What The Dream Corps does

Dream.Org, formerly The Dream Corps, is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2013 by activist and entrepreneur Van Jones and headquartered at 1630 San Pablo Avenue in Oakland, California. The organization addresses three interconnected issue areas — mass incarceration, climate change, and economic inequality — through three integrated program verticals: Dream.Green (clean energy, climate justice, and green economy workforce development), Dream.Justice (criminal justice reform, reentry support, and sentencing reform), and Dream.Tech (diversifying the tech industry and building wealth in Black and Brown communities). Programs include the 8-week Green Reentry Incubator, the Pittsburgh Green Workforce Initiative, the Empathy Network leadership program, the Justice Innovation Prize, and the Green For All Clean Energy Scholarship Fund.

Dream.Org is funded through a diversified revenue model spanning individual donations (one-time, recurring, cryptocurrency, securities, IRAs, donor-advised funds), major gifts and foundation grants, and corporate sponsorships from named partners including Amazon ($125K), Google.org, Stash, Sony Music Group, Target, The Just Trust, Halogen Ventures, and Climate Power. Distribution relies on a hybrid of self-serve digital channels (dream.org, email, social, podcast), regional direct delivery (HBCU tours, workforce accelerators in Pittsburgh, Charlotte, and the Bay Area), and channel partnerships with technology, training, and environmental organizations. Technology use is limited to standard advocacy platforms (Frontline Gig for workforce connectivity, act.dream.org for petitions) with no proprietary AI or technology products; technology serves as an enabler of organizing rather than a core deliverable.

The organization grew from a six-person team to 60+ staff under CEO Nisha Anand, who announced in May 2026 a transition from the role after nearly 13 years, with the Board of Directors leading a national CEO search. Documented impact includes contributing to 40+ bipartisan pieces of legislation, helping approximately 30,000–60,000 people return home from incarceration, supporting 500+ BIPOC individuals into tech and climate careers, and shaping $18 billion in Inflation Reduction Act climate funding for disadvantaged communities. Dream.Org holds a Four-Star Charity Navigator rating and a GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency, and operates on EIN 26-1140201.

Name

The Dream Corps

Legal name

Dream.Org

Website

https://dream.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dream.Org is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit that advances criminal justice reform, climate justice, and economic opportunity through advocacy, workforce development, and bipartisan coalition-building, serving justice-impacted individuals, environmental justice communities, and underrepresented workers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Dream.Org accepts individual donations through their website, with various giving options including one-time gifts, recurring donations, and cryptocurrency donations. They also accept stocks/securities, mutual funds, qualified charitable distributions from IRAs, and donor-advised fund contributions.
2. Major Gifts and Foundation Grants: The organization receives major gifts and foundation grants to support their programs. Contact for major gifts is [email protected].
3. Corporate Sponsorships and Partnerships: Corporate sponsors such as Amazon ($125K donation), Google.org, Stash, Climate Power, and others provide financial support and in-kind resources for specific programs and events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Dream.Org is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers social impact programs across three integrated verticals: criminal justice reform (Dream.Justice), environmental justice and green economy workforce development (Dream.Green / Green For All), and tech industry diversity and economic opportunity (Dream.Tech / Tech For All). It operates workforce accelerators such as the Green Reentry Incubator and the Pittsburgh Green Workforce Initiative, leadership development through the Empathy Network, advocacy campaigns including Stop Toxic Tech: Green the Grid, and event-based programs such as Day of Empathy and the Power in the Problem HBCU Homecoming Tour. All programs and services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries and funded by individual donations, foundation grants, and corporate sponsorships.

Product overview

Dream.Org is a nonprofit organization operating as a unified portfolio of social impact programs organized under three sub-brands: Dream.Green (Green For All) focuses on climate justice and green economy workforce development; Dream.Justice (Justice For All) addresses mass incarceration and criminal justice reform; and Dream.Tech (Tech For All) promotes diversity in the tech industry. Key programs include the Green Reentry Incubator (8-week green economy workforce accelerator for justice-impacted individuals), Pittsburgh Green Workforce Initiative (green career exploration via Frontline Gig technology), Stop Toxic Tech: Green the Grid campaign, Empathy Network (leadership development), and the Justice Innovation Prize ($1M award program). The organization also runs the Power in the Problem HBCU Homecoming Tour, Green For All Clean Energy Scholarship, and annual Day of Empathy event.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dream.Green: Environmental program focused on clean air, water, affordable energy, and green jobs.
• Dream.Justice
• Dream.Tech

