Mission Statement The Dream Factory. . . . an all-volunteer, mission-driven organization that makes dreams come true for critically and chronically ill children. Description The Dream Factory was established as an all-volunteer wish-granting organization in 1980. In the past thirty-plus years, it has grown into one of the nation's largest wish-granting organizations with local chapters across the country and a national Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky. The Dream Factory is about children: critically and chronically ill children whose lives have been challenged in ways that the average person cannot comprehend. The Dream Factory exists to bring some happiness into these lives.