for general support, followed by a $3,000,000 grant to GiveWell and a $2,400,000 grant to Educate, both also for general support. That scale places the foundation among substantial institutional grantmakers rather than small project funders. Its portfolio also reaches public-interest and community-oriented organizations such as Jewish Communal Fund, Founders Pledge Inc, and MIT, indicating a mix of philanthropic intermediaries, research institutions, and mission-driven nonprofits. Several grantees appear in more than one year, including Digital Divide Data, One Acre Fund, Arbor Brothers, and EYElliance, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. The foundation’s grantmaking sits alongside focus areas in film and media, women’s rights and gender equity, health, youth programming, and education, but the recent grants themselves are predominantly unrestricted or general support.
What Follow Your Dream Foundation Funds
General support dominates the recent awards, including $1,620,000 to Eyelliance Inc for general support and $1,000,000 to Digital Divide Data for general support. The foundation also backed poverty and economic mobility work, giving $750,000 to One Acre Fund for general support and another $750,000 to The Global Development Incuba for general support. In health-related grantmaking, it awarded $500,000 to Ariadne Labs for general support and $300,000 to Maisha Meds Inc for general support. Education appears as another thread: $2,400,000 went to Educate for general support, and $606,000 went to the University of Chicago for general support. Across these areas, the grants are framed more as flexible operating or general support than tightly restricted project funding.
How Follow Your Dream Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is relatively high: p25 is $50,000, median is $128,482, and p75 is $737,500. That spread points to a mix of smaller awards and a substantial number of seven-figure grants. The foundation is classified as a public charity and a regular funder, and it also makes program-related investments. Recipients recur across multiple years, including Digital Divide Data, One Acre Fund, Arbor Brothers, and EYElliance, which indicates repeat support rather than a purely one-off pattern. The grants shown are overwhelmingly general support, including unrestricted and flexible funding in practice.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$70.8M
Total Assets
$29.7M
Total Revenue
$1.3M
Total Expenses
$26.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $738K, with a median of $128K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$128K
75th Percentile
$738K
Geographic Reach
National18 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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