Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO USE SPORTS AND EXERCISE TO EMPOWER ATHLETES OF DIVERSE SOCIOECONOMIC PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE CHALLENGES.
EMPOWER SPORTS SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMS NAVIGATED A CHALLENGING 2020, WORKING TO CONTINUE IMPACTING OUR ATHLETES IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IN 2019, OUR PROGRAMS SERVED 1,056 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS 34 DIFFERENT MULTI-WEEK PROGRAMS. SESSIONS INCLUDED BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL, SOCCER, LACROSSE AND FITNESS CLASSES. WE OPENED 2020 WITH A CONTINUED UPWARD TREJECTORY AIMING TO SERVE 1,500 PARTICIPANTS. HOWEVER, AT THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC WE TEMPORARILY HALTED ALL IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING. WE TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL EXERCISE PROGRAMS FROM APRIL-JUNE, RETURNING TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADAPTED IN-PERSON PROGRAMS IN JULY. PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DEVELOP SOCIAL SKILLS, SELF-ESTEEM, AND OVERALL WELL-BEING BUT LIMITED VOLUNTEER INTEGRATION, AND HAD PLAYERS COMPLETE INDIVIDUAL SKILLS ACTIVITIES TO ALLOW FOR SAFE DISTANCING BETWEEN PLAYERS.HOWEVER, DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO OFFERING IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING OUR STAFF FOUND CREATIVE WAYS TO CONDUCT SAFE, IN-PERSON SPORTS ACTIVITIES. WE OFFERED SOFTBALL, SOCCER, GOLF, BASKETBALL SKILLS SESSIONS, AND VIRTUAL EXERCISE CLASSES THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. IN TOTAL OUR PROGRAMS REACHED 350 ATHLETES WITH DISABILITIES DESPITE PARTICIPATION LIMITS AT ALL PROGRAMS. EVEN IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE SIGNFICIANTLY FEWER OPPORTUNITIES TO SOCIALIZE - A PROBLEM DRAMATICALLY EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC. OUR STAFF WORKED HARD AND CREATIVELY TO MEET THIS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE, MEETING SEVERAL NEW ATHLETES WHO TRIED OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2020.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Tom Heines | EXECUTIVE DIR. | 50 | $67,750 |
| Thom Rodgers | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| John Ryan | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Will Huhn | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Fadia Hassan | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Art Borowski | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Chris Coyle | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Cindy Reagan | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Tim Offtermatt | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Kristin Gibbs | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Michael Heines | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
| Steve Thompson | TRUSTEE | 7.5 | $0 |
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