Make Dreams Real Grant

About Make Dreams Real
Boyett Petroleum recognizes the need in Stanislaus County for a fund to further the opportunities of children in the area to explore and extend their education. Each year, 100% of the funds raised through the invitational golf tournament will be added to the Make Dreams Real Endowment Fund.
About Make Dreams Real Founder, Carl Boyett
Carl Boyett was a visionary, passionate in his quest to make dreams become a reality for underserved youth. The passion he instilled in the many lives he touched left a legacy that will grow and prosper for years to come.
Make Dreams Real Mission
Making dreams real for school-aged children of Stanislaus County through participation in programs that enrich and stimulate their minds and bodies and teach values through service learning.
Service learning
Service learning is a required component for programs requesting grants from Make Dreams Real. As a requirement for Make Dreams Real, this grant requires a process of accountability and volunteerism in the community with collaboration and participation within the student and parent support groups.
What is service learning?
Service learning is an educational approach that teaches students the importance of giving back to one’s community. It is the belief of the Make Dreams Real Advisory Board and its founder, Carl Boyett, that children and parents who engage in service learning achieve greater success in the program and lasting changes in character.
What does service learning look like?
Service learning looks exactly like community service. Some examples of service learning are as follows:
Working in your teacher’s classroom after school Picking up trash in a park or schoolFeeding the homelessSetting up tutoring system or reading buddies with younger students
This population of students includes, but is not limited to, school-aged children with physical handicaps, those who have experienced severe emotional distress or those with family obligations that may limit their level of engagement. If your population of school-aged children fits into one of these categories, please consider alternative ways of satisfying the service learning component with volunteers.

Eligibility

Grant applications will be accepted to support programs within Stanislaus County that are aligned with our mission. These include:
Nonprofit organizations with 501(C)(3) tax exempt designation from the IRSEducational institutions open to the public and not exclusively for specific political, religious, race, creed, gender, sexual orientation groupFaith-based organizations open to the general public and not exclusive to members of the organizationSchool-aged children (kindergarten through 12th grade)

Ineligibility

Annual funds, capital campaigns, galas or other special events and fundraising activities
Debt reduction
General operating costs (program operating costs are accepted)
Sectarian religious activities, political lobbying or legislative activities
Public programs that discriminate on the basis of race, gender, creed, sexual orientation in policy or in practice