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WE ARE U.S. DREAM ACADEMY

We're excited that our founder, Wintley Phipps, was featured on the TODAY show to share part of his life story and the life-changing work that we are doing with students at our U.S. Dream Learning Centers across the country. Our U.S. Dream Academy mentoring program has served over 10,000 children over the past 20 years. We now need your support to help us reach more children of incarcerated parents and vulnerable young people who require academic assistance to succeed in school and life. SPONSOR A DREAM KID TODAY!

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SPONSOR A DREAMKID

Your donation of ONLY $25 will provide online academic tutoring in math and language arts to a DreamKid for 1 year. Partner with us to reach more children & give them the support they need to achieve their dreams!
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ABOUT US DREAM ACADEMY

OUR MISSION

To inspire and elevate the lives of children of incarcerated parents and vulnerable young people through high-performance relationships with caring adults. We seek to maximize their potential by building dreams, perseverance, academic skills and character.

THE NEED - MENTORING GAP

For over 20 years, U.S. Dream Academy has served over 10,000 children living in neighborhoods harmed by high rates of incarceration. While we’ve impacted many lives over the years, there is a still a huge mentoring gap in the U.S. — 1 in 3 children between ages 8 – 18 do not have a mentor.

Our goal is to ensure that every student in our after-school mentoring program is matched with a caring mentor. In addition, you can help us reach a larger number of students as we begin to offer online tutoring in math and language arts to students across the U.S. — Education is a critical key to success life! Make a donation of ONLY $25 to provide online academic assistance for a yeat to help improve a child’s academic performance.

 

 

WHAT WE DO & LOCATIONS

Through our innovative after-school and mentoring program, currently operating in 8 cities nationwide, we are transforming children into dreamers who envision and realize their potential.

Our Dream Learning Centers, through partnerships with local Title I public schools, are located in:
Baltimore. MD
Houston. TX
Orlando, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Salt Lake City, UT
Washington, D.C.
San Bernardino, CA
*Chicago – coming soon

Our research-based programs challenge more than 700 young people and engage them in active learning through one-to-one mentoring, strong academics, and technology-driven activities and curricula.

IMPACT OF MENTORING YOUTH
IN HIGH-RISK COMMUNITIES

56%

MORE LIKELY TO
ENROLL IN COLLEGE

52%

LESS LIKELY TO
TO SKIP SCHOOL

78%

MORE LIKELY TO
VOLUNTEER REGULARLY

130%

MORE LIKELY TO
BE A TEAM LEADER