Products and services

• Green Reentry Incubator An 8-week workforce accelerator for justice-impacted individuals seeking to enter the green economy, providing hands-on training in solar installation, weatherization, distributed energy resources, and electric vehicles, with cohorts in Charlotte, NC and the Bay Area, CA.
• Pittsburgh Green Workforce Initiative A workforce development initiative using the Frontline Gig technology platform to strengthen connectivity between people, resources, and opportunities across the green workforce ecosystem in Pittsburgh, with a goal to engage 1,000 people and place 100 individuals into full-time employment.
• Empathy Network A leadership development program for justice-impacted individuals that creates pathways for participants with lived experience to rise into positions of influence and drive real criminal justice reform.
• Justice Innovation Prize A $1 million prize program designed to disrupt the prison industry and promote innovative solutions in criminal justice reform.
• Green For All Clean Energy Scholarship Fund A scholarship fund launched in partnership with Google.org, Google Nest, GRID Alternatives, and Elevate Energy to expand access to clean energy careers for jobseekers from underrepresented communities, with guaranteed career placement through the Energy Impact Program within Nest Renew.
• Power in the Problem HBCU Homecoming Tour A traveling HBCU panel discussion and green career fair celebrating Black brilliance, connecting students and community members to green career pathways, civic engagement on public service commission elections, and climate policy awareness.
• Day of Empathy An annual event highlighting criminal justice reform through empathy-building experiences, including virtual reality incarceration simulations that allow participants to understand the experience of being incarcerated.
• Stop Toxic Tech: Green the Grid A national campaign focused on building community power in the age of rapid data center expansion, advocating for transparent AI deployment, workforce transition support, and community health protections.
• Green For All (Dream.Green) A program vertical of Dream.Org dedicated to climate justice and green economy, working for cleaner air and water, affordable energy, and good jobs for all communities.
• Justice For All (Dream.Justice) A program vertical of Dream.Org focused on ending mass incarceration, building communities with fewer prisons, safer neighborhoods, and transformed lives.
• Tech For All (Dream.Tech) A program vertical of Dream.Org creating access to better careers and more innovation by changing the face of the tech industry, with focus on underrepresented backgrounds in tech.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ pieces of legislation passed through bipartisan advocacy
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary, catalyst, impact collaborator, platinum and major.

• GRID AlternativescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Solar installation training partner for Bay Area Green Reentry Incubator cohort, providing hands-on exposure and direct employment pathways.
• Save the Bay, Wild Oyster Project, Friends of the Urban ForestsecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Environmental partners for Bay Area Green Reentry Incubator providing hands-on habitat restoration training and exposure to local environmental work.
• Climate PowercatalystGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 September 2025Catalyst Supporter sponsor for Power in the Problem HBCU Homecoming Tour, helping students learn about public service commission elections and climate policy.
• Black Voters Matter FundcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 September 2025Civic engagement partner for Power in the Problem HBCU Homecoming Tour, helping students make voting plans and engage in civic participation.
• STV, Inc.impact collaboratorGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 September 2025Impact Collaborator Sponsor for the Clark Atlanta University stop of the Power in the Problem HBCU Homecoming Tour.
• Frontline GigcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Black woman-led tech startup technology partner for Pittsburgh Green Workforce Initiative. Uses technology to strengthen connectivity between people, resources, and opportunities across the green workforce ecosystem. Participants can document skills, assess career readiness, and connect to employers through the platform.
• Google.org and Google NestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 June 2022Partnership to launch The Green For All Clean Energy Scholarship Fund expanding access to clean energy careers for underrepresented communities. Dream.Org joined GRID Alternatives and Elevate Energy as founding partners of the Energy Impact Program within Nest Renew, ensuring scholarship recipients receive guaranteed career placement.
• StashplatinumGTM or Marketing Partner · 24 June 2022Investment platform partnered as platinum sponsor for Black Future Weekend conference. Stash conducted research on racial wealth gap and provided $50 accounts to attendees. Partnership focused on closing the wealth gap through education and access to investing.
• Sony Music GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership with Dream.Org JUSTICE for justice reform advocacy and second-chance hiring initiatives.
• TargetmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022Target partnered with Dream.Org to diversify tech job candidates through workforce development and training programs.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Generation USA: Global workforce development nonprofit training and placing learners into technology and clean-energy careers; directly comparable to Dream.Org's tech-diversity and green-workforce training programs serving underrepresented populations.
• Vera Institute of Justice: National nonprofit focused on ending mass incarceration and advancing racial justice through research, policy, and direct reentry programs — directly comparable to Dream.Org's Dream.Justice portfolio and bipartisan reform approach.
• Equal Justice Initiative: Legal and advocacy nonprofit confronting mass incarceration and racial injustice, with comparable mission scope to Dream.Justice including reentry support, criminal justice reform, and narrative-change campaigns.
• GRID Alternatives: Nonprofit delivering solar installation training and clean-energy job placement for underserved communities; co-implementation partner in Dream.Org's Bay Area Green Reentry Incubator and overlapping green-workforce mission.
• The Sentencing Project: Research and advocacy organization working to reduce incarceration and address racial disparities in the criminal justice system, closely overlapping Dream.Org's sentencing reform and felony disenfranchisement work.
• Defy Ventures: Nonprofit entrepreneurship program for people with criminal records, comparable in target population and reentry-to-economic-opportunity mission to Dream.Org's tech and green-economy reentry pathways.
• Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO): National nonprofit providing employment services to people returning from incarceration; directly comparable to Dream.Org's Green Reentry Incubator and Pittsburgh Green Workforce Initiative reentry-to-jobs pathway.
• BlueGreen Alliance: Coalition linking labor and environmental movements to build good clean-energy jobs; aligned with Dream.Org's Green For All program on climate-and-jobs policy advocacy and equitable clean-energy workforce pipelines.

Broad incumbents

• National Urban League: Historic civil rights and economic empowerment organization with parallel programs in workforce development, criminal justice advocacy, and civic engagement for Black and Brown communities, operating at significantly larger scale than Dream.Org.
• Brennan Center for Justice: Law and policy institute advancing criminal justice, voting rights, and democratic reform — overlapping with Dream.Org's criminal justice reform and voting rights restoration advocacy at a national policy level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thedreamcorps
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCdreamorg
• Facebookfacebook.com/thedreamcorps
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dreamorg
• Instagraminstagram.com/dreamorg

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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M&A

Investments1 record

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