Dream Center Foundation
Dream Center Foundation partners with community centered organizations to provide housing, clothing, food, medical care, training and education to the chronically underserved individuals and communities.
Dream Center Foundation at a glance
In short: Dream Center Foundation gave $30.1M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $30.1M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $30,061,406
- +62.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $30,061,406
- +62.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $30,061,406
- Total assets
- $52,880,824
- +1.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Dream Center Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Dream Center Inc ($30.1M).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was $5M or more: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Dream Center Foundation gives
- Giving grew 74% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $17.3M (2022) to $30.1M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $30.1M.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Dream Center Inc Los Angeles, CA | — | $30,061,406 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $52,880,824 | $37,202,833 | $35,011,506 | $30,061,406 | 1 | $523,246 |
| 2024 | $52,004,864 | $22,822,036 | $22,499,355 | $18,483,098 | 1 | $522,426 |
| 2023 | $52,268,298 | $26,714,356 | $26,572,611 | $20,975,423 | 1 | $878,098 |
| 2022 | $52,829,201 | $22,711,685 | $22,641,177 | $17,317,338 | 1 | $522,494 |
| 2021 | $35,184,987 | $26,309,284 | $27,010,956 | $22,363,020 | 1 | $522,612 |
| 2020 | $36,222,005 | $23,974,662 | $23,616,893 | $18,753,224 | 1 | $582,601 |
| 2019 | $35,924,437 | $20,285,240 | $20,824,762 | $17,757,850 | Total only | $356,401 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Dream Center Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Dream Center Foundation is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Los Angeles, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $52.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $30.1M. Net investment income was $523K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Dream Center Foundation is led by Vince Beresford, CEO on the 2025 filing; none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Vince Beresford
CEO
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pastor Tommy Barnett
Vice President & President
Chairman & Executive Di → Vice President & President, 2024
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
$78K (2022) → $0 (2025)
David Oddo
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joy Enriques
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Resa Hunt
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rodney Jerkins
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Hunt
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pastor Charles Nieman
Member
Director → Member, 2024
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (38)
- Former: Brad Reed (2022–2024) — COO
- Former: Caroline Barnett (2019–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Charles Nieman (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jack Carey (2019–2023) — Board Secretary
- Former: Mike Rogers (2019–2023) — Direcrtor
- Former: Sandra Carey (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tommy Barnett (2019–2023) — President
- Former: Michael Hammer (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Edward Duran (2020–2021) — CFO
- Former: Adele Oddo (2019) — Director
- Former: Andrea Moore (2019) — Director
- Former: Brett Grimes (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Cecil Stewart (2019) — Director
- Former: Christine Shade (2019) — Director
- Former: Connie Jones (2019) — Director
- Former: Dana Liberatore (2019) — Director
- Former: Danise Jurado (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Deloris Jordan (2019) — Director
- Former: Evelyn Stewart (2019) — Director
- Former: Fred Wehba (2019) — Director
- Former: Glenn C Burris Jr. (2019) — Director
- Former: Jim Townsend (2019) — Director
- Former: Johanna Towsend (2019) — Director
- Former: Johnnie Moore (2019) — Director
- Former: Kelley Hutcheson (2019) — Director
- Former: Ken Blanchard (2019) — Director
- Former: Kevin Malone (2019) — Director
- Former: Marisa Grimes (2019) — Director
- Former: Matthew Barnett (2019) — President
- Former: Mike Rovner (2019) — Director
- Former: Morris Cerullo (2019) — Director
- Former: Pastor Willie George (2019) — Director
- Former: Phil Liberatore (2019) — Director
- Former: Randall Barton (2019) — Managing Director
- Former: Richard Hutcheson (2019) — Director
- Former: Susan Wehba (2019) — Director
- Former: Theresa Cerullo (2019) — Director
- Former: Tom Jones (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2022 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2022 filing was $78K, to Pastor Tommy Barnett (Chairman). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Dream Center Foundation
How much does Dream Center Foundation give each year?
Dream Center Foundation gave $30.1M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $18.5M across 1 grant.
How large is Dream Center Foundation?
Dream Center Foundation reported $52.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $37.2M.
What is Dream Center Foundation?
Dream Center Foundation is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Los Angeles, CA. It holds $52.9M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Dream Center Foundation operate?
Dream Center Foundation has awarded grants in California.
What is Dream Center Foundation's EIN?
Dream Center Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-2269686. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 26, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 14, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 31, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 23, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 25, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 2, 2024)
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