Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$825,848

Total expenses

$780,531

Contributions and grants received

$813,658

Grants paid

$356,800

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$12,190

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,115,613

Total liabilities, end of year

$208,617

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$906,996

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$648,880

Management and general expenses

$43,080

Fundraising expenses

$88,571

Program service expenses (Part III)

$648,880

Program services were 83.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $435,750 · Grants $354,500

• MENTORING: THE DREAM PROJECT ALSO PROVIDES A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOLARS WHO ARE TRANSFERRING TO A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY. FROM SEPTEMBER TO MAY PARTICIPANTS MEET ON TUESDAY EVENINGS WITH OUR TEAM OF STAFF AND MENTORS. FOLLOWING GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS, MENTEES AND THEIR ADVISORS MEET ONE-ON-ONE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS OF THE STUDENT'S COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS. MENTORS ARE A CONFIDENTIAL RESOURCE, INFORMED ON HOW COLLEGE ADMISSIONS WORK FOR NONCITIZENS, WHO STUDENTS CAN COUNT ON TO SEE THEM THROUGH THIS JOURNEY TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

  Expenses $55,983

• SCHOLAR, ALUMNI AND FAMILY SUPPORT:DREAM PROJECT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS, COLLEGE GRADUATES AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ADDITIONALLY SUPPORTED BY THE ORGANIZATION THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO HELP THEM SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND CAREERS. A. THE DREAM PROJECT PARTNERS WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED BEYOND 12 TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED COLLEGE COACHING SERVICES TO HELP STUDENTS THRIVE IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND. THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO ALL FRESHMAN STUDENTS AS WELL AS SELECTED SOPHOMORES AND STUDENTS WHO ARE TRANSFERRING FROM TWO- TO FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES. MOST DREAM PROJECT STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO ATTEND COLLEGE, SO THIS COACHING SERVICE IS OFTEN CRITICAL FOR THEIR SUCCESS. B.THE DREAM PROJECT HOSTS AN ANNUAL DREAM SUMMIT FOR THESE STUDENTS AND YOUNG GRADUATES. THIS WEEKLONG ANNUAL EVENT ATTRACTS 150 SCHOLARS, ALUMS, AND PARENTS. THE SUMMIT BEGAN AS A PROGRAM FOR CURRENT AND FORMER DREAM SCHOLARS AND MENTEES, BUT RECENTLY, WE CREATED A SECOND, SEPARATE SUMMIT FOR PARENTS. WE PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL TO BE EMPOWERED BY THEIR IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AND BOND WITH PEERS. AN IN-PERSON KICK-OFF EVENT OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE GROUPS TO MEET AND NETWORK. COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PROFESSIONALS LEAD DIFFERENT, HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL AND INSPIRATIONAL TRACKS. ALUMNI WORKSHOPS INCLUDE RESUME OPTIMIZATION, INTERVIEW SKILLS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND WORKFORCE READINESS. TOPICS FOR SCHOLARS INCLUDE FINANCIAL AID, TRANSFERRING COLLEGES, NAVIGATING GRADUATE SCHOOL, NETWORKING, TIME MANAGEMENT, AND CAREER COACHING. PARENTS OF OUR SCHOLARS AND ALUMS PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS SUCH AS ACCESSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES, MINDFULNESS, AND IMMIGRATION LAW AND POLICY CHANGES. C.THE DREAM PROJECT EMPLOYS A CASE MANAGER WHO CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES WHICH PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RENT, FOOD, AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND SERVICES. SOME OF THESE SERVICES ARE INTERNAL TO THE DREAM PROJECT INCLUDING: D.THE MOLLY AND JOSEPH HERMAN DREAM SCHOLAR LOAN FUND PROVIDES INTEREST FREE LOANS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS TO PAY FOR UNEXPECTED EMERGENCIES, AS WELL AS DACA APPLICATION FEES PAYABLE ONLY TO USCIS. STUDENTS MAY RECEIVE MULTIPLE LOANS, EACH LOAN UP TO $2000 AND ONLY PAYABLE DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL, FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES. REPAYMENT FOR NON-DACA LOANS COMMENCES AFTER GRADUATION AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN TWO YEARS, THOUGH THE COMMITTEE MAY IMPOSE OTHER TERMS OR CONDITIONS. DACA LOANS ARE REPAID IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS OVER FIVE MONTHS. E.THE DREAM PROJECT WORKS TO CREATE SYSTEMIC CHANGE AND PROMOTES DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION BY EMPOWERING YOUNG IMMIGRANT ADULTS TO LEAD COMMUNITY INITIATIVES THAT ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY COALITIONS/GROUPS, AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND THE FORMATION OF THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR ALUMNI WHO ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN BECOMING LEADERS IN THEIR FIELD. THIS PROGRAM RECRUITS FORMER DREAM SCHOLARS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN STRENGTHENING THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SELF-ADVOCACY SKILLS. IN ADDITION TO GAINING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, OUR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ATTENDS EXCLUSIVE ADVOCACY WORKSHOPS AND GAINS VALUABLE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SPEAKING WITH POLITICIANS AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS. MEMBERS OF OUR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE EVENTS AND OPERATIONS OF THE DREAM PROJECT. O EMERGENCY RELIEF AND MENTAL HEALTH FUND, WHICH PROVIDES GRANTS TO HELP STUDENTS PAY FOR RENT, FOOD, UTILITIES, AND HEALTHCARE IF COMMUNITY RESOURCES ARE NOT AVAILABLE. O COMPUTER SUPPORT PROVIDING COMPUTERS TO STUDENTS IN NEED.

