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ACHIEVING THE DREAM INC

EIN 27-1635830 SILVER SPRING, MD

Revenue 2024
$22,688,397
Expenses 2024
$20,785,219

Program services were 66.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
2000
Street
8484 GEORGIA AVE STE 500

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).

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.

  • DR GREGORY D WILLIAMS

    BOARD CHAIR, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • SUZANNE WALSH

    VICE CHAIR, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARRY KUBAL

    TREASURER, AUDIT & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DR MIKE FLORES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR MARCIA BALLINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICKOLAS CERTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR PAM EDDINGER

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY HAILE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR SHANNA JACKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR ALEX JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MARY ALICE MCCARTHY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR NICOLE MELANDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MONTE RANDALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICARDO TORRES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN A STOUT

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $695,836
    From this org
    $601,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $93,887
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $483,949
    Bonus
    $95,000
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $84,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,807
    Filer's total
    $695,836

  • EMILY FROIMSON

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $259,035
    From this org
    $239,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,800
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,235
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,620
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,180
    Filer's total
    $259,035

  • SUSAN MAYER

    CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $260,051
    From this org
    $235,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,001
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,050
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,047
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,954
    Filer's total
    $260,051

  • MONICA PARRISH TRENT

    CHIEF PROGRAM AND NETWORK OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $254,073
    From this org
    $233,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,805
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,268
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,345
    Filer's total
    $254,073

  • JAQUELINE CORTEZ WANG

    CHIEF STRAT. OFFICER, VP EXT. PSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $244,571
    From this org
    $225,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,746
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,773
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,052
    Filer's total
    $244,571

  • KHALISA JACOBS

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $206,334
    From this org
    $180,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,968
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,366
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,188
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,780
    Filer's total
    $206,334

  • PAULA TALLEY

    EXEC. DIRECTOR, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $210,582
    From this org
    $175,151
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,431
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,151
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,026
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,405
    Filer's total
    $210,582

  • MELINDA ANDERSON

    EXEC.DIR., NETWORK ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $204,605
    From this org
    $177,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,740
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,865
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,923
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,817
    Filer's total
    $204,605

  • DERRICK SEMENEH

    EXEC. DIR., IT/DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

    Total calculated
    $190,385
    From this org
    $169,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,371
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,014
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,942
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,429
    Filer's total
    $190,385

  • WENDI DEW

    EXEC. DIR., COACHING PRACTICE

    Total calculated
    $189,401
    From this org
    $169,674
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,674
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,194
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,533
    Filer's total
    $189,401

  • STEPHANIE MARSHALL

    EXEC. DIR.,MEETINGS & LEARNING EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $188,787
    From this org
    $168,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,954
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,833
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,863
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,091
    Filer's total
    $188,787

The first 25 listed. 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 — 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
    $22,688,397
    Expenses
    $20,785,219
    Contributions
    $13,332,980
    Grants paid
    $606,372
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,888,254
    Expenses
    $20,909,504
    Contributions
    $8,110,457
    Grants paid
    $1,777,982
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,894,508
    Expenses
    $24,556,770
    Contributions
    $6,925,530
    Grants paid
    $4,501,467

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

  • ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

    $3,544,480

    2023 Actualizing Community Vibrancy Metrics Evaluating Digital Pathways Transformation Cohort of Rural Community Colleges From Opening Doors to Ushering In- Strategic Enrollment Management for Adult Learner Success Project Success 2023 Partner Grant Project Success Formative and Summative Assessment Redesigning Pathways for Adult College and Career Success travel DREAM 2023 Full Conference REGISTRATION FEE (15), February 14-17, 2023

  • E4E RELIEF LLC

    $3,500,000

    2022 ACCELERATING AND DIVERSIFYING NURSING PATHWAYS AT COMMUNITY

  • ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

    $2,846,040

    2024 Grant, Redesigning Pathways for Adult College and Career Success Grant, Project Success Formative and Summative Assessment Grant, Project Success 2024-2025 Grant, Travel Grant - Rural Summit Grant, Exploring Shortened Academic Terms DREAM 2024 Registrations (4), Scholar Patron & Community Forum Sponsorships, February 19-22, 2024 Sponsorship & Registration - Dream 2025 (6), 2/18-2/21/25 Sponsorship & Registration - Redesign for Results 2024 (10), 10/11/24 Sponsorship & Registration - Equity and Justice Institute 2024 (3), 5/1-5/2/24

  • ECMC FOUNDATION

    $1,757,091

    2023 SINGLE MOTHER STUDENT SUCCESS, MEN OF COLOR, PROGRAM SUPPORT

  • ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

    $1,112,215

    2022 Student Success Partner Grant Grant, Evaluating Digital Pathways Transformation Cohort of Rural Community Colleges Grant, Actualizing Community Vibrancy Metrics

  • JOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC

    $244,559

    2022 TO SUPPORT OF GATES V&L INTERMEDIARIES PROJECT

  • PHILADELPHIA HOSPITALITY INVESTMENT LEVY

    $100,000

    2025 SUPPORT CITY-WIDE CONVENTION AND EVENTS

  • DIGITAL PROMISE GLOBAL

    $75,000

    2024 SUBAWARD

  • ECMC FOUNDATION

    $70,000

    2024 GENERAL SUPPORT

  • ECMC FOUNDATION

    $45,768

    2022 GENERAL SUPPORT

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 10 September 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.