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← DION S CHICAGO DREAM INC NFP

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DION S CHICAGO DREAM INC NFP.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,332,326
Total expenses
$948,117
Contributions and grants received
$1,223,186
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$109,140
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$400,605
Total liabilities, end of year
$419
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$400,186
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$733,678
Management and general expenses
$214,439
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$733,678

Program services were 77.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $50,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,173,186

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $17,590

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCT DELIVERY SALES

    total $109,140 · related or exempt $109,140

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $107,625 · program services $107,625

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,983 · management and general $7,983

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,726 · management and general $16,726

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $147,447 · program services $74,869 · management and general $72,578

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $92,710 · program services $79,662 · management and general $13,048

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,668 · program services $8,962 · management and general $706

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,915 · program services $1,432 · management and general $8,483

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,800 · program services $1,800

  • 24a · Other expenses: DREAM DELIVERIES

    total $280,794 · program services $269,372 · management and general $11,422

  • 24b · Other expenses: JOB SUPPLIES

    total $84,872 · program services $69,672 · management and general $15,200

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROJECT DREAM FRIDGE

    total $52,574 · program services $52,574

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $38,971 · program services $18,726 · management and general $20,245

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $97,032 · program services $48,984 · management and general $48,048

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,379 · end of year $251,553

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $88,500

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $63,252

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,700

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,100 · end of year $60,552

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $419

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$8,530 · end of year $400,186

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,509

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROVIDE FOOD, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO THE WEST ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, IL. OUR GOAL IS TO ALSO INCREASE FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL STABILITY TO ITS RESIDENTS WHILE COMBATING FOOD INSECURITY, HUNGER AND ADDRESSING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S FOOD DESERT STATUS.

  • DREAM FRIDGE IS OUR ANSWER TO ENGLEWOOD.S FOOD DESERT STATUS, POVERTY RATES, AND LACK OF FRESH GROCERY OPTIONS. THE COMMUNITY FRIDGE IS OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY FROM 9AM-4PM, OFFERING FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND WATER TO RESIDENTS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, PROJECT DREAM FRIDGE HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 23,700 LBS OF FRESH FOOD AND WATER ACROSS THE EQUIVALENT OF 9,500 MEALS. WITH AN AVERAGE OF 118 SERVINGS OF 283 LBS. OF FOOD AND A WEEKLY COST OF 550, THE DREAM FRIDGE IS A WELL-RECEIVED OFFERING. DREAM DELIVERIES STABILIZES QUALITY AND ACCESS BY OFFERING FRESH PRODUCE STRAIGHT TO THE DOORSTEP OF THE CHICAGOLAND RESIDENTS THAT IT SERVES. BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS, DREAM DELIVERIES IS CONSISTENT IN REDUCING WASTE BY SENDING PACKAGED PRE-MEASURED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO HOUSEHOLDS IN NEED & STRUGGLING WITH FOOD SECURITY. OUR DELIVERY SERVICES PROVIDE UNDERSERVED FAMILIES WITH 5 DAYS WORTH OF HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS FOR CONSUMPTION, IMMEDIATELY MOVING A HOUSEHOLD FROM FOOD INSECURE TO FOOD SECURE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, DREAM DELIVERIES HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 78,000 LBS OF FRESH PRODUCE TO THE DOORSTEP OF NEARLY 1,300 RESIDENTS EVERY WEEK.

    Expenses $733,678

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dion Trevor Dawson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $19,600
    From this org
    $19,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bernina Cusack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Crystal Dawson

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Nataly Moreno

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Constance Strickland

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Doug Weiss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
21 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202342029349300104

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