About Us

We Are, First and Foremost, DREAM!

In everything we do, we support, unite, and inspire our collective mission to close the opportunity gap, empowering tomorrow’s generation to tackle new and amazing challenges. The community we build fosters trust, love, and smiles. It’s hard to walk into a DREAM community, wearing a DREAM shirt, without getting a hug from another DREAMer, even if they’re a stranger to you.

The Opportunity Gap

We started DREAM with an understanding that the current system favors only a few. Many people lack access to resources that should be basic rights, and this can be a barrier to achieving their full potential. Our goal is to fill that gap.

How We Fight It

We operate six no-cost programs as our vehicle for change. Each of these programs is implemented with the communities we serve, ensuring every initiative meets the unique needs and aspirations of our youth and families.

Female mentor and mentee pair at Camp DREAM

What We DREAM

Our mission is to close the opportunity gap for children and teens through deep community collaboration and sustained mentoring relationships.

How We DREAM

We value grassroots efforts, strong relationships, transparency, playfulness, and adventure. We believe our programs empower every child and teen to reach their full potential in educational excellence, personal growth, and civic engagement.

Alumni mentor and mentee pair at mentee's college graduation

DREAM Philly mentees posing cheerfully on indoor bleachers

Why We DREAM

We envision a future where every child and teen, regardless of their background, thrives with equity and sustainability, breaking systemic barriers.

Through DREAM, my kids were able to again see their true place in the world, feel valued for who they were and what they had to offer, and begin to dream of a future where they were cherished and respected outside the walls of our apartment.