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DREAMING OUT LOUD FOUNDATION

EIN 26-1286043 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$6,440,197
Expenses 2024
$5,288,202

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
2100
Street
2121 1ST ST SW CO DC CNTRL KITCHEN

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

DREAMING OUT LOUD'S MISSION IS TO CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DC METRO REGIONS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH BUILDING A HEALTHY, EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • FARM AND FOOD HUB: DOL'S FOOD HUB SOURCES PRODUCE AND FOOD FROM LOCAL FARMERS AND PRODUCERS TO SUPPLY THE NEEDS OF SCHOOLS, FOOD BANKS, CHURCHES, AND MORE. THIS PROGRAM INCREASES MARKET ACCESS FOR FOOD PRODUCERS WHILE INCREASING FOOD ACCESS IN DC. THE FOOD HUB ALSO PROVIDES WIC HOME DELIVERY, AN AVENUE FOR INCREASING FOOD ACCESS AMONG WIC PARTICIPANTS RESIDING IN DC. DOL'S FOOD AS MEDICINE AND MEDICALLY-TAILORED MEALS PROGRAMS RECOGNIZE THE LINK BETWEEN NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHY MEALS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH HEALTHCARE COMPANIES, COMMUNITY CLINICS, AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. DREAMING OUT LOUD ALSO PROVIDES EMERGENCY FOOD FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT SUPPORT NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS SUCH AS DEATHS, HOUSE FIRES, SEVERE ILLNESS, ETC.

    Expenses $2,273,470 · Grants $356,155 · Revenue $1,327,507

  • DREAM PROGRAM:THE DREAM PROGRAM SERVES UNDER-RESOURCED, COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD ENTREPRENEURS FROM ACROSS WASHINGTON, DC VIA A 16-WEEK START-UP BUSINESS PROGRAM. DURING THE PROGRAM, DC RESIDENTS ARE TRAINED IN WORKSHOPS RANGING FROM BUSINESS FORMALIZATION AND MARKETING TO ACCESSING CAPITAL. ADDITIONALLY, DREAMING OUT LOUD OFFERS TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO OTHER LOCAL FOOD ENTREPRENEURS TO GROW COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DREAM PROGRAM GRADUATES JOIN A COMMUNITY OF LOCAL FOOD ENTREPRENEURS, COACHES, AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS TO HELP THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THE DREAM PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND SUB-GRANTED $251,000 TO MARGINALIZED FARMERS TO HELP BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY TO PRODUCE FOOD FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION, SUPPORTING FOOD ACCESS EFFORTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,240,074

  • KELLY MILLER AND FORT STATON FARMS :DOL MANAGES HOLISTIC COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AT THE FARM AT KELLY MILLER AND FORT STATON URBAN FARM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DC DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION, CITY BLOSSOMS, AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS. IT IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL SPACE WITH PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES FROM CHILDREN TO SENIORS VIA FIELD TRIPS FOR STUDENTS 0-18, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS AND ADULTS, AND MORE. DOL ALSO HOSTS FESTIVALS AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS, GROWS ITS OWN FOOD, AND PROVIDES FARMER TRAINING WORKSHOPS. THE FARMS SUPPLY DOL'S COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE PROGRAM AND FARMERS MARKETS WHERE SUBSIDIZED FOOD ACCESS FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS IS OFFERED.

    Expenses $620,037

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Christopher Bradshaw

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,324
    From this org
    $128,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,696
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andre Towner

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Arlene King-Berry

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jovita Wells

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Staci Hartwell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Faith Ann Butcher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Susan Suji Sutler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Patricia Browne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Johnny Seikaly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Shalawn March

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Rach Cohen

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS (FROM 12/25)

    Total calculated
    $5,308
    From this org
    $5,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Devonte Howard

    FOOD HUB DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,873
    From this org
    $105,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,194
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,440,197
    Expenses
    $5,288,202
    Contributions
    $5,112,649
    Grants paid
    $356,155
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,097,134
    Expenses
    $4,192,842
    Contributions
    $5,078,058
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,028,783
    Expenses
    $3,131,977
    Contributions
    $2,439,629
    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
    $2,071,032
    Expenses
    $2,302,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,658,205

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,079,781
    Expenses
    $2,294,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,488,427

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,981,377
    Expenses
    $2,010,518
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,799,373

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,079,791
    Expenses
    $1,384,298
    Assets (EOY)
    $880,510

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $652,988
    Expenses
    $620,995
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,868

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $485,369
    Expenses
    $470,346
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $280,509
    Expenses
    $228,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $240,398
    Expenses
    $139,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015
Principal officer
Not named on the postcard
Mailing address
419 7th Street NW Suite 300Washington DC 20004
Website
http://dreamingoutloud.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • DC CENTRAL KITCHEN

    $104,705

    2024 RFSP PROJECT

  • SPICE CREEK ENTERPRISE

    $45,000

    2024 PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

  • STEPTOE FARM

    $40,600

    2024 PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

  • DODO FARMS

    $40,500

    2024 PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

  • EIGHTFOLD FARMS DC

    $33,000

    2024 PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

  • OWL'S NEST FARM

    $31,300

    2024 PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

  • BEAUTY BLOOMS

    $10,600

    2024 PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

  • EVERMORE ORCHARD LLC

    $10,400

    2024 PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

  • WOMEN ADVANCING NUTRITION

    $10,300

    2024 FOOD IS MEDICINE

  • JFRAI FAMILY FARMS

    $10,000

    2024 PARTNER FARM INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

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Grants received

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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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.