Nonprofit · EIN 30-0154433
DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · GILROY, CA 95020
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $710,221 | $743,900 | -$33,679 | $106,677 | $10,782 | $95,895 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $703,782 | $708,119 | -$4,337 | $136,963 | $7,389 | $129,574 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $517,298
- Program service revenue
- $186,836
- Investment income
- $41
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$1,920
- Other revenue
- $6,046
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $18,727
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $146,774
- Other salaries and wages
- $143,744
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $303,172
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $7,046
- Occupancy
- $43,663
- Travel
- $6,087
- Depreciation
- $15,158
- Program services (functional)
- $657,144
- Management and general (functional)
- $57,837
- Fundraising (functional)
- $28,919
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $136,963
- Total assets, end of year
- $106,677
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $10,782
- Net assets, end of year
- $95,895
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $63,262
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $81,195
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $14,700
- Gross receipts
- $740,141
- Employees
- 12
- Year formed
- 2003
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha McNeil | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $94,035 |
| Garry Stauber | President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $52,739 |
| Julie Whelan | Secretary Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Gloria Frederico | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha McNeil | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $67,929 |
| Garry Stauber | President Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $60,492 |
| Julie Whelan | Secretary Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Gloria Frederico | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Don van Straaten | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 7445 CREWS RD, GILROY, CA 95020-8061
- In care of
- % MARTHA MCNIEL
- Signed the 990
- Martha McNiel, Executive Director
- Phone
- (408) 686-0535
- Return prepared by
- Richard K Chinlund CPA
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 30-0154433 or by the name DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
The DreamPower Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that provides Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Horsemanship programs and services to children, teens and adults with mental, emotional, behavioral and medical problems.
Program accomplishments
- The DreamPower Foundation 2024ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2024DreamPower received a Mentored Internship Program Round 2 grant from the California Department of Health Behavioral Health Workforce Development Program. This grant was renewed for a second round of funding for Oct. 2023 Dec. 2024. Sixteen bachelors and masters level psychotherapy interns participated in the Mentored Internship Program Round 2 grant, helping to develop a more robust behavioral health work force for CaliforniaLeadership 2 Partnership 25 volunteers participated in 4 weekly Leadership 2 Partnership classes, training the therapy horses in ground work and training the volunteers on how to handle the therapy horses consistently, increasing their longevity in the program.Horses for Warriors Four free weekly support groups were offered year-round, facilitated by licensed psychotherapists, for US military veterans from all branches and all eras. Individual counseling and volunteer opportunities are also available for military veterans.LEOS (Law Enforcement Officers Support) Project this year-round project offers professional counseling and peer support with other law enforcement officers at DreamPower through horse activities, counseling, volunteering, and knife-making and leather working classes for active, retired, reserve, injured and admin leave law enforcement officers. The LEOS Project co-sponsored a Law Enforcement Family Day at the Ranch in April.Hitch Team (Therapeutic Carriage Driving) - Carriage driving lessons and training for DreamPower volunteers and carriage driving lessons for the community.Gilroy Strong Resiliency Center DreamPower psychotherapists provided individual and group psychotherapy and workshops for children and adults impacted by mass violence at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 2019.Operation Freedom Paws DreamPower provides psychotherapists at four weekly service dog training classes and a weekly anger management group for military veterans at Operation Freedom Paws.San Jose Police Department DreamPower staff presented three times during 2024 on Trauma and EMDR to the San Jose Police Department Crisis Intervention Training Academy for new police officers.January 2024 Webinar Becoming the Designated Calm Person presented for DreamPower volunteers and the community by Lasell Bartlett, MSW. Leadership 2 Partnership hosted the DreamPower Volunteer Potluck and Lightfest, held after dark in an arena lit up with holiday lights.February 2024 Professional Counselor Intern Chris Henriquez was interviewed about DreamPower for Telemundo 48 television news.March 2024 The first Read to a Horse Day was held at DreamPower. 38 families from the community came to read to a horse (and a donkey, sheep, goat, cow, chicken, duck or alpaca).April 2024 The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) Intl. Region 11 awards were presented to Julie Whelan for Region 11 Volunteer of the Year, Alexander Wolf for Region 11 Equine Caretaker of the Year and Tango for Region 11 Therapy Horse of the Year. Poppy and Daisy (two Chincoteague Ponies) attended the Horsemanship Over Obstacles clinic at De Frates Horsemanship. On April 27, twenty law enforcement families participated in a Law Enforcement Family Day at the Ranch, held in collaboration with the Peace Officer Wives of California and Taji 100.May 2024 - San Jose State University IT Project Management Class completed upgrading and overhauling the DreamPower website for a class project.June 2024 Twenty campers and 80 volunteers participated in the 17th Annual DreamPower Camp for Children with Special Needs. Poppy and Daisy participated in the Happy Trails Summer Camp for children with special needs in Visalia, CA and also Baby Boot Camp at De Frates Horsemanship in Gilroy, CA. Poppy and Daisys story was included in the book Out of the Sea: Today's Chincoteague Pony (2nd Edition) by Lois Szymanski.July 