2025-07-03T05:23:56-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 262149674 CARGO OF DREAMS INC CARG 8642740700 126 Creek Shoals Drive Simpsonville SC 29681 Marius van der Colff Director 8642740700 2025-06-02 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X CARGO OF DREAMS INC Marius van der Colff 126 Creek Shoals Drive Simpsonville SC 29681 58605 0 X X 2008 SC Cargo of Dreams' mission is to 1) improve quality of life for women and children in need by engaging businesses, organizations, churches and communities in a collaborative project by using their resources and services to assemble and transform the cargo containers stateside and ship the fully functional facilities to the receiving destinations. 2) Assisting and securing work opportunities for people in economic distress. 3) Build and manage industrial soup kitchens. 2 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 154351 58605 0 0 60466 0 214817 58605 0 2222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122579 214725 122579 216947 92238 -158342 132765 252475 0 11700 132765 240775 X Cargo of Dreams' mission is to improve quality of life for women and children in need by engaging businesses, organizations, churches and communities in a collaborative project by using their resources and services to assemble and transform the containers stateside and ship the fully functional facilities to the receiving destinations. Assisting and securing work opportunities for people in economic distress. Build and manage industrial soup kitchens. 1 0 212947 0 0 1st Program - Operating expense for the George Super Kitchen (GSK) in South Africa The kitchen continues to serve daily between 800-900 warm meals to children in the 3-6-year-old age group. The kitchen was started through Cargo of Dreams (CoD) support and celebrates more than 10 years of uninterrupted and successful service to the community in need, while enjoying the support of local leaders, government entities, as well as donors in South Africa. 0 0 0 2nd Program - Securing farm worker jobs for those in need Self-sustainability of programs, and enabling people to be financially self-sustainable themselves, is a cornerstone principle of Cargo of Dreams (CoD). CoD, through their "Workforce Recruitment" (WFR) initiative, has secured 80-100 farm worker positions in various states across the USA. Farm labor is an officially recognized shortage by the Department of Labor. WFR assisted USA farmers to obtain relevant government approvals to employ foreign seasonal farm workers and, at the same time, coordinated the recruitment of finding willing, able, and suitable candidates for the farmers. 0 0 0 3rd Program - Tax compliance of non-immigrant seasonal workers Cargo of Dreams (CoD), through their "TCUS" initiative, and with the support of key industry leaders, supported foreign non-immigrant seasonal workers from South Africa to ensure they are tax compliant in the USA, as well as in their home country. An estimated 150 people received guidance and support. 0 0 0 4th Program - Double Decker Bus Cargo of Dreams (CoD) continued with the remodeling of an old double-decker bus that is intended to serve as a platform to offer various outreach initiatives, and to act as a "safe place" known by the children in the community it serves. A place where children can get something to eat or snack on, and speak to someone who can support them as needed. 0 0 0 212947 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 SC X Marius van der Colff 8642740700 126 Creek Shoals Drive Simpsonville SC 29681 X Marius van der Colff Director 40 X 0 0 0 Angel Hatfield Director 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58605 58605 0 0 58605 0 0 0 0 0 0 58605 58605 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 2222 2222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4000 0 4000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62715 62715 0 1266 1266 0 0 2327 2327 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141845 141845 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1143 1143 0 0 Courier Fees 121 121 0 0 Bank Charges 772 772 0 0 Registration Fees 536 536 0 0 0 0 0 0 216947 212947 4000 0 48465 134350 0 0 0 0 0 58605 38000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46300 52000 7520 0 132765 252475 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11700 0 0 0 0 0 0 11700 X 0 0 0 0 132765 240775 132765 240775 132765 252475 X -158342 -7897 274249 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Research and Developement 52000 C 52000 Form 990, Part III, Line 2 The organization was verily inactive from 2019 through 2022 due to COVID as well as legal challenges to defend against a trusted donor's very aggressive and sinister attempt to seize donations received. Favorable legal outcomes and the end of COVID restrictions paved the way for implementing existing and new programs. Programs 2 and 3 mentioned above were implemented and expanded upon. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Marius van der Colf Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b lezel 3rd party and evaluating rec Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The financial budget as well as the number of transactions of the organization are relatively small. This, compared to members' personal time and financial commitment required to ensure and secure the ongoing operations of the organization, provides little opportunity for any member to directly or indirectly orchestrate a transaction or event that is or can be personally financially beneficial. Nonetheless, all members always have access to all transactions and agreements. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization's website (Cargoofdreams.org) was hacked, and the domain was taken over by a foreigner. "GoDaddy," who was hosting the domain name at the time, tried in vain to recover our domain without paying the new alleged owner's financial demand. Governing documents are available upon request as well as on Cargo of Dreams's Facebook page. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Program expansion Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Expenses Cargo of Dreams (CoD) relied on local pro bono support that has miserably failed to ensure the organization remains compliant with all regulations and legislation. To resolve the matter, the organization has appointed a tax consulting firm that also has ties to South Africa's largest privately owned tax consulting firm. This action ensures that Cargo of Dreams will remain tax compliant, and in doing so, that the key organizations CoD deals with are also tax compliant at all times, regardless of whether they are USA- or SA-based. With this filing, CoD is also giving notice of an address change so that future mail will go to a person designated to ensure official mail is timely and efficiently addressed.