A Child with a Dream is a Child with a Future - Wintley Phipps, Founder

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Founder/CEO:Wintley Phipps
Executive Director:C. Diane Wallace Booker, Esq.
Founded:1998
Mission:

Empower children who are at risk of incarceration to maximize their potential by providing them with academic, social and values enrichment though supportive mentoring and the use of technology.

Headquarters:Columbia, MD
Cities Served:Baltimore, MD; East Orange, NJ; Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN; Los Angeles, CA; Memphis, TN; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Salt Lake City, UT; Washington, DC
First Learning Center:Ferebee-Hope Elementary School, Washington, DC (Opened in 2000)
2008 Children Served:1,060
2010 Budget:$3,900,000
Major Funders:The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Oprah Winfrey Foundation
Famous Supporters:

Oprah Winfrey
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton
Senator Orrin Hatch
Thomas A. Mesereau, Jr., Esq.
Performers Peabo Bryson, Jennifer Holliday, and BeBe Winans
Actors Chris Tucker, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, Jr., and Taraji P. Henson
And many more