Dream Catchers Inc

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

2008

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

Nicole Chiu-Wang

Phone

6504270795

Tax Period

2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30

Dream Catchers Inc, founded in 2008, is a small nonprofit in the Education sector that reported $805K in total revenue in fiscal year 2024.

Mission

Our mission is to close the opportunity gap faced by low-income first-generation students in the Palo Alto Unified School District

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $600,300 Revenue: $312,500

DreamCatchers is an award-winning educational support organization currently serving 190+ socioeconomically disadvantage middle school students and their families. Our free after-school program...

DreamCatchers is an award-winning educational support organization currently serving 190+ socioeconomically disadvantage middle school students and their families. Our free after-school program provides individualized mentoring tutoring and social-emotional support to help our students be high school ready by the end of their third year in the program 8th grade. DreamCatchers also provides 200+ high school and college-aged volunteers with a sustained service learning opportunity to delover 25,000+ program hours throughout the school year.

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $492,717

Program Service Revenue $312,500

Investment Income $69

Other Revenue $0

TOTAL REVENUE $805,286

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0

Salaries & Benefits $716,600

Fundraising Expenses $3,046

Program Expenses $600,300

Other Expenses $67,380

TOTAL EXPENSES $783,980

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$805,286	$753,309	+0.1%
Expenses	$783,980	$739,909	+0.1%
Net Income	$21,306	$13,400	+0.6%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✗ Grants to Individuals ✗ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Financial Health Indicators

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Liquidity & Cash Position

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Altman Z-Score • Liquidity Ratios • Solvency Analysis • Growth Indicators • Efficiency Metrics

Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

125

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✗ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$206,663

Total Directors

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Nicole Chiu-Wang	Executive Director	40.00	Officer	$206,663	$0	$206,663
Adrienne Germain	President	5.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Lauren Williams	Vice President	2.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Elizabeth Olsen	Treasurer	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Ana Perez-Hood	Secretary	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Tanner Ziegelman	Board Member	0.50	Director	$0	$0	$0
Ruby Fong	Board Member	0.50	Director	$0	$0	$0
Nallely Gomez Jimenez	Board Member	0.50	Director	$0	$0	$0

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2025	$805,286	$783,980	$796,464	$21,306
2024	$753,309	$739,949	$788,718	$13,360
2023	$670,698	$455,684	$783,388	$215,014
2022	$401,822	$343,831	$561,090	$57,991
2021	$434,789	$380,016	$478,276	$54,773
2020	$472,738	$428,897	$423,567	$43,841
2019	$410,573	$396,465	$391,456	$14,108