Brazoria County Dream Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273767071
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Clute, TX, USA
Phone
9793880280
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,482,957
Expenses
$3,522,464
Assets
$451,171
Liabilities
$424,817

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Terri Willis (CEO)
  • Jeff Shoemaker (President)
  • Chris Rees (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Terri Willis (CEO): $70,800 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Brazoria County Dream Center BCDC provides avenues of healing to the souls of hurting humanity in Brazoria County, TX. We address both the physical and emotional needs of the community. We accomplish this by focusing on rebuilding hope, renewing lives, and restoring dreams.

What it reported doing in 2024

Backpack Buddies - Providing backpacks with nutritional food and snacks to children who are going hungry over the weekend. The program fills in the gap where school programs end. The Backpack Buddies program serves 6 school districts within Brazoria County. This is not a self-referred program. The school's Teachers, Counselors and nurses can only refer a student. In 2023 - 805 children received summer Backpack Buddies Bags 3,220 meals and 780 school age children received food during the school year 163,800 meals for school age children going hungry over the weekend BACK 2 SCHOOL BASH Providing school age children who live in Brazoria County with the items needed to start school. Children receive backpacks with school supplies, new tennis shoes, personal care kits and first week of lunches. Collaborating with community partners to provide social services and other community needs. Registration is required, Parents need a Photo ID, Proof of Address and Income, each child being registered needs a birth certificate. In 2023, 1,644 Students 687 households received a backpack filled with school supplies needed to start the first day of school, new tennis shoes, and personal care kits. 24 Different Community partners provided giveaways to the families during the Back 2 School Bash. River of Hope and Community Health Network

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.94; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $2.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.