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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HAVE DREAMS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,795,898
Total expenses
$1,932,635
Contributions and grants received
$1,152,208
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$843,928
Investment income
$8,532
Other revenue
-$208,770
Total assets, end of year
$3,047,935
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,880,267
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,167,668
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,312,195
Management and general expenses
$337,917
Fundraising expenses
$282,523
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,312,195

Program services were 67.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $421,962

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $730,246

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,655

  • 2a · Program service revenue: VOCATIONAL REVENUE

    total $619,855 · related or exempt $619,855

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOPS REVENUE

    total $187,482 · related or exempt $187,482

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CLASS REVENUE

    total $35,941 · related or exempt $35,941

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $650 · related or exempt $650

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,532 · excluded $8,532

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $7,938

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $7,938

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $7,938 · related or exempt $7,938

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $21,735

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $421,962

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $261,343

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$239,608 · excluded -$239,608

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $22,900

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $22,900 · excluded $22,900

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $242,001 · program services $150,918 · management and general $50,377 · fundraising $40,706

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $146,674 · program services $93,954 · management and general $52,720

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $699,959 · program services $434,027 · management and general $123,522 · fundraising $142,410

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $204,382 · program services $127,458 · management and general $42,546 · fundraising $34,378

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $103,613 · program services $64,616 · management and general $21,569 · fundraising $17,428

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,105 · management and general $22,105

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,864 · program services $2,743 · management and general $619 · fundraising $502

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,562 · program services $10,562

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,739 · program services $39,824 · management and general $766 · fundraising $1,149

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,939 · program services $28,401 · management and general $2,615 · fundraising $3,923

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $293,748 · program services $249,686 · management and general $17,625 · fundraising $26,437

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,931 · program services $18,931

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,915 · program services $16,929 · management and general $1,195 · fundraising $1,791

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,840 · program services $27,914 · management and general $1,970 · fundraising $2,956

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLASSROOM EXPENSE

    total $31,878 · program services $31,878

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES & FEES

    total $20,672 · program services $10,263 · fundraising $10,409

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,813 · program services $4,091 · management and general $288 · fundraising $434

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $433,709 · end of year $377,329

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $396,301 · end of year $404,801

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $33,079 · end of year $34,100

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $42,224 · end of year $72,777

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $32,999 · end of year $9,644

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

    $350,958

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

    $274,986

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $95,887 · end of year $75,972

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,301 · end of year $22,248

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,279,229 · end of year $2,051,064

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $84,618 · end of year $98,653

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7,529 · end of year $21,759

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,931,469 · end of year $1,759,855

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $870,979 · end of year $796,058

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $432,134 · end of year $371,610

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

HAVE DREAMS ASPIRES TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) LEARN, FUNCTION INDEPENDENTLY AND SOCIALIZE, SO THAT THEY MAY REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND DEVELOP INTO CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HAVE DREAMS OFFERS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT BUILD COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS.

  • VOCATIONAL: COMPRISED OF 3 MAIN PARTS: LIFE SCILS, PROJECT SEARCH AND HAVE DREAMS ACADEMY FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH AN AUTISM DIAGNOSIS WHO ARE YOUNG ADULTS. HAVE DREAMS OFFERS ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING TO INDIVIDUALS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AS WELL AS TO PARENTS AND/OR CAREGIVERS OF THOSE WITH ASD. PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP CRUCIAL VOCATIONAL SKILLS, JOB PREPARATION AND TRAINING, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY OUTINGS. PARTICIPANTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT WORK SKILLS THEY DEVELOP DURING THE PROGRAM AND GENERALIZE THESE SKILLS IN APPROPRIATE WORK SETTINGS. THERE IS ALSO A CONCENTRATION ON SOCIALIZATION THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, STRUCTURED SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTENSIVE FITNESS AND HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAM. THERE WERE 22 LIFESCILS PARTICIPANTS, 3 HDT/PROJECT SEARCH PARTICIPANTS AND 11 HAVE DREAMS ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS DURING THE YEAR.

    Expenses $957,936 · Revenue $619,855

  • WORKSHOPS: AUTISM RELATED TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE STATE OF ILLINOIS INCLUDING, 4- 3 DAY TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS. THESE TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTION REGARDING STRUCTURED TEACHING FOR CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM. A TOTAL OF 12 TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS WERE HELD SERVING 389 PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $289,824 · Revenue $187,482

  • CLASSES: SCILS IS A COMMUNICATION AND LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TRAINING AND SUPPORT IN INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN AUTISTIC DIAGNOSIS. CLASSES ARE HELD IN FALL, WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER AND CAMP SESSIONS, WITH 10 TO 20 CLASSES PER SESSION AND ONE TO TWO CLASSSES PER WEEK. CLASSES ARE HELD IN PARK RIDGE AND EVANSTON. THERE WERE 48 PARTICIPANTS PER SESSION IN EVANSTON AND 46 PARTICIPANTS PER SESSION IN PARK RIDGE.

    Expenses $64,435 · Revenue $35,941

  • RENTAL OF OFFICE SPACE TO PSYCHOLOGIST AND MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE.

    Revenue $8,588

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Creevy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Anne Egger

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Devlin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Cassidy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steven Gustafson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janice McDill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristina Johnsen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $41,198
    From this org
    $41,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dana Fenceroy

    INTERIM ED-DIR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $115,751
    From this org
    $99,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,161
    Hours/week
    20

  • Cathy McCarthy

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $85,052
    From this org
    $76,292
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,760
    Hours/week
    32

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
19 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442419349300439

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