City of Lake Elsinore
Community Support Program
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Funding Application
I. GENERAL INFORMATION:
Applying Organization Name: Dream Center Lake Elsinore
Organization Address: 114 East Peck Street
City: Lake Elsinore Zip Code: 92530
Mailing Address: 114 East Peck Street
City: Lake Elsinore Zip Code: 92530
Website: www.DreamCenterLE.org
Telephone Number: Fax Number: n/a
Executive Director: Brett Masters
Telephone Number: E-mail:
Program Manager: Dave Snow
Telephone Number: E-mail:
Is your Organization: Non-Profit Organization Yes No
Faith Based Organization Yes No
II. ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:
Date Organization founded: 2014
Date Organization incorporated as a non-profit organization: 11/8/2017 Provide a copy of your statement of non-profit status from the State of California and Most Recent IRS Form 990. IRS Form 990 is a public record. Form 990s for all charities registered in California are posted on the Attorney General's web site www.ag.ca.gov.
The web site also offers a searchable database of California charities. Form 990s for 501(c)(3) charities may be found at GuideStar www.guidestar.org.
Federal identification number:
State Identification Number:
Members/Board of Directors: (Attach)
Mission Statement - Briefly describe the goals and objectives of your organization and community services it provides.
The Dream Center is a volunteer driven organization that finds and fills needs o and families in our community. We do this by connecting isolated people to Gor community of support through regular service projects, events. We work to mee where they are, bring them hope and a way off the streets, out of poverty and ir Has the organization or any members of the Board of Directors of the organization been involved with any personal business transactions valued over $500 including any business transactions, negotiations, investments, or interests in real property with a Lake Elsinore City Council Member during the past 12 months? If Yes, briefly describe:
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Is a Lake Elsinore City Council Member a member of the Board of Directors or an Officer of the organization? If Yes, provide Council Member's Name and title within the organization:
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This application has been authorized by the organization's:
Executive Committee Board of Directors Members-at-Large III. PROJECT ACTIVITY:
Name of Project: DREAM Projects
Amount Requested: $5000
Where will the proposed activity occur (be specific as to the geographic boundaries)? If the project involves a new or existing facility, what is the proposed service/benefit area for the facility?
Dream Projects' service and benefit area is the City of Lake Elsinore. 2 Check ONLY the applicable category your application represents.
Public Service
Homeless Activities
Housing
Rehabilitation/Preservation (please provide picture of structure) Public Facilities (construction)
Other: (provide description) -
Respond to A & B only if this application is for a public service project. (a) Is this a NEW service provided by your agency? YesNo (b) If service is not new, will the existing public service activity level be substantially increased or improved? • Yes No
V. PROJECT NARRATIVE:
Provide a detailed Project Description of the project/program (and its objectives) that the City of Lake Elsinore grant funding will be used to support.
Dream Projects was started in 2016 by Pastor Dave Snow via counselors at LEUSD to start a mentorship extension program at Ortega High School.
Dave and his team of volunteers picks up kids after school and mentors them as they compete a variety of service projects in our community.
Dave and his team also provide mentorship for students as they explore who they want to be when they grow up and how they want to give back to their community. This program ensure kids have a safe place to be after school with adults who can speak into their potential and encourage them to form and pursue their goals. Dream Projects helps kids who have otherwise struggled in traditional school settings and have been transferrec to Ortega High for continuing personal attention. Dream Projects is an extension of that program to help students receive positive mentorship. 3 Describe how your organization will use the funding awarded? Include equipment or services that would be purchased and why.
The funding would be utilized for supplies, equipment, safety gear, food for students as well as team building activities during the program. A portion of funding would be utilized for transportation.
Explain how the grant funding will specifically benefit City of Lake Elsinore residents. Also, who is the target population and provide the estimated number of people expected to benefit from this project/program plus the number of volunteers involved.
All projects are developed by the group to benefit Lake Elsinore residents.
Service projects benefit community members throughout Lake Elsinore. All of these projects are targeted in lower income areas of Lake Elsinore for residents who are not able to pay for improvements or upgrades to their homes or residence themselves. The program benefits students in our community who potentially may not have another place to go after school. It also benefits kids by helping them develop who they want to be with a focu 4 on becoming projective members of society.
What methods will be used for community involvement to assure that all who might benefit from the project are provided an opportunity to participate? This program is open to all high school kids who would like to participate.
Dream Projects has a unique partnership with Ortega High school because administration has asked our youth director to help students who need extr:
help, attention, or mentorship. We are always looking for projects to complete around the City and oftentimes get referrals from community members as well as the City of Lake Elsinore via code enforcement and community development. This program is run by committed high level volunteers through the Dream Center.
What evidence is there of a long-term commitment to the proposal? Describe how you plan to continue the work (project) after the Community Support funds are expended? Dream Projects aims to complete projects which will in tern help improve or transform a part of our community for long term benefit. Many of these projects are long term improvements for community residents. Additionally, our goal is to bring these community members into long term relationship aimed at life transformation. We plan to build relationships with these residents and students and connect them to a helpful and healthy community. This will have lasting impacts in our community as more and more people look to help their neighbor and improve their surrounding 5 community.
VI. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
PLEASE ATTACH COPIES OF THE CURRENT BUDGET AND FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (BALANCE STATEMENT AND INCOME STATEMENT) OF THE ORGANIZATION. It does not require a CPA's audit, but please submit if available.
SIGNATURE PAGE
The applicant acknowledges and agrees to the following:
• Is Subject to all Community Support Funding Program requirements including submittal deadlines and payment disbursements.
• Every Community Support Funding application is considered individually and on its own merit. • Awards will be given to organizations and activities that directly benefit the residents of Lake Elsinore. • Funding is not immediately available to the recipient. Please allow time for checks to be processed. • The awarding of Community Support Funding does not constitute an automatic annual allocation. • The recognition for Community Support Funding should accrue to the City of Lake Elsinore. • Community Support Funding must be spent as specified on the application and records may be requested by the City of Lake Elsinore to ensure the funds were used appropriately. • Community Support Funding grants will not be awarded or announced within the 60 days before an content stepan and
election in which an awarding Council Member is on the ballot. • The recipient shall provide a full accounting with documentation on the use of awarded funds. The recipient shall return to the City any funds not spent or documented per the signed agreement.
We hereby certify the information contained in this application is true to the best of our knowledge and belief.
PREPARED
Brett D. Master Exec. Director
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AUTHORIZED OFFICER: (rett D. Masters, Exce. Director
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Dream Center LE
ORGANIZATION NAME:_
TELEPHONE: 858/952-4024 _EMAIL ADDREss: [email protected] DATE: 10/18/23
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