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← DREAM CENTER ACADEMY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DREAM CENTER ACADEMY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$902,595
Total expenses
$659,078
Contributions and grants received
$754,080
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$102,190
Investment income
$4,325
Other revenue
$42,000
Total assets, end of year
$419,889
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$419,889
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$487,091
Management and general expenses
$171,433
Fundraising expenses
$554
Program service expenses (Part III)
$487,091

Program services were 73.9% 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)

    $435,979

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $318,101

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $102,190 · related or exempt $102,190

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,325 · related or exempt $4,325

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $42,000 · related or exempt $42,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $42,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $133,438 · program services $13,648 · management and general $119,790

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,144 · management and general $4,144

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,590 · management and general $8,590

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,500 · management and general $2,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,503 · program services $13,503

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $238 · program services $238

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,592 · management and general $8,592

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,477 · program services $3,477

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,940 · program services $3,400 · management and general $8,540

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,404 · management and general $6,404

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $441,324 · program services $433,537 · management and general $7,233 · fundraising $554

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRANSPORTATION

    total $10,388 · program services $10,388

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF AND BOARD EXPENSES

    total $1,999 · management and general $1,999

  • 24d · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

    total $8,900 · program services $8,900

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,641 · management and general $3,641

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $139,331 · end of year $333,358

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,034 · end of year $19,734

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,302 · end of year $65,092

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

    $38,122

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

    $38,122

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,705 · end of year $1,705

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $176,372 · end of year $419,889

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF DREAM CENTER ACADEMY IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS IN THE GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS TO OWN THEIR EDUCATION BY DEVELOPING THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND.

  • DREAM CENTER ACADEMY IS AN EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING TO AT RISK TEENS RESIDING IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED REGION OF GASTON COUNTY. DCAS MISSION IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO TAEK OWNERSHIP OF THEIR EDUCATION BY DEVELOPING THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND. DCA ACCOMPLISHES THIS MISSION BY PROVIDING AN INTENSIVE 7 YEAR PROGRAM THAT PREPARES STUDENTS TO GRADUATE COLLEGE-CAREER-READY. OUR VISION IS TO BUILD GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS WHO BECOME COLLEGE-CAREER-READY GRADUATES AND PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY CITIZENS.

    Expenses $487,091

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • AMY BOYD

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TAMMY CHOWDHURY

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LAUREL MORRIS

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CLARENCE FISHER

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JENNIE STULTZ

    EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANTHONY POWELL

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAVID MASTERS

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANGELA KARCHMER

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DENNIS BOYCE

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMARKIS MITCHELL

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TONIA BROOME

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RODNEY FREEMAN

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NANCY BROGDAN

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BARBARA YARBROUGH

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LUKE UPCHURCH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARTY STARNES

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DEBBIE WINDLEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROXANN JIMISON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511059349301916

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