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Dear Future

Dear Future, Getting ready for you.

Flower Mound, TX   |  https://www.dear-future.org

Mission

To remove obstacles to Education and Health from children living in remote and extremely poor regions.

Ruling year info

2021

CEO

Ricardo Juarez

Co Principal Officer

Fernando Juarez

Main address

2300 Olympia Dr. #271642

Flower Mound, TX 75027 USA

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EIN

87-2958392

NTEE code info

Children's and Youth Services (P30)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

All hands on School Supplies

Following goals establish by UNESCO to bring quality education to all children in the world, Dear Future set sights in the Andes of Peru to begin our outreach program.
Our sights are set on extending this program to other countries, including those in greater need. The growth rate of this program is planned to stay proportional to the organization's funding and the relationships are treated as long term collaboration partnerships.
Our method:
1. Locate and make contact with populations living in extreme poverty and in remote locations. Our target contacts are school leaders and teachers.
2. Fundraise to help.
3. Provide Students with the materials needed to start, continue and finish their current school year.
4. Encourage students desire to continue their education from primary to secondary grades.
5. Provide educators with the tools needed that directly benefit the education of their students.
6. Provide our schools with a partner in the education of their children.

Population(s) Served

Similar to a penpal program; our goals are to provide students a safe outlet of communication, introduce them to the idea of becoming global citizens, encourage cultural diversity, and understanding of geographical differences; to build empathy, cultural understanding, and responsibility for our planet and our peers.
This program aims to provide student from both sides a companion in growth from across the globe, which is a concept hardly ever discussed, except for unreachable cultural exports such as music and movies.
How it works:
1. Dear Future provides students a blank postcard to write their basic, non traceable information, answer basic recommended questions such as: what do you want to be when you grow up? or in a follow up question: What do you think the world needs more of?
On the backside the students is encouraged to draw art relevant in their life.
2. Will be responsible for shipping, tracking recipients and appropriate behavior.
3. Will find partners and respondents.

Population(s) Served
Children
Adolescents
Preteens
Extremely poor people
Children
Adolescents
Preteens
Extremely poor people

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How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • Who are the people you serve with your mission?

    Our target demographic are children living in extremely remote and poor regions of the world. We are currently focusing in the country of Peru, especifically in the andes where the most remote settlements are. Our main points of contact are the school principals (directors). They are assigned by the government to serve in these regions and are direct stakeholders to the education of children. They are our primary feedback originators and they help our organization shape the benefits that we give. One example of this effective feedback provided by one of such directors that highlighted the larger need in children that attended her school and were orphans. This exact example was three girls living on their own, and guided by the oldest 14 year old sister.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • What significant change resulted from feedback?

    Continued from the above statement. When we found that that there were children living in the extreme of our demographic (orphan children) we created a off branch program that directly benefited these few children in the other schools we served. With the school staff assistance, we identified that the families attending school were also aware of the terrible situation these orphans were in (however they couldn't help) and noted that there were no opposition to stand up a program that provided the required (compulsory) uniform children in Peru wear to the orphaned children to ensure they have more clothes they can change into on a daily basis. Without this help, the girls were working in the farm and going to school with the same dirty and smelly clothing, because they didn't have anoption

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Dear Future

Board of directors
as of 11/21/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Ricardo Juarez

Dear Future, Inc

Term: 2022 - 2025


Board co-chair

Alessandra Sanchez

Brightkite

Term: 2022 - 2023

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 11/14/2022
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Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

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Gender identity

 

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 06/13/2022

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.