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DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL

EIN 26-1841386 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$67,472,384
Expenses 2024
$75,097,137

Program services were 80.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
2000
Street
1991 2ND 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DREAM'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL YOUNG PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND REALIZE THEIR DREAMS. WE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD BY INVESTING IN THE WHOLE CHILD FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD TO EARLY ADULTHOOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DREAM PREPARES STUDENTS FOR HIGH-PERFORMING HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND BEYOND THROUGH A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM THAT DEVELOPS CRITICAL THINKERS WHO DEMONSTRATE A LOVE OF LEARNING, STRONG CHARACTER, & A COMMITMENT TO WELLNESS & ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP.

  • PROGRAM A: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: FOUNDED IN 2008, DREAM'S UNIQUE GROW THE WHOLE CHILD EDUCATION MODEL IS POWERED BY FOUR DISTINCT, YET INTERCONNECTED, ELEMENTS THAT DRIVE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE FOR YOUTH. RIGOROUS ACADEMICS; SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING; ATHLETICS, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS; AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARE ALL EQUAL, CRUCIAL PARTS OF THE EVERYDAY AT DREAM. ELEMENTARY SCHOLARS IN GRADES K-5 RECEIVE EXTENSIVE SUPPORT WITH TWO TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT SCHOLARS AT ALL LEVELS ARE ABLE TO LEARN AND THRIVE IN A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM RANGES FROM LITERACY AND MATH TO THE ARTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. SCHOLARS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO DREAM'S AWARD-WINNING AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAM CALLED REAL KIDS. PROGRAM B: MIDDLE SCHOOL: DREAM MIDDLE SCHOOLS SERVE SCHOLARS IN GRADES 6-8. USING A WHOLE CHILD APPROACH AND CONSTRUCTIVIST CURRICULUM, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR HIGH PERFORMING HIGH SCHOOLS. SCHOLARS STUDY THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. SCHOLARS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SPORTS, ART, MUSIC, DEBATE, CODING, AND MORE. MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOLARS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN DREAMBUILDERS, AN OPTIONAL AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM WHICH INVOLVES ACADEMIC SUPPORT, TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES, SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS, AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES. DREAM OPERATES ON AN EXTENDED-DAY AND EXTENDED-YEAR MODEL TO ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING THE SUMMERS.PROGRAM C: HIGH SCHOOL: DREAM CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL PREPARES STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND BEYOND BY DEVELOPING CRITICAL LITERACY SKILLS NEEDED FOR THEIR SUCCESS AS PROFESSIONALS AND AS AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE. WE SERVE OVER 400 SCHOLARS IN GRADES 9-12. AT DCHS, STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO AP COURSES, ONE-ON-ONE COLLEGE COUNSELING, FREE AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS SUCH AS DEBATE CLUB, BASKETBALL, AND STUDENT GOVERNMENT, AND SUMMER JOBS. THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME AT DREAM, STUDENTS ASSEMBLE A PORTFOLIO OF COLLEGE-LEVEL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS. THIS PORTFOLIO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF STUDENTS' ABILITY TO LEARN, APPLY, AND REFLECT ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES. IN THEIR DEFENSES OF LEARNING, STUDENTS PRESENT AND DEFEND THEIR PORTFOLIO AS A CAPSTONE ACTIVITY AND RITE OF PASSAGE. AS A RESULT, DCHS GRADUATES ARE BOTH HIGHLY SKILLED AND CRITICALLY CONSCIOUS AND EVERY DAY, THEY'RE OUT IN THE WORLD MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

    Expenses $60,055,857 · Grants $13,612 · Revenue $48,521,778

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ADAM MILLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASHISH DOSHI

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLIE HOWE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DON SAWYER III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILY STECHER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIZ RICH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELE JOERG

    VICE CHAIR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICKI ZUBOVIC

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VILAS KUCHINAD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ZAINAB ALI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EVE COLAVITO

    CONTRACTED CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES DICOSMO

    CONTRACTED CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD BERLIN

    CONTRACTED CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALISON SCHLOSS

    EAST HARLEM MIDDLE SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $181,703
    From this org
    $141,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,663
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,939
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $101
    Deferred
    $5,899
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,764
    Filer's total
    $181,703

  • CORA NEVILLE

    HIGHBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $186,441
    From this org
    $166,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,853
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,563
    Bonus
    $31,000
    Other
    $25
    Deferred
    $5,552
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,301
    Filer's total
    $186,441

  • JA'KEEL DANIELS

    HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $170,039
    From this org
    $155,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,162
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,776
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $101
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,162
    Filer's total
    $170,039

  • LEXIS WHITE

    EAST HARLEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $201,923
    From this org
    $184,685
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,238
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,584
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $101
    Deferred
    $1,095
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,143
    Filer's total
    $201,923

  • SHANNEL RICHARDSON

    HIGHBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $169,367
    From this org
    $147,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,207
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,059
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $101
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,207
    Filer's total
    $169,367

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $67,472,384
    Expenses
    $75,097,137
    Contributions
    $18,452,045
    Grants paid
    $13,612
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $53,134,454
    Expenses
    $53,531,063
    Contributions
    $14,190,960
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $42,205,725
    Expenses
    $45,087,328
    Contributions
    $12,995,481
    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
    $33,701,299
    Expenses
    $33,782,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,734,616

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,990,882
    Expenses
    $24,559,577
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,400,042

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,550,855
    Expenses
    $19,899,749
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,916,243

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,289,809
    Expenses
    $16,993,565
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,176,990

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,571,305
    Expenses
    $14,412,810
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,414,999

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,335,972
    Expenses
    $10,139,668
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,150,249

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,539,606
    Expenses
    $9,311,062
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,539,871

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,470,272
    Expenses
    $7,694,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,360,910

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,494,017
    Expenses
    $6,881,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,534,062

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,448,957
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,903,651

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.