Question 1

What is Dear Future?

Accepted Answer

Dear Future is a 501c3 non profit organization with the vision of bringing education and health to every child.  Our focus is to provide children living in extremely poor and remote areas in the world access to materials to attend school and to bring educational tools to children unable to attend school in person.  We believe in giving families the option of education and that they shouldn't have to choose between food or school.

Question 2

How does Dear Future execute its mission?

Accepted Answer

As a new and growing organization we believe in careful and well thought out operations, our entry to support families is organized around the need for school materials.
	1. Our initial operations will consist on school materials, provided to children of school age, and to educators that are lacking the basic tools (dry erase markers, paper, etc).
	2. Established growth by successfully completing donations school by school.
	3. Package a successful recipe to repeat it in any country.
	3. Maintain a growth mindset, open to change and focused in children's education.

Question 3

How will my donation be used?

Accepted Answer

Every donation will be used to execute mission operations.  A percentage of the donation will be separated between:
1. Operating costs.
2. Material purchases.
3. Children scholarships (future plan).
4. Other recognized needs that directly support health and education of children in poverty stricken areas.

Question 4

Can I recommend a new location that needs assistance?

Accepted Answer

Yes.
We will be happy to study the need and the possibility of help.  Dear Future's goals is to carefully integrate regions that are hardest hit by poverty.  The variables that will aid in making this decision:
1. Dear Future's budget.
2. Verification that recommendation is a valid location and meets our vision and mission requirements.
3. The ability of Dear Future to recruit a country ambassador.

Question 5

How much of my donations goes to employee salaries?

Accepted Answer

In 2024, less than 20% of Dear Future's total donations were used for employee salaries; and less than 30% were used for total administrative operations. However, in our plan for growth we do want to ensure longevity of Dear Future by hiring qualified employees that can promote the success and growth of our organization. Our measuring stick is to never exceed a 50/50 divide between Administrative and Operations.

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