Tighten the Drag Foundation Inc
Improving Quality of Life for Spinal Cord Injured
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Insurance does not assist a Spinal Cord injured individual with extremely costly post-injury rehabilitation. Very few specialized facilities exist to help someone with paralysis recover and gain strength and independence. The key to their success is accessible therapy, adaptive sports programs that allow them to benefit both physically and mentally from activities they enjoyed prior to their accidents. Maintaining support for the Caregivers and family members who care for their loved ones 24/7 without compensation are also a priority. Healthy, strong, positive minded Caregivers improve the quality of life for a disabled individual immensely. Our goal is to seek corporate funding to sponsor individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries to allow for recovery rehabilitation straight from the hospital setting and continue to support them as they improve after their injuries. Corporate and small business can make a huge difference as well as benefit from the tax deductible donation.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Quality of Life Recovery Therapy
Supporting Activity based rehabilitative therapy for Spinal Cord Injured
Adaptive Sports Activities
Supporting Tuitions for adaptive outdoor activities for Spinal Cord Injured
Caregiver Network Support
Caring for the Family Caregivers of Spinal Cord Injured
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of rallies/events/conferences/lectures held to further mission
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Health, Work status and occupations
Related Program
Quality of Life Recovery Therapy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Successful tournament events held to raise funding for Scholarships.
Average number of dollars per person served
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Population(s) Served
Health, Work status and occupations
Related Program
Quality of Life Recovery Therapy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
With continuing expansion of more Injured in need of funding, we continue to raise more to give more.
Number of participants engaged in programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Health, Work status and occupations
Related Program
Quality of Life Recovery Therapy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We continue to support Injured who continue to need ongoing therapy as well as newly injured individuals who need support.
Number of participants who would recommend program to others
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Related Program
Quality of Life Recovery Therapy
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Each of our Injured Scholarship recipients have given testimonies about how beneficial our support has been. They attend our events to insure that our Supporters hear from them first hand.
Number of returning volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Health, Work status and occupations
Related Program
Quality of Life Recovery Therapy
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We have the most loyal and dedicated Volunteers who have made a personal connection to the cause and the Injured we serve. They attend time after time without hesitation.
Number of Facebook followers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Health, Work status and occupations
Related Program
Quality of Life Recovery Therapy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Facebook and Social media followers tends to grow as new Supporters are made aware of our cause.
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?
1) Corporate sponsorship of individuals and event funding to allow ongoing specialized activity based exercise therapy and training for those who have suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury leaving them paralyzed.
2) Raising awareness about the possibilities of recovery so that medical personnel change their perspective on advising newly injured that they will "never" walk again. There is too much evidence that it is possible naturally with intense training following injury. The success rate is tainted due to the number of injured who never have the chance to recover due to lack of funding for therapies costing in excess of $100 per hour or upwards of $50,000 a year.
3) Sponsorships for Adaptive Sporting activities that stimulate the mind, spirit and body allowing for a more productive outlook on the future.
4) Acknowledgement and encouragement for family Caregivers working around the clock without compensation to keep them from Caregiver burn out by providing hope of recovery for their loved one. The road ahead must have a light at the end of the tunnel to work towards, not just for the injured but for every family member affected by their accident.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1) Raising awareness through events that we host. Awareness creates support.
2) Being active on social media, front and center for public relations opportunities, promoting the stories of our Injured and letting the public know how the resources we provide enable them to have a better quality of life.
3) Soliciting companies for support and networking whenever possible with all the resources available to us.
4) Grants and donations from businesses that offer them.
5) Grass roots marketing by Volunteers who grow a caring community of supporters. One by one.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
1) We continue to increase our reach to bring in more supporters at our annual events that are continuing to grow.
2) We continue to increase awareness to our cause through social media marketing.
3) We continue to include our Injured Scholarship Recipients in our events to show our supporters that they are making a difference. There's no greater advertising than to have someone who has benefited from your support to testify to that.
4) We continue to be more involved in events, activities that will help us draw more support.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have continued to double our Scholarship funding year to year working hard to reduce any overhead by achieving sponsorship dollars to cover costs. We started as a very small group of people on a mission to help others to supporting as many Injured as we can. Our youngest injured is three years old now and our organization was instrumental in affording him the ability to go to therapy after a year of non existent exercise and no progress after injury. He is now excelling in therapy with movement ocurring with great hope of recovery. We know it is possible if Injured and their families have access to the right therapy and funding to cover it.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
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
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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 engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Tighten the Drag Foundation Inc
Board of directorsas of 01/11/2022
Amanda Marrero
Catherine Schmidt
Chad Burney
GTE Financial
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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 ? No -
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? Not applicable -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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