Dreamshadow

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule oduring 2024 dreamshadwo group, inc. Continued its major program areas in support of its mission to: 1) offer opportunities for personal development (using the experiential and didactic method of dreamshadow transpersonal breathwork), and 2) model how to build resilient and supportive communities.dreamshadow tranpersonal breathwork weekend workshops and five-day certification training events: we offered four residential, weekend breathwork workshops (march, june, september and november), two non-residential, weekend breathwork workshops (april and november), three residential, five-day facilitator training workshops (may, july, and october)), and one week-long facilitator training workshop (september). The april, june, and nonresidential november weekend workshops were led entirely by certified facilitators who had completed our training program. The september week-long training workshop also included the september residential weekend workshop as a part of the training experience, educating trainees on how to apply their training by learning how to offer a workshop.these workshop and training events were attended by a total of about 215 trainees and other participants from a variety of professional backgrounds, including medical and other health professionals, students, artists, teachers and professors, tradespeople and others.supporting exceptional experience network (seen): we continued with our mnthly, online group community calls, which were hosted by dreamshadow-trained seen facilitators and were availed by about 125 participants over the course of the year. The call format, inspired by peer support models, supports community members and so strengthens our community. Participants share what's happening in their lives and get updates on dreamshadow programming. Seen also piloted a pedagogical call for facilitators and trainees in our certification program, in which senior certified facilitators offered peer support and offered suggestions for meeting challenges that come up during workshops, furthering our mission and commitment to community-building and mentorship.dreamshadow documentary film project: we continued creating a library of films to build our teaching material archive and to reach a broader audience for our work. Editing of the filnming was finalized in autumn of 2024. The film was publicly previewed as a grassroots promotinal event in dorset, Vermont, at long trail school and officially premiered in New York city at the psychedelic film and music festival in december, where it received the best documentary film award.advanced training program development: in january, dreamshadow began hosting monthly online meetings attended by trainers/co-founders, certified facilitators, and trainees in support of developing an advanced training program. The onlien meetings helped participants deepen their unerstanding of theoretical constructs related to and practical application of holotropic breathwork and process philsophy. Online gatherings centered around group-process of a foundational book-in-process by co-founder, lenny gibson, phd. Online teaching and discussion sessions were archived for future teaching purposes and to record institutional knowledge. Twenty-three members of our community and training program were invited to participate in supporting the development of an advanced training program.journal publication: dreamshadow continued to publish its open access e-journal. Drops and buds", a multimedia platform dedicated to furthering the work of transpersonal psychiatrist, stanislav grof, md, and the consideration of grof's holotropic model through a process metaphysical lens. The journal published 2 regular/traditional issues and a special issue. Submissions are invited from the humanities, arts, and sciences that constructively speak to the issues of our time from a holistic perspective. Publications included accounts of personal development work occasioned by workshop experiences, theoretical

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
• Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 43.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings