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Disabled Sports USA

Life-changing outdoor experiences for individuals with disabilities.

aka Oregon Adaptive Sports   |   BEND, OR   |  http://www.oregonadaptivesports.org

Mission

Oregon Adaptive Sports provides life-changing outdoor experiences to individuals with disabilities. Participants gain confidence, independence, and self-esteem leading to an enhanced quality of life.

Ruling year info

1975

Executive Director

Mr. Patrick Addabbo

Main address

63025 OB Riley Rd Ste 12

BEND, OR 97703 USA

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EIN

26-0076749

NTEE code info

Recreational and Sporting Camps (Day, Overnight, etc.) (N20)

Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Populations (P80)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Oregon Adaptive Sports is working to empower individuals with disabilities to live a healthy and thriving life. Burdened with numerous barriers from astronomical healthcare costs, to lack of universal design and accessibility, seemingly easy to reach outdoor spaces like parks, trails, and lakes are often beyond the grasp of many individuals with disabilities due to fabricated barriers. By providing state of the art adaptive sports equipment, a thorough training program for staff and volunteers, accessible transportation and financial scholarships, OAS removes these barriers and makes the inaccessible accessible.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

OAS Year Round Programs

OAS offers year-round sports and activities that serve individuals of all ages and abilities. These include winter, snow based sports, and several summer outdoor sports such as cycling, mountain biking and hiking.

Population(s) Served
People with disabilities

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of volunteers

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

People with disabilities

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Volunteers are the heart and soul of OAS. Their commitment to OAS expands the reach and impact of our mission.

Hours of volunteer service

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

People with disabilities

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

OAS is supported by thousands of hours of volunteers support each year. Steady increases in hours shows effective program growth.

Number of clients served

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

People with disabilities

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

OAS strives to reach more individuals each year through programs.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

OAS is working to remove the common and significant barriers for individuals with disabilities to gain access to the outdoors.

OAS maintains five key pillars to eliminate the major barriers for individuals to access the outdoors, these include: Recruiting, training, and retaining high quality staff and volunteers. Obtaining and maintaining state of the art adaptive sports equipment. Providing accessible transportation to programs. Offsetting any financial barriers through scholarships. Developing and sustaining key partnerships.

OAS continues to improves its capabilities to achieve our organizational goals by steady and smart planning and growth. Recent years OAS has invested significant resources in training and equipment ensuring our participants are served in extremely high quality programs. OAS, as a leader among adaptive sports programs in the Pacific Northwest, continues to expand outreach and partnerships regionally to ensure access continues to grow for individuals with disabilities region wide.

OAS has seen tremendous progress in its 27 years of existence. In the words of one OAS participant "many people may not think that it is a great time and place to be paralyzed, but I think it's true." OAS continues to see increases of community recognition and investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion which is a clear indicator of progress.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Disabled Sports USA

Board of directors
as of 10/03/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Scott Taylor

Realtor

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/1/2024
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

No data

Transgender Identity

No data

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/03/2024

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Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.