  Expenses $91,976 · Grants $2,300

• COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY:THE DREAM PROJECT FURTHER WORKS TO SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT THE STRUGGLES THAT OUR DREAM SCHOLARS AND FAMILIES FACE, AND SUPPORTS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR RIGHTS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STREAMS, PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY COALITIONS/GROUPS, AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.

• FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT:FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THE DREAM PROJECT HAS RELIED ON PARENT VOLUNTEERING AND SUPPORT TO SUCCEED. THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN AS A SMALL GROUP OF CONCERNED PARENTS HOPING TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO COLLEGE DESPITE THE MANY OBSTACLES IN THEIR PATH. WE CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE ASSISTANCE OF FAMILY, WHILE KEEPING IN MIND THE MANY BARRIERS THAT EXIST FOR THOSE SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. THE DREAM PROJECT HOSTS AN ANNUAL WEEK-LONG DREAM SUMMIT AND WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR PARENTS FOCUSED ON HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND. THROUGH A COMPUTER CORE PARTNERSHIP, MEMBERS OF THE PARENTS COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVE BASIC COMPUTER CLASSES; PARTICIPANTS ARE GIVEN LAPTOPS TO IMPROVE THEIR DIGITAL SKILLS AND PROFICIENCY WITH MICROSOFT SOFTWARE. THE PARENT COMMITTEE ALSO SUPPORTS THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS OF THE DREAM PROJECT AND ORGANIZES FUNDRAISERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO FUND A NAMED SCHOLARSHIP AND OTHER DREAM PROJECT PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $65,171

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

• DAWN CUTLER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• NATALY MONTANO VARGAS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• ROXANA MONTANO

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• MARK HABEEB

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 5 related

• ANN KENNEDY

  MENTORING CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 2 related

• CINTHIA FERNHOLZ

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• MONICA BURGOS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• JEFF MILES

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• GUSTAVO MINAYA

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• MARIE PRICE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 2 related

• ROBERT REMES

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 5 related

• DAVID SPRINBERG

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• DAVID ROTHWELL

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• ROBERT SMITH

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• EMMA VIOLAND SANCHEZ

  CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 5 related

• JULIE ZALKIND

  VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 5 related

• TIM LAWLER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• NANCY MCELDOWNEY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• MEG TUCCILLO

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  0 + 1 related

• BRYAN VIERA

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KAREN VALLEJOS

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $78,210

  From this org

  $71,400

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $6,810

  Hours/week

  1 + 40 related

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

14 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202421359349313712

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