Dream Makers is on a mission to change the lives of youth who have aged out of foster care by connecting the community to their needs.

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    Your donation helps vulnerable foster youth aging out at 18 by providing essential resources for stability and guidance. Your support empowers them to thrive, chase their dreams, and build a future as independent adults.

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    Fulfill A Dream

    Many youth face barriers that stand in the way of the empowered and connected lives they dream of having. You can help them directly overcome those obstacles.

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    Understand the Crisis

    Every year, 23,000+ youth exit the foster care system without any support. As a result, they are more likely to face significant struggles.

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Dream Makers Project Receives
2019 Adoption Excellence Award

In 2019, Dream Makers was nominated by Lynn Johnson (Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) for a prestigious national award. At the event, then Vice President, Mike Pence, recognized the contribution that Dream Makers is having for youth across the nation who have aged out of foster care and bestowed the 2019 Adoption Excellence award. He shared these words about the Dream Makers: “They are meeting their basic needs, connecting them with new opportunities, including employment, and helping them achieve their dreams.”

Award winning. Dream making.

Thank You to our Business Partners

Meet the youth. Read their stories.

Connect with @dreammakersproject on Instagram!

-Only 10% of foster care youth will attend college -3% graduate from college I am very proud to say that despite the many obstacles I faced, glory be to God that I overcame. I am finishing with: -Honors -Top 10% of my class I am breaking statistic
One of our great joys at Dream Makers is connecting with other non-profits who are making a difference in the lives of former foster youth. Recently, in Los Angeles, we had the opportunity to collaborate with @seenandheardla at their Spring 2025
Isabel spent over seven years in the foster care system. When she aged out she was still in high school and didn’t have a home or a place to go. “I had never been given the opportunity to strengthen or explore my decision making skills.&
Maiya’s dream to attend a professional acting program was fulfilled, making it possible for her to receive support for the cost of headshots, creating a portfolio, workshops, and training. After auditioning, she was accepted into a prominent mo
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month, and it’s time we face a hard truth: when young people age out of foster care — often with no family, no support system, and no safety net — they’re expected to survive entirely on t
This post is personal. It’s painful. But it’s necessary.

When I was a child, home wasn’t safe.
It was a place filled with fear, not comfort.
Pain, not peace.

My sister and I were severely abused. I remember dreading the sound

Contact

Dream Makers
1540 Main St. Unit 218 #331
Windsor, CO 80550

DREAM MAKERS PROJECT IS
A 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT,
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
(TAX ID #88 - 1301076)

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If you are a youth aging out of foster care and want to contact Dream Makers about a dream, we are unable to receive applications below. Please click here!