Totals
- Total revenue
- $710,221
- Total expenses
- $743,900
- Contributions and grants received
- $517,298
- Grants paid
- $18,727
- Program service revenue
- $186,836
- Investment income
- $41
- Other revenue
- $6,046
- Total assets, end of year
- $106,677
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $10,782
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $95,895
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $657,144
- Management and general expenses
- $57,837
- Fundraising expenses
- $28,919
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $657,144
Program services were 88.3% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$517,298
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$36,420
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2a · Program service revenue: Client Fees
total $179,850 · related or exempt $179,850
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2b · Program service revenue: Therapy
total $6,986 · related or exempt $6,986
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3 · Investment income
total $1,961 · related or exempt $1,961
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $28,000
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $29,920
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$1,920
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$1,920 · related or exempt -$1,920
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Unrealized Gain or (Loss)
total $6,046 · related or exempt $6,046
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11e · Other revenue, total
$6,046
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $18,727 · program services $18,727
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $146,774 · program services $146,774
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $143,744 · program services $122,182 · management and general $14,375 · fundraising $7,187
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $12,654 · program services $10,756 · management and general $1,265 · fundraising $633
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11a · Fees: management
total $2,817 · program services $2,394 · management and general $282 · fundraising $141
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,046 · program services $5,989 · management and general $705 · fundraising $352
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,042 · program services $4,286 · management and general $504 · fundraising $252
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $43,663 · program services $37,114 · management and general $4,366 · fundraising $2,183
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17 · Travel
total $6,087 · program services $5,174 · management and general $609 · fundraising $304
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $993 · program services $844 · management and general $99 · fundraising $50
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $15,158 · program services $12,885 · management and general $1,516 · fundraising $757
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23 · Insurance
total $11,190 · program services $9,512 · management and general $1,119 · fundraising $559
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24a · Other expenses: Outside Contract Services
total $97,208 · program services $82,627 · management and general $9,721 · fundraising $4,860
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24b · Other expenses: Horse Hay
total $63,942 · program services $54,351 · management and general $6,394 · fundraising $3,197
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24c · Other expenses: Veterinarian & Horse Health
total $45,204 · program services $38,423 · management and general $4,521 · fundraising $2,260
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24d · Other expenses: Supplies
total $19,398 · program services $16,488 · management and general $1,940 · fundraising $970
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24e · All other expenses
total $104,253 · program services $88,618 · management and general $10,421 · fundraising $5,214
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $23,531 · end of year $2,115
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $8,252 · end of year $1,994
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$311,337
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$248,075
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $57,336 · end of year $63,262
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $2,266 · end of year $2,096
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $45,578 · end of year $37,210
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $7,000 · end of year $10,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $389 · end of year $782
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $114,874 · end of year $81,195
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $14,700 · end of year $14,700
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The DreamPower Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Horsemanship programs and services to children, teens and adults with mental, emotional, behavioral and medical problems.
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The DreamPower Foundation 2024ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2024DreamPower received a Mentored Internship Program Round 2 grant from the California Department of Health Behavioral Health Workforce Development Program. This grant was renewed for a second round of funding for Oct. 2023 Dec. 2024. Sixteen bachelors and masters level psychotherapy interns participated in the Mentored Internship Program Round 2 grant, helping to develop a more robust behavioral health work force for CaliforniaLeadership 2 Partnership 25 volunteers participated in 4 weekly Leadership 2 Partnership classes, training the therapy horses in ground work and training the volunteers on how to handle the therapy horses consistently, increasing their longevity in the program.Horses for Warriors Four free weekly support groups were offered year-round, facilitated by licensed psychotherapists, for US military veterans from all branches and all eras. Individual counseling and volunteer opportunities are also available for military veterans.LEOS (Law Enforcement Officers Support) Project this year-round project offers professional counseling and peer support with other law enforcement officers at DreamPower through horse activities, counseling, volunteering, and knife-making and leather working classes for active, retired, reserve, injured and admin leave law enforcement officers. The LEOS Project co-sponsored a Law Enforcement Family Day at the Ranch in April.Hitch Team (Therapeutic Carriage Driving) - Carriage driving lessons and training for DreamPower volunteers and carriage driving lessons for the community.Gilroy Strong Resiliency Center DreamPower psychotherapists provided individual and group psychotherapy and workshops for children and adults impacted by mass violence at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 2019.Operation Freedom Paws DreamPower provides psychotherapists at four weekly service dog training classes and a weekly anger management group for military veterans at Operation Freedom Paws.San Jose Police Department DreamPower staff presented three times during 2024 on Trauma and EMDR to the San Jose Police Department Crisis Intervention Training Academy for new police officers.January 2024 Webinar Becoming the Designated Calm Person presented for DreamPower volunteers and the community by Lasell Bartlett, MSW. Leadership 2 Partnership hosted the DreamPower Volunteer Potluck and Lightfest, held after dark in an arena lit up with holiday lights.February 2024 Professional Counselor Intern Chris Henriquez was interviewed about DreamPower for Telemundo 48 television news.March 2024 The first Read to a Horse Day was held at DreamPower. 