Realize Your Dream Foundation
Realize Your Dream Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Kittanning, PA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $19K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $26K.
Realize Your Dream Foundation at a glance
In short: Realize Your Dream Foundation gave $26K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $25,909
- +146.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 8
- +60.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $3,239
- +54.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,500
- Total assets
- $18,958
- -26.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (56% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Realize Your Dream Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 8 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was St Bonaventure Universiy ($10K). Together the top 8 received $26K.
Grant Size Distribution
45 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 45 grants of 45 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.
Cities
How Realize Your Dream Foundation gives
- Giving fell 28% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2020) to $36K (2022). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $26K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| St Bonaventure Universiy Bonaventure, NY | Education | $10,000 |
| Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA | Support | $7,500 |
| Fu Generation Foundation Forest Hills, NY | Support | $4,400 |
| Islamic Community Center Parsippany, NJ | Support | $2,000 |
| Life Changing Service Dogs for Veterans McMurray, PA | Support | $1,000 |
| Portland Community Squash Portland, ME | Support | $500 |
| Family Promise of Hunterdon County Flemington, NJ | Support | $259 |
| St Hubert's Animal Welfare Center Madison, NJ | Support | $250 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $18,958 | $25,289 | $32,028 | $25,909 | 8 | $25,909 | — | $1,100 |
| 2024 | $25,697 | $30 | $14,476 | $10,500 | 5 | $10,500 | — | $1,621 |
| 2023 | $40,143 | $2,818 | $16,665 | $12,750 | 8 | $12,750 | — | $2,318 |
| 2022 | $53,990 | $1,057 | $40,852 | $36,050 | 15 | $36,050 | — | $3,639 |
| 2021 | $93,785 | $45,755 | $25,290 | $24,742 | 9 | $24,742 | $40,407 | $4,911 |
| 2020 | $73,320 | $8,367 | $14,574 | $7,375 | 7 | — | — | $4,758 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Realize Your Dream Foundation reported a distributable amount of $1K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Realize Your Dream Foundation's 2025 filing lists 13 officers; none of the 13 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Bernard E. Stoecklein Jr.
Founder & Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Novey
Scholarship Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Judy Welshons
Scholarship Coordinator
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Linda W. Ebel
Scholarship Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Louis Shook
Scholarship Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Patrick Epiletta
Advisory Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Hart
Advisory Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rick Baron
Advisory Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ronald Bowes
Scholarship Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rosalie P. Wisotzki
Scholarship Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rotary Club Of Pittsburgh
Scholarship Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sister Clarice Carlson
Scholarship Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Todd Pollard
Advisory Committee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Realize Your Dream Foundation
How much does Realize Your Dream Foundation give each year?
Realize Your Dream Foundation gave $26K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $11K across 5 grants.
What is Realize Your Dream Foundation's typical grant size?
Realize Your Dream Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $1,500, and its average grant was $3,239, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Realize Your Dream Foundation give grants?
Realize Your Dream Foundation gives mostly in New York: 56% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Pennsylvania (33%) and New Jersey (10%).
Does Realize Your Dream Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Realize Your Dream Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Support" (7 grants).
Who are Realize Your Dream Foundation's largest grantees?
Realize Your Dream Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include St Bonaventure Universiy ($10,000), Duquesne University ($7,500) and Fu Generation Foundation ($4,400), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 85% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Realize Your Dream Foundation?
Realize Your Dream Foundation reported $19K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $26K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $1K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What is Realize Your Dream Foundation?
Realize Your Dream Foundation is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Kittanning, PA. It holds $19K in total assets as of 2025.
What is Realize Your Dream Foundation's EIN?
Realize Your Dream Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-2884514. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(2)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 27, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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