2024 A high school senior Girl Scout began working on her Girl Scout Gold Award project at DreamPower.August 2024 DreamPower had an information booth at the Gilroy Rodeo.October 2024 DreamPower Director Martha McNiel published her first childrens picture book called Poppy and Daisys Big Adventure. This is the first book in The DreamPower Tales series of true stories about real animals who help people at DreamPower and beyond. Poppy and Daisys Big Adventure is available in English, Spanish and Ukrainian. Poppy and Daisy graduated from Baby Boot Camp for young horses at De Frates Horsemanship in Gilroy, CA. DreamPower began a partnership with the Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office and the 526 Resilience Center (for survivors of the 5/26 Valley Transit Authority mass shooting).November 2024 Home Depot team members participated in a Home Depot District Work Day at DreamPower, beautifying the ranch and gifting us with a Tuff Shed storage shed (assembled by professionals). Gilroy Walmart sponsored the second Read to a Horse Day at the ranch. More than 75 families participated in Read to a Horse Day.December 2024 The Second Annual Poinsettias, Pancakes, Ponies and Pictures Holiday Breakfast was served for our community. DreamPower was honored to welcome three staff members from Victory Center in Kyiv, Ukraine as our guests for three days at DreamPower. Our Ukrainian guests met with our DreamPower veterans and learned about working with military veterans from the DreamPower staff. DreamPower hosted a community dinner where our guests shared about life and working with military veterans and children affected by war in Ukraine. The Girl Scout Gold Award Project was completed, which included translating Poppy and Daisys Big Adventure into Spanish and Ukrainian, and donating 200 copies of the book to children at Victory Center in Kyiv, Ukraine.PartnershipsAmerican Legion Post 419 (Santa Clara)Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health CenterSan Jose Police DepartmentSan Jose Police Officers AssociationGilroy Chamber of CommerceMorgan Hill Chamber of CommerceEmbark Residential Treatment ProgramGilroy Strong Resiliency Center526 Resiliency CenterSanta Clara County District Attorneys OfficeOperation Freedom PawsCommunity SolutionsRebekah Childrens ServicesNatural Lifemanship InstituteGilroy Police DepartmentGilroy RodeoGilroy WalmartSt. Louise Regional HospitalSouth Valley Community ChurchProfessional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH), Intl.Victory Center, Kyiv, UkrainePeace Officer Wives of CaliforniaTaji 100San Jose State University IT Project Management ClassGilroy Assistance LeagueGirl ScoutsHome DepotPacific Scientific Energetic Materials CompanyTeam Lewis FoundationExpenses $657,144
- DreamPower Foundation Inc. (DBA DreamPower Horsemanship) is a Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International Premier Accredited Center and a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization founded in 2002. For the past 18 years, DreamPower has provided equine-assisted psychotherapy and therapeutic horsemanship programs and services for children, teens, adults and elders with a wide variety of mental, emotional, physical and behavioral special needs. Now located at WoodMyst Farm in Gilroy, DreamPower provided services to 835 children, teens, adults and elders in 2019 through more than twenty equine-assisted programs, including the following:Equine Facilitated PsychotherapyAutism Research Groups (for children on the autism spectrum)Horses for Warriors (for military veterans of all eras and branches)Law Enforcement Family Day at the Ranch John F. Kennedy University Masters in Holistic Counseling classes Horses for Warriors Family Day at the Ranch (military veterans and families)Twelfth Annual DreamPower Camp for Children with Special NeedsSunnyvale Elks Family Day at the Ranch (for children on the autism spectrum)Womens Personal Growth Group Farm Friends (social skills groups for children)Horse Power: Living Strong with MS (for adults with multiple sclerosis) Therapeutic Horsemanship Lessons Equine Empowerment for Elders (for elders with high functioning dementia)LEOS Youth groups (for children from law enforcement families)The Hitch Team (therapeutic carriage driving program) Fire Buddies (for children affected by wildfire)Interactive Vaulting (social skills and gymnastics on horseback)Womens Harvest Circle (for women with anxiety and depression) Gilroy Strong Resiliency Center (for persons affected by the Gilroy Garlic Festival shootings)Sensory Friendly Trick or Treat Party (for children with special needs)
- DreamPower Horsemanship has a long history of partnering with and working alongside a wide variety of community organizations. DreamPower regularly partners with the following organizations and agencies:Evolve Treatment CenterWounded Warrior ProjectSan Jose Vet CenterSanta Clara County Office of Education Adaptive Physical Education Post-Secondary ProgramOperation Freedom PawsGilroy Strong Resiliency CenterLearning ServicesProfessional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship Intl. (PATH Intl.)San Jose Police DepartmentSunnyvale Department of Public SafetyJohn F. Kennedy UniversityPalo Alto UniversitySunnyvale ElksGilroy After Hours RotaryGavilan College Veteran ServicesNational Multiple Sclerosis SocietyGirl ScoutsBoy ScoutsAdvent Group MinistriesChamberlain Childrens ServicesCommunity SolutionsLifeMoves (homeless shelters)
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 30-0154433
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2003
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P80)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $106,677
- Income (IRS master file)
- $740,141
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $710,221 | $743,900 | $106,677 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $703,782 | $708,119 | $136,963 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $579,378 | $580,755 | $146,579 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 30-0154433).
Questions about DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC is 30-0154433.
- Is DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2003.
- Are donations to DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who are the officers and directors of DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 4 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $94,035 (Martha McNeil, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does DREAMPOWER FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $710,221, expenses of $743,900 and total assets of $106,677 at year end.
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