38 families from the community came to read to a horse (and a donkey, sheep, goat, cow, chicken, duck or alpaca).April 2024 The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) Intl. Region 11 awards were presented to Julie Whelan for Region 11 Volunteer of the Year, Alexander Wolf for Region 11 Equine Caretaker of the Year and Tango for Region 11 Therapy Horse of the Year. Poppy and Daisy (two Chincoteague Ponies) attended the Horsemanship Over Obstacles clinic at De Frates Horsemanship. On April 27, twenty law enforcement families participated in a Law Enforcement Family Day at the Ranch, held in collaboration with the Peace Officer Wives of California and Taji 100.May 2024 - San Jose State University IT Project Management Class completed upgrading and overhauling the DreamPower website for a class project.June 2024 Twenty campers and 80 volunteers participated in the 17th Annual DreamPower Camp for Children with Special Needs. Poppy and Daisy participated in the Happy Trails Summer Camp for children with special needs in Visalia, CA and also Baby Boot Camp at De Frates Horsemanship in Gilroy, CA. Poppy and Daisys story was included in the book Out of the Sea: Today's Chincoteague Pony (2nd Edition) by Lois Szymanski.July 2024 A high school senior Girl Scout began working on her Girl Scout Gold Award project at DreamPower.August 2024 DreamPower had an information booth at the Gilroy Rodeo.October 2024 DreamPower Director Martha McNiel published her first childrens picture book called Poppy and Daisys Big Adventure. This is the first book in The DreamPower Tales series of true stories about real animals who help people at DreamPower and beyond. Poppy and Daisys Big Adventure is available in English, Spanish and Ukrainian. Poppy and Daisy graduated from Baby Boot Camp for young horses at De Frates Horsemanship in Gilroy, CA. DreamPower began a partnership with the Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office and the 526 Resilience Center (for survivors of the 5/26 Valley Transit Authority mass shooting).November 2024 Home Depot team members participated in a Home Depot District Work Day at DreamPower, beautifying the ranch and gifting us with a Tuff Shed storage shed (assembled by professionals). Gilroy Walmart sponsored the second Read to a Horse Day at the ranch. More than 75 families participated in Read to a Horse Day.December 2024 The Second Annual Poinsettias, Pancakes, Ponies and Pictures Holiday Breakfast was served for our community. DreamPower was honored to welcome three staff members from Victory Center in Kyiv, Ukraine as our guests for three days at DreamPower. Our Ukrainian guests met with our DreamPower veterans and learned about working with military veterans from the DreamPower staff. DreamPower hosted a community dinner where our guests shared about life and working with military veterans and children affected by war in Ukraine. The Girl Scout Gold Award Project was completed, which included translating Poppy and Daisys Big Adventure into Spanish and Ukrainian, and donating 200 copies of the book to children at Victory Center in Kyiv, Ukraine.PartnershipsAmerican Legion Post 419 (Santa Clara)Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health CenterSan Jose Police DepartmentSan Jose Police Officers AssociationGilroy Chamber of CommerceMorgan Hill Chamber of CommerceEmbark Residential Treatment ProgramGilroy Strong Resiliency Center526 Resiliency CenterSanta Clara County District Attorneys OfficeOperation Freedom PawsCommunity SolutionsRebekah Childrens ServicesNatural Lifemanship InstituteGilroy Police DepartmentGilroy RodeoGilroy WalmartSt. Louise Regional HospitalSouth Valley Community ChurchProfessional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH), Intl.Victory Center, Kyiv, UkrainePeace Officer Wives of CaliforniaTaji 100San Jose State University IT Project Management ClassGilroy Assistance LeagueGirl ScoutsHome DepotPacific Scientific Energetic Materials CompanyTeam Lewis Foundation
Expenses $657,144
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DreamPower Foundation Inc. (DBA DreamPower Horsemanship) is a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International Premier Accredited Center and a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization founded in 2002. For the past 18 years, DreamPower has provided equine-assisted psychotherapy and therapeutic horsemanship programs and services for children, teens, adults and elders with a wide variety of mental, emotional, physical and behavioral special needs. Now located at WoodMyst Farm in Gilroy, DreamPower provided services to 835 children, teens, adults and elders in 2019 through more than twenty equine-assisted programs, including the following:Equine Facilitated PsychotherapyAutism Research Groups (for children on the autism spectrum)Horses for Warriors (for military veterans of all eras and branches)Law Enforcement Family Day at the Ranch John F. Kennedy University Masters in Holistic Counseling classes Horses for Warriors Family Day at the Ranch (military veterans and families)Twelfth Annual DreamPower Camp for Children with Special NeedsSunnyvale Elks Family Day at the Ranch (for children on the autism spectrum)Womens Personal Growth Group Farm Friends (social skills groups for children)Horse Power: Living Strong with MS (for adults with multiple sclerosis) Therapeutic Horsemanship Lessons Equine Empowerment for Elders (for elders with high functioning dementia)LEOS Youth groups (for children from law enforcement families)The Hitch Team (therapeutic carriage driving program) Fire Buddies (for children affected by wildfire)Interactive Vaulting (social skills and gymnastics on horseback)Womens Harvest Circle (for women with anxiety and depression) Gilroy Strong Resiliency Center (for persons affected by the Gilroy Garlic Festival shootings)Sensory Friendly Trick or Treat Party (for children with special needs)
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DreamPower Horsemanship has a long history of partnering with and working alongside a wide variety of community organizations. DreamPower regularly partners with the following organizations and agencies:Evolve Treatment CenterWounded Warrior ProjectSan Jose Vet CenterSanta Clara County Office of Education Adaptive Physical Education Post-Secondary ProgramOperation Freedom PawsGilroy Strong Resiliency CenterLearning ServicesProfessional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship Intl. (PATH Intl.)San Jose Police DepartmentSunnyvale Department of Public SafetyJohn F. Kennedy UniversityPalo Alto UniversitySunnyvale ElksGilroy After Hours RotaryGavilan College Veteran ServicesNational Multiple Sclerosis SocietyGirl ScoutsBoy ScoutsAdvent Group MinistriesChamberlain Childrens ServicesCommunity SolutionsLifeMoves (homeless shelters)
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Martha McNeil
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $94,035
- From this org
- $94,035
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Garry Stauber
President
- Total calculated
- $52,739
- From this org
- $52,739
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Julie Whelan
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Gloria Frederico
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513219349319266
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