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D R E A M ALIVE INC

EIN 35-2153384 INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Revenue 2025
$1,876,111
Expenses 2025
$1,375,405

Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1200
Street
6151 CENTRAL AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO HELP VULNERABLE YOUTH BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING MENTORING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR 6 CONTINUAL YEARS FROM 7TH THROUGH 12 GRADE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO HELP VULNERABLE YOUTH BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING MENTORING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR 6 CONTINUAL YEARS FROM 7TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

  • AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING: DREAM ALIVE MENTORS VULNERABLE YOUTH TOWARDS CAREER PATHS THROUGH 7 CONTINUAL YEARS OF INTENTIONAL, DAILY PROGRAMMING. THIS RESULTS IN 250+ HOURS OF MENTORING, CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PER STUDENT, PER YEAR. IN 2025, DREAM ALIVE PROVIDED 32,291 TOTAL HOURS OF PROGRAMMING, WHICH INCLUDED 95 CAREER-BASED FIELD TRIPS. PROGRAMMING IS PROVIDED AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SITE 2-3 DAYS PER WEEK. IN 2025, DREAM ALIVE WAS ON-SITE AT 5 MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $1,141,888

  • DREAM AWARDS: BRIGHT FUTURES IN FULL BLOOM - ON APRIL 28, 2025, DREAM ALIVE HOSTED ITS ANNUAL DREAM AWARDS CEREMONY AND DINNER AT THE INDIANA FARM BUREAU FOOTBALL CENTER'S GRIDIRON HALL. THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT HONORED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR 18 GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING LOCAL COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD A SIZABLE IMPACT IN OUR SCHOLARS LIVES DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. 22 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT. IN ADDITION TO GRADUATION CERTIFICATES, EACH SENIOR RECEIVED A PAIR OF NIKE SNEAKERS AND A BACKPACK OF GOODIES FROM DREAM ALIVE PARTNERS.

  • 21ST ANNUAL DREAM CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION: ON DECEMBER 17, 2025, DREAM ALIVE HOSTED ITS ANNUAL DREAM CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AT GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE. WE HOSTED ROUGHLY 600 GUESTS AND PROVIDED CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO 106 CHILDREN FROM THEODORE POTTER SPANISH IMMERSION SCHOOL 74 AND BRIGHTLANE LEARNING. THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, DREAM ALIVE SCHOLARS PARTICIPATED IN A BUDGETING WORKSHOP, A SHOPPING DAY AT MEIJER TO PURCHASE GIFTS FOR THEIR SPONSORED CHILD AND A WRAPPING PARTY AT ONE OF DREAM ALIVE'S CORPORATE PARTNERS' OFFICE TO WRAP THEIR PRESENTS. ALL DREAM CHRISTMAS GUESTS ENJOYED DINNER PROVIDED BY CHICK-FIL-A, MUSIC FROM A LOCAL DJ, BALLOON TWISTING, AIRBRUSH TATTOOS, A 360 PHOTO BOOTH, COOKIE DECORATING, ORNAMENT CRAFTS AND PHOTOS WITH SANTA.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Charles Akinbola

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tarik Glenn

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brandon Himes

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Joyce

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Conrad

    BOARD EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kim Borges

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Suzanne Gaidoo

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patricia Shunk

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Siefer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Muller

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $60,752
    From this org
    $60,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stephen Smith

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $43,000
    From this org
    $43,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,876,111
    Expenses
    $1,375,405
    Contributions
    $1,815,786
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,221,934
    Expenses
    $1,178,859
    Contributions
    $1,168,882
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,179,291
    Expenses
    $805,400
    Contributions
    $2,163,718
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $532,230
    Expenses
    $599,811
    Contributions
    $493,604
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,011,029
    Expenses
    $403,880
    Assets (EOY)
    $803,843

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $419,013
    Expenses
    $254,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,854

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $261,263
    Expenses
    $287,299
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,533

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $268,604
    Expenses
    $230,257
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,049

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $246,100
    Expenses
    $257,234
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,502

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $241,712
    Expenses
    $294,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,436

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.