Dream Foundation: Granting Wishes Across America

Founded in 1994 by Thomas Rollerson, Dream Foundation is the first and largest national wish-granting organization for adults in America. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, the registered 501(c)(3) non-profit seeks to touch the lives and meet the needs of individuals with life-threatening illness and their families. Together with hundreds of volunteers, hospices, and health care organizations nationwide, Dream Foundation fulfills thousands of dreams across the US every year.

Dream Foundation helps dreamers with a life expectancy of one year or less achieve their final wishes. The organization runs three main programs: the Toy Program, Flower Empower, and the Dream Granting program. The “heart and soul” of the foundation, the Dream Granting program enhances quality of life in ways that medicine alone cannot.

Dream Foundation is a recipient of the Independent Charities of America Seal of Excellence, an award that goes to the best charities in the country – only fewer than 5 percent of organizations reviewed are given this honor.