Esf Dream Camp Foundation

“The current board composition is small in number and therefore committees which report to the governing body have not been created. Please note that dream camp relies heavily on the feedback and insight (both written and verbal) of its advisory council representatives throughout the year.”

“A board quorum convenes to review the information provided on the form 990 before final filing. In conjunction with esf's full time controller, dream camp's developmental director completes a review of the form 990 and then submits to the board for feedback and approval. The 990 was prepared by the foundation's independent accountant and reviewed by independent tax counsel.”

“All directors and officers complete an annual conflicts of interest questionnaire, which is reviewed by the chair of the board. In addition, directors and officers are required to disclose a conflict of interest if one arises during the course of the year. If a conflict is disclosed, the board of directors determines how to proceed and the interested person is not permitted to vote on the matter.”

“To the extent required by applicable law, the governing documents and financial statements of the esf dream camp foundation are made available upon request.”

“The current board composition is small in number and therefore committees which report to the governing body have not been created. Please note that dream camp relies heavily on the feedback and insight (both written and verbal) of its advisory council representatives throughout the year.”

“PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.”

“Poverty in underserved communities by teaching children to create successful pathways for themselves. Dream camp empowers them to become future leaders and contributors to the city.”

“After school academy (asa): during the academic year at bache-martin elementary school and chestnut hill college in northwest philadelphia and master charter - smedley elementary in the northeast, students are teamed with mentors who coach them on both academic and non-academic skills in the critical hours between 3:30 and 5:30pm. About 100 students are enrolled in the program, 4 days a week. During the first ninety minutes of the after-school program, students receive a healthy snack, homework assistance and tutoring in their individual areas of academic challenge. Enrichment activities change every semester and include healthy cooking instruction, yoga and mindfulness, scrabble games, chess, introduction to dance genres, international music, world geography and language, team-building and conflict resolution.”

“Summer experience: every day for 5 weeks 200 dream campers come to our site at temple university where the daily schedule operates with rotating 45 to 90-minute blocks of time similar to that of a school day. The children ages 6-17 participate in everything from journaling, healthy cooking instruction, chess, team-building and conflict resolution, creative and performing arts, violin, drums, music and video production, entrepreneurships, scrabble games, international music and dance, debate, sports, geography, science experiments and creative reading and writing experiences. Additionally, there are a variety of special guests, workshops and field trips each year including social media information sessions, trips to educational institutions such as the philadelphia zoo. Workshops are also inspired by parent feedback and requests. Students come from 69 local schools and attend dream camp each day for at least eight to ten hours, totaling a minimum of 192 hours during the summer.”

“Young leaders program (ylp): provides older teens with leadership and career path experience during the summer experience. Through mentor-in-training mit courses, students learn how their positive behavior can impact their younger counterparts. They also participate in workshops that focus on college and career readiness. Thirty-eight incoming seniors have participated in the ylp program since its inception in 2010, and 100% of ylp students that have been with dream camp for five or more years have graduated high school. Seventeen of those students became staff at dream camp, and 29 ylp students have enrolled in college, dream camp proposes offering more ylp programs year-round to keep older teens engaged, enhancing the current program of monthly check-ins during the school year. As part of the enhancement, dream camp will implement programming that includes guidance on funding college, moving out and living alone, culture shock, college check-ins, mock interviews, resume writing, college essays, researching college scholarships, and more.”

“The foundation's board assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and the selection of the independent accountant, this process has not changed from the prior year.”