Dream Foundation

Dream Foundation, the only national dream-granting organization for terminally-ill adults, fulfills final Dreams that provide joy, comfort and closure at the end of life. With the support of a nationwide network of volunteers, hospices, health care organizations and committed donors, the organization has served more than 35,000 final Dreams over the last thirty-one years. Dream Foundation has Charity Navigator’s four-star rating—its highest—for sound and transparent fiscal management ensuring its donors and partners that their investment will be used wisely. Dream Foundation receives no state or federal funding, relying on individual and corporate donations.

Dream Foundation created Dreams for Veterans in 2014 to tailor the Dream experience to veterans, service members, and their families. Dream recipients are terminally-ill U.S. military veterans, active service members, and members of the Reserve and National Guard in every state and Puerto Rico. This program acknowledges these groups and honors their service by fulfilling their final Dream, providing them, their families and caregivers joy, comfort and closure at the end of life.

Dream Foundation and Dreams for Veterans Dreams touch lives, meet essential needs, reunite families, and play a critical role in the special end-of-life care that focuses on improving quality of life for Dream recipients and their families.

Dreams can be as simple as an iPad to connect with loved ones afar, creating happy memories at a family dinner or on a family trip, or meeting a personal hero—a request that provides support and compassion.

For veterans, no matter when or where they served, the Dreams they request reveal that it is their service that has had the most profound effect on their lives, who they are, and how they want to be remembered. Many request to visit fallen comrades at a memorial, a pinning ceremony in uniform, ensuring their legacy is recognized, or tickets to the Army/Navy Game to remember a time long since passed.