2022-05-14T22:53:18Z 2021-12-31 431871840 HRB TAX GROUP INC 67 NEWTOWN RD DANBURY CT 06810 990EZ 2021-01-01 811540774 THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM FOUNDATION INC THEN 2037300457 32 FARVIEW AVE 2ND FL DANBURY CT 06810 CELIA BACELAR-PALMARES PRESIDENT 2037300457 2022-05-13 false CELIA BACELARPALMARES Janice Haase P00075476 2037308686 2022-05-14 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X X TRIBUNAAMERICANDREAMAWARDS.COM X X PUBLIC CHARITY 151205 X 134743 30 0 16432 151205 17400 458 624 75835 94317 56888 64391 121279 X 64752 131640 1816 1816 66568 133456 2177 12177 64391 121279 TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR STUDENTS, VETERANS, PERSONS OF THE YEAR AND LOCAL NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE IN THE CORE AMERICAN VALUES OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, PROGRESS, AND FREEDOM IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM FOUNDATION, INC (TNADF) HAVE SINCE 2014 PRESENTED THE AMERICAN DREAM AWARDS TO 21 STUDENTS OF THE YEAR, 5 PERSONS OF THE YEAR, 5 VETERANS OF THE YEAR, AND 2 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THAT REPRESENTS A TOTAL OF $68,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES THAT WAS ONLY POSSIBLE TO BE ACHIEVED WITH THE CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT OF EACH ONE OF OUR SPONSORS/DONORS. THE AMERICAN DREAM AWARDS GALA, WHICH IS THE MAIN FUND RAISING FOR THE FOUNDATION, ALSO RAISES FUNDS TO BENEFIT THE WESTERN CONNECTICUT HEALTH NETWORK/NUVANCE (DANBURY HOSPITAL). FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, TNADF HAS WORKED WITH LOCAL VENUES TO KEEP FOOD COST FOR THE GALA DOWN SO IT COULD GIVE MORE TO THE HOSPITAL TO HELP SUBSIDIZE PART OF THE COST OF MISSION HEALTH DAY-A DAY OF WELLNESS PROVIDED BY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DANBURY HOSPITAL AND WESTERN CT STATE UNIVERSITY TO OFFER FREE HEALTH CARE TREATMENT TO THE LOCAL UNDER AND UNINSURED POPULATION. EVEN THOUGH THE MISSION HEALTH DAY WAS CANCELLED IN 2021 DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, TNADF DECIDED TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL DONATION TO $15,000 TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: DONATION OF $7,500 TO CONTINUED EDUCATION OF NUVANCE'S STAFF, TO SUPPORT THE STAFF'S ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCES (IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY) AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO COVID-19. DONATION OF $7,500 TO ASSIST THE HOSPITAL'S EMPLOYEE MORALE EFFORTS, AND SELF-ESTEEM LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT THEIR DEDICATION AND EFFORTS, DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME, PROVIDING FUNDS TO BRING ICE CREAM TRUCKS TO CAMPUS, PIZZA PARTIES, AND MORE TO THE STAFF WHO CONTINUE TO TREAT COVID PATIENTS. SO FAR, TNADF'S GALA HAS RAISED $89,800 JUST FOR THE DANBURY HOSPITAL/NUVANCE HEALTH. TNADF HAS DONATED $11,250 TO WESTERN CONNECTICUT REGIONAL ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (WERACE), A REGIONAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FREE STATE MANDATED ADULT EDUCATION SERVICES TO ADULTS 17 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER TO STRENGTHEN WERACE'S CAPACITY TO SERVE MORE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF THEIR ESL INSTRUCTION AND CITIZENSHIP CLASSES. BETWEEN SCHOLARSHIPS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, WERACE'S AND THE HOSPITAL FUNDS, TNADF HAS DONATED $169,050 SINCE THE EVENT'S INCEPTION. CONSIDERING THE IMPACT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HAD ON FAMILIES IN THE DANBURY AREA, IN APRIL OF 2020, THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM FOUNDATION (TNADF) POSTPONED ITS ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GALA. TNADF PLACED ALL ITS EFFORTS ON SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY'S IMMEDIATE NEEDS AS WE FIGHT THE VIRUS THROUGH THE CREATION OF ITS TNADF COVID-19 HOT MEAL PROGRAM. SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020, THE PROGRAM HAS SERVED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND SENIORS IN DANBURY WITH NEARLY 23,000 MEALS PURCHASED AT COST FROM THE AMBER ROOM COLONNADE, THE OFFICIAL VENUE FOR ITS ANNUAL GALA. AS THE FOUNDATION SHIFTED THE FOCUS OF THE MEAL'S PROGRAM TO SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS AND SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS LIVING IN THE DANBURY AREA, IT CONTINUED PROVIDING 635 MONTHLY MEALS WHICH ARE DELIVERED TO EIGHT (8) LOCAL SENIOR FACILITIES. TNADF RAISED OVER $125,000 THROUGH SMALL ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND GRANTS FROM LOCAL AND GLOBAL CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS SUCH AS ROBYDODD FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC, UNION SAVINGS BANK, SAVINGS BANK OF DANBURY, THE UNITED WAY OF WESTERN CT, TUFTS HEALTH PLAN FOUNDATION, CT HEALTH FOUNDATION, GREGORY BRIAN BUTLER AND THEMIS KLARIDES, GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY, DANBURY DOWNTOWN COUNCIL, INC., RIZZO COMPANIES, AMONG MANY OTHERS. IN DANBURY, 10.9 PERCENT OF OLDER ADULTS ARE FOOD INSECURE, A UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT REPORT HAS FOUND. ACCORDING TO THE UNITED WAY, IN PARTS OF THE CITY, FOOD INSECURITY AMOUNG OLDER ADULTS IS AS HIGH AS 30 PERCENT, WHICH BELIEVES THESE FIGURES LIKELY INCREASED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF FOOD PANTRIES PROVIDING GROCERIES IN THE AREA. STILL, TNADF HAS OBSERVED THAT THE DEMAND FOR READY-TO-EAT MEALS FOR THE SENIOR POPULATION IS MUCH HIGHER THAN FOR GROCERIES. LACK OF MOTIVATION DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, LONELINESS, OR PHYSICAL ABILITY TO PREPARE A MEAL FROM SCRATCH ARE SOME OF THEIR CHALLENGES. ALSO, TO QUALIFY FOR MEALS-ON-WHEELS DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT DUE TO HIGH DEMAND. TNADF'S HOT MEAL PROGRAM HAS BRIDGED THAT GAP BETWEEN HOMEBOUND SENIORS SERVED BY MEALS-ON-WHEELS AND THOSE WHO CAN PREPARE THEIR MEALS AND FIND RELIEF IN RECEIVING GROCERIES. ON DECEMBER 31, 2020, STATE FUNDING WAS CUT FOR LOCAL SENIOR CENTER'S CONGREGATE MEALS PROGRAMS TO FOCUS ON HOMEBOUND SENIORS. DURING THE PANDEMIC, CONGREGATE MEALS PROGRAMS AT OR LOCAL SENIOR CENTERS WERE CONVERTED INTO GRAB-AND-GO OR HOME DELIVEY MEALS FOR SAFETY REASONS. THEREFORE, SENIORS WHO ARE NOT HOMEBOUND BUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS ARE UNABLE TO PREPARE THEIR MEALS AND DO NOT QUALITY FOR MEALS-ON-WHEELS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY, FRESH MEALS. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE STATE CUTS, 52 SENIORS IN DANBURY AND BETHEL WERE LEFT WITHOUT SUPPORTS. TNADF SUPPORTED THE DANBURY SENIOR CENTER AND THE BETHEL SENIOR CENTER WITH EMERGENCY MEALS DUE TO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED STATE CUTS. AS THE CORONAVIRUS PANADEMIC CONTINUES TO IMPACT CONNECTICUT, MANY OLDER RESIDENTS AROUND THE STATE ARE FEELING SCARED, CONFUSED, AND ISOLATED. TNADF HOT MEALS PROGRAM PROVIDES HOPE, A WARM MEAL, AND SAFE HUMAN CONTACT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AT THE FISCAL YEAR-END ON DECEMBER 31, TNADF HAS SERVED OVER 23,000 MEALS TO CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND SENIORS. CELIA BACELARPALMARES PRESIDENT 5.00 0 EMANUELA PALMARES VICE PRESIDENT 5.00 0 GENILSON PALMARES TREASURER/SECRETARY 5.00 0 false false false false false false false false PRISCILA OLIVEIRA 281 MAIN ST Danbury CT 06810 2037300457 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE X 69807 65637 86115 92741 134743 449043 69807 65637 86115 92741 134743 449043 449043 6 7 9 12 30 64 6 7 9 12 30 64 69813 65644 86124 92753 134773 449107 0.99990 0.00010 X PART I, LINE 8 OTHER REVENUE $16,307 PAY PAL SALES PART I, LINE 8 OTHER REVENUE $125 SPECIAL EVENTS REVENUE PART 2, LINE 26 COL B LOANS TO OFFICERS $2177 AND REFUND DUE TO CONTRIBUTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 PART I, LINE 10 GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMTS PD $17,400 DONATIONS AND CHARITABLE EXPENSES PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $570 ADVERTISITNG PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $282 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $9 BANK CHARGES PART 1, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $268 COMPUTER AND INTERNET PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $46,145 HOT MEALS PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $1,384 MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $1,371 MERCHANT FEES PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $1,063 OFFICE EXPENSE PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $559 PAY PAL FEES PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $23,278 SPECIAL EVENTS EXPENSE PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $50 TAXES AND LICENSES PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $183 WEBSITE PART I, LINE 16 OTHER EXPENSES $673 MISCELLANEOUS PART II, LINE 24 $1,816 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES