Dreams Can Be Foundation

Mission

DCBF is a US 501 c3 nonprofit charitable supporting organization and a Brazilian NGO dedicated to aiding street children and impoverished youth in Brazil. We work in partnership with local organizations and NGO's to provide: education, moral and social development, humanitarian relief, and the offering of opportunities where there were none before.

Programs

Luta Pela Paz - Fight for Peace Sports Club (with NGO Viva Rio); Nós do Cinema - We in Cinema; Pequeno Tigre Circus School (with Porto da Pedra Escola do Samba); Crescer e Viver (Grow Up and Live); Final Feliz - Happy Ending; Instituto de Ecocidadania Juriti - IEJ-Meio ambiente e Cidadania (Institute of Eco-Citizenship - Environment and Citizenship); Circo Baixada; and many more.

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Music Brings Hope and Opportunity to Youth in Rio	Fight for Peace Sports and Education Centre	Dance & Theater Company: Alternatives to Drugs	Off the Streets and Back in School to Stay in Rio
Income-Generation Skills for Battered Mothers	Free Heart Surgeries for Rio's Poor Children	Alternatives to Violence for Rio Street Child	Building a School for Early Child Literacy
Happy Ending Childrens Project in Rio de Janeiro	Music Transforming Lives	Fight for Peace Sports & Education Centre

Personnel Overview

Márcio Paes Selles - President of Reciclarte, Ph.D. in History
Masters in Ancient Music from Sarah Lawrence College in New York in 1989 where he studied voice with Sheila Schonbrum; gamba viola with Judith Davidoff; Medieval and Renaissance music with La Noue Davenport; original notation and Gregorian chanting with Alexander Blachly. In the United States he participated in various concerts. Ph.D. in History from Fluminense Federal University (UFF).

Lenora Pinto Mendes - Treasurer Ph.D. in History
Lenora Pinto Mendes earned a degree in Artistic Education with a specialty in Music from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1984. In 1989, she completed a masters in Medieval and Renaissance Music from Sarah Lawrence College, NY. In the US, she performed in the Phyllis Kind Gallery of NY, Symphony Space on Broadway, & in the Shakespeare in the Garden event in Nyack, NY.

Sergio Porto da Costa Mattos - Secretary of Reciclarte, Economist
Sergio Porto earned a Masters in Organizations, Systems & Methods from the PUC, Rio de Janeiro. An employee of the Bank of Brazil, he was responsible for Marketing Management in Credit Card Administration, from 1989-90; helped launch the GoldCard which won a prize for Top Marketing strategy; 84-89 working at the Niterói Agency of Bank of Brazil, After retiring he consulted for various businesses.

Personnel Statistics

Lisa Marie Urgo,
Founder and President
Founded in 2000
Employees: 5
Volunteers: 4

Financial Statistics

Budget (2006): $ 250,000
Budget (2005): $ 241,000
Maximum Budget: $ 241,000
Overhead: 13 %
Other funding sources: board of directors pays overhead, individual donors and benefits support projects, and we also write proposals to funders for the projects. Our financials http://www.dreamscanbe.org/view/218#auditors
Religious Affiliation: None