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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DREAMS FOR KIDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,540,712
Total expenses
$3,178,045
Contributions and grants received
$782,737
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$715,930
Investment income
$9,045
Other revenue
$33,000
Total assets, end of year
$5,974,335
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,335,565
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,638,770
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,826,779
Management and general expenses
$337,613
Fundraising expenses
$13,653
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,826,779

Program services were 88.9% 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)

    $90,965

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $691,772

  • 2a · Program service revenue: AUX. SERVICES - EXEMPT

    total $13,393 · related or exempt $13,393

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TUITIONS AND FEES

    total $702,537 · related or exempt $702,537

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,045 · excluded $9,045

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: fiscal agent fees

    total $33,000 · excluded $33,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $33,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,346,968 · program services $1,134,109 · management and general $212,859

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $101,397 · program services $85,374 · management and general $16,023

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $98,127 · program services $82,620 · management and general $15,507

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,854 · management and general $8,854

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,217 · management and general $22,217

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $73,871 · program services $48,175 · management and general $12,043 · fundraising $13,653

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,630 · program services $860 · management and general $7,770

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $108,712 · program services $97,841 · management and general $10,871

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $108,127 · program services $97,314 · management and general $10,813

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $152,968 · program services $137,671 · management and general $15,297

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,687 · program services $13,218 · management and general $1,469

  • 24a · Other expenses: PLEDGE WRITE-OFFS

    total $1,017,642 · program services $1,017,642

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $63,472 · program services $63,472

  • 24c · Other expenses: STUDENT RELATED EXPENSES

    total $41,859 · program services $41,859

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $4,386 · program services $3,947 · management and general $439

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,128 · program services $2,677 · management and general $3,451

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $369,889 · end of year $247,261

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,341,255 · end of year $1,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $455,069 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $75,755 · end of year $58,221

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $5,872,528

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

    $204,675

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,784,359 · end of year $5,667,853

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,022 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $235,727 · end of year $26,302

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $521,445

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $785,000 · end of year $785,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,158,395 · end of year $2,083,350

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $52,679 · end of year $440,913

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,841,353 · end of year $2,628,770

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,434,750 · end of year $10,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

EVERY CHILD DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. DREAMS FOR KIDS & GCE LAB SCHOOL SUPPORT EXPERIMENTAL, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AS THE SOLUTION TO AMPLIFYING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT & PREPARING AN INCLUSIVE, FUTURE-READY WORKFORCE.

  • GCE Lab School provided an immersible, 4-year high school program with a student body that mirrored Chicago's socioeconomic and cultural diversity. The school had a flex tuition pay structure. 84% of students received tuition support and 100% of graduates believed they would make a difference in the world. The model proved that zip code should not determine one's opportunity to succeed. In June 2023, the Board voted to close the school due to unforeseen economic, political and enrollment issues. All students were successfully transferred to new schools.

    Expenses $2,816,779 · Revenue $654,825

  • Dreams for Kids is an education collaborative that unites cities around a shared purpose: inspiring and preparing urban youth to live into their best selves. Working with corporate, nonprofit, civic an individual partners, we leverage the intellectual property developed at GCE Lab School and collaborate on real-world learning program that help urban students find their voice as future leaders, while exposing them to inspiring career paths. In early 2022/23, Dreams for Kids Board decided to serve as fiscal sponsors for companies who were committed to providing experimental, project-based, and / or place-based education opportunities and learning resources for under-resourced and / or disenfranchised urban youth.

    Expenses $10,000 · Revenue $61,105

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kabell H King

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $110,500
    From this org
    $110,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bill Kingore

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Dahl

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sheryl Curcio

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Lisa Humphrey

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Rodney Morris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rupal Dadu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Stephen Wilkins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Matt Prewitt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Gagnard

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421369349300442

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