ALBUQUERQUE OLDER ADULT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The mission of Oasis is to promote healthy aging through lifelong learning, active lifestyles and volunteer engagement.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Oasis Albuquerque Intergenerational Tutoring Program
Oasis Intergenerational Tutoring is a volunteer opportunity focused solely on literacy and designed to engage committed adults who share their time and talents by providing individual attention to K-4 students. Our tutoring/mentoring program pairs trained older adult volunteer reading mentors with students in grades K-4 who have been identified and referred by their teachers as individuals who would benefit from our literacy approach.. Oasis Intergenerational Tutoring focuses on elementary students who do not necessarily qualify for special services or institutional intervention (an Individual Education Plan – IEP). Volunteers serve as reading mentors, preparing session plans catered to student's interest, to build literacy skills and promote student self-esteem/confidence.
Oasis Health and Wellness Program
The Oasis Health and Wellness Program offers opportunities to engage in physical activity, learn about health promotion/disease prevention, participate in programs aimed at improving disease management, and take evidence-based falls risk reduction programs. Our target audience is older adults looking for opportunities to age well. Oasis Health and Wellness Program offers nearly a half dozen different evidence-based health promotion programs, as well as approximately 100 health and wellness focused exercise classes, lectures, and workshops each year.
Where we work
External reviews
Photos
Videos
Our results
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
Adults, Children and youth
Related Program
Oasis Albuquerque Intergenerational Tutoring Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Output goal for 2023: Volunteers Reading Mentors actively supporting elementary school students in one hour, one day a week sessions - 300 Elementary school students receiving services/support - 400
Our Sustainable Development Goals
Learn more about Sustainable Development Goals.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of Oasis is to promote healthy aging through lifelong learning, active lifestyles and volunteer engagement. The Oasis vision is to see that older adults across the country have opportunities to pursue vibrant, healthy, productive and meaningful lives. Oasis seeks to positively impact their lives through partnership to share knowledge, offer research-based programs, conduct evaluations and adapt to meet the needs of diverse audiences. Goals for 2024 are to: • Increase and diversify participation while maintaining program excellence • Increase financial sustainability and operational efficiency • Increase social impact • Increase volunteer engagement • Improve the field of aging by the dissemination of research findings and the sharing of best practices
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Oasis vision is to see that adults age 50 and older across the country have opportunities to pursue vibrant, healthy, productive and meaningful lives. Oasis seeks to positively impact their lives through partnership to share knowledge, offer research-based programs, conduct evaluations and adapt to meet the needs of diverse audiences.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Oasis Albuquerque is a non-profit organization affiliated with the Oasis Institute in St. Louis, Missouri. The Oasis Institute is the national headquarters and is led by Dr. Paul Weiss. A strong leadership team and Board of Directors support Dr. Weiss in this work. Oasis is already making strides towards reaching our goals. 1. More focus on the core demographic of 65-80 - Oasis dropped the former tagline of “Discover Life after 50." Our new tagline “Lifelong Adventure" better represents the organization and its work. 2. Increased focus on sustainability by offering high-quality classes and increasing fees, and expanding the fee-for service model of the tutoring program - The Oasis Institute is providing a business analysis of earned revenue looking at class enrollment, profit margin, class topics, and net revenue. 3. Increased focus on evidence-based health programs, especially fall prevention and chronic disease self-management a.Through new funding partnerships, Oasis has increased its evidence-based health programs nationwide 4. Developing a national approach to the delivery of technology programs, to include shorter courses and more focus on fraud and scam prevention. - Oasis now offers continually updates our Oasis Connections Technology curriculum to stay current. 5. Increased support for the Oasis network, particularly with marketing and fundraising - The Institute is implementing more focused, higher touch support to our center in the form of fundraising and marketing support, board building, and strategic plan development.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Oasis Albuquerque has 17,500 active participants with over 2400 class offerings in 2020.
ACTIVE LIFESTYLES: Oasis has expanded its physical space in order to increase program offerings, specifically evidence-based health programs such as fall prevention and chronic disease self-management programs.
VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT: The Intergenerational Tutoring Program had an active team of 300 volunteers during the 2022/2023 school year. The program teamed with 50 elementary schools in 3 public school districts – Albuquerque, Belen and Bernalillo, New Mexico. The program has been locally recognized by the National Education Association - NM Chapter with their "Friend of Education Award." The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education awarded Albuquerque Oasis Intergenerational Tutoring Program with their certificate for "Outstanding Public Service."
As the 60+ cohort will eventually represent more than 20% of the population, Oasis looks forward to expanding its work. Exciting plans for the future include: - Developing and piloting online classes to reach a broader audience and to generate new revenue. - Developing and implementing specific strategies that will demonstrate Oasis is a national thought leader in the field of healthy aging. – Increase the number of evidence-based health programs in our center - Increase the number of tutors by 10% by the end of 2024 - Increasing individual donations by 5% over the next two years.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
-
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 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 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 people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive
-
What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Unlock nonprofit financial insights that will help you make more informed decisions. Try our monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights?
Learn more
about GuideStar Pro.
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Connect with nonprofit leaders
SubscribeBuild relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.
Connect with nonprofit leaders
SubscribeBuild relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.
ALBUQUERQUE OLDER ADULT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
Board of directorsas of 01/18/2024
Lorna Wiggins
Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins
Bret Heinrich
Executive Director of Development Salvation Army, Midland Division
Anne Sapon
Anne Sapon Consulting, LLC
Dawn Anderson
Oasis Institute
Wei-Ann Bay
Retired Medical Director, BCBSNM
Chrissy Yakes
MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care of Albuquerque
William Itoh
McLarty Associates
Todd Griffin
Board leadership practices
GuideStar worked with BoardSource, the national leader in nonprofit board leadership and governance, to create this section.
-
Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
No data
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
No data
Disability
No data
Equity strategies
Last updated: 12/29/2022GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.