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COLLEGE DREAMS INC

EIN 26-3161884 GRANTS PASS, OR

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Revenue 2024
$4,638,100
Expenses 2024
$4,194,693

Program services were 83.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
2000
Street
789 NE 7TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COLLEGE DREAMS PROMOTES RESILIENCY AND COLLEGE/CAREER READINESS FOR OVER 1,400 LOW INCOME, FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE-BOUND, AND UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS OF COLOR. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) IT SERVES 22 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN OREGON THROUGH MATCHED COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, CAREER EXPLORATION AND POST-SECONDARY PLANNING AND DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS. KEY ACTIVITIES: ACADEMIC MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT; MENTORING; SKILL-BUILDING AND TUTORING; COLLEGE/CAREER AWARENESS; COMMUNITY SERVICE; COMPETITIVE SCHOLARSHIPS; BARRIER REMOVAL SUPPORT; RIGOROUS COURSE/DUAL CREDIT PLANNING; ACCESS TO YOUTH CAMP, CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS, AND CAMPUS VISITS; ACADEMIC MONITORING, EXCELLENCE INCENTIVES AND SUPPORTTIVE INTERVENTIONS; 3-TO-1 MATCHED COLLEGE SAVINGS; AND SOFT-SKILLS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PAID WORK EXPERIENCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO THRIVE IN SCHOOL, CAREERS, AND LIFE.

  • COLLEGE+ FOCUSES ON 6TH TO 12TH GRADE STUDENTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, BUILD SKILLS, AND MOTIVATE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES SUPPORT FROM A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TALENT SEARCH GRANT.

    Expenses $764,665 · Grants $51,488

  • THE +ACCOUNTS PROGRAM SERVES STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES MEET OREGON LOW/MODERATE INCOME AND FAMILY ASSET CRITERIA, BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL EDUCATION CLASSES, DEVELOPING COLLEGE FUNDING PLANS, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MATCHING SAVINGS PLANS FOR COLLEGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR POST SECONDARY TRAINING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $603,443 · Grants $447,811

  • CAREER BUILD PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PROVIDING CAREER RELATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH UP TO AGE 24 THROUGH AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT WITH ROGUE WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP. SERVICES INCLUDE A REGIONAL CAREER FAIR, YOUTH WORK ETHICS CLASSES, CAREER ACADEMIES, AND PAID OR UNPAID WORK EXPERIENCE.

    Expenses $1,254,423 · Grants $437,630

  • WHATEVER IT TAKES PROGRAM PROVIDES AN ADVISOR AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AT RISK OF DISENGAGING OR DROPPING OUT AT PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND IS FUNDED PRIMARILY BY THE OREGON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

    Expenses $896,278 · Grants $27,797

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Steve Boyarksy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Armando Lopez

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Christen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Katie Mena

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Brenda Patton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Ralph Burrelle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Kendell Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Linda White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2
  • Carl Thomas

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $111,800
    From this org
    $103,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,800
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,638,100
    Expenses
    $4,194,693
    Contributions
    $4,536,599
    Grants paid
    $964,726
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,508,867
    Expenses
    $4,603,424
    Contributions
    $4,458,078
    Grants paid
    $1,171,813
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,204,247
    Expenses
    $4,403,846
    Contributions
    $4,176,591
    Grants paid
    $1,167,283

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,132,642
    Expenses
    $3,752,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,756,326
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,694,638
    Expenses
    $2,940,185
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,542,440
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,120,855
    Expenses
    $2,115,956
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,627,953
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,093,533
    Expenses
    $1,972,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,366,456
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,968,234
    Expenses
    $1,752,794
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,106,352
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,717,434
    Expenses
    $1,587,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $936,523
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,255,709
    Expenses
    $1,311,086
    Assets (EOY)
    $879,618
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,052,309
    Expenses
    $835,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,217,348

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2012

Tax period
1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013
Principal officer
James Dole
Mailing address
2158 NE Industry DrGrants Pass OR 97526

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.