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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EAST TEXAS DREAM CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$376,041
Total expenses
$500,197
Contributions and grants received
$376,041
Grants paid
$66,290
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,228,828
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,196
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,185,632
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$448,475
Management and general expenses
$30,784
Fundraising expenses
$20,938
Program service expenses (Part III)
$448,475

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $376,041

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $66,290 · program services $66,290

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $139,410 · program services $114,569 · management and general $21,105 · fundraising $3,736

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,400 · program services $6,800 · management and general $1,600 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,608 · program services $5,608 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $791 · program services $791 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,665 · program services $27,665 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: HOPE CAMPUS OPERATIONS

    total $81,837 · program services $81,837 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY CENTER OPERATIONS

    total $168,831 · program services $143,550 · management and general $8,079 · fundraising $17,202

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES/OTHER

    total $171 · program services $171 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROMOTIONAL MEALS

    total $1,194 · program services $1,194 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $936,925 · end of year $493,161

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $735,573 · end of year $735,667

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $270,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $87,727 · end of year $43,196

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,983

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,309,788 · end of year $1,185,632

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The organization exist to give hope, healing and freedom to the most vulnerable by helping break the chains of oppression and poverty so they can begin to dream again.

  • THE MINISTRY EXIST TO GIVE HOPE, HEALING AND FREEDOM TO THE MOST VULNERABLE BY HELPING THEM BREAK THE CHAINS OF OPPRESSION AND POVERTY. THE FEEDING THE HUNGRY PROGRAM, CARE & SHARE FOOD PANTRY, PROVIDED OVER 23,000 MEALS PER WEEK ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY RECEIVE NUTRITIOUS SUSTENANCE AT NO COST. THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS A VITAL PLATFORM FOR THE EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP OF AT-RISK YOUTH. IT IS A SAFE HAVEN WHERE YOUTH CAN ESTABLISH SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS. DUE TO GENEROUS DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN NEED WERE SERVED BY THE MINISTRY COMMITMENT TO FIND NEEDS AND FILL THEM AND FIND HURTS AND HEAL THEM. VITAL RESOURCES LIKE CLOTHING, DIAPERS AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS WERE GIVEN TO 166,647 INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $366,638

  • THE HOPE CAMPUS INITIATIVE OFFERS A SANCTUARY TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN ESCAPING FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND CRISIS PREGNANCIES. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE NOT ONLY PROVIDE SAFE HOUSING BUT ALSO SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST THEM IN OVERCOMING THEIR TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES AND REBUILDING THEIR LIVES.

    Expenses $81,837

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shawn Nelson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Shannon Nelson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Veronica Medlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • James Pouge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Soliman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Milagros Soliman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Angela Thorndyke

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2023
Filed
1 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540349349300329

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