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Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte, Inc.

aka ASC   |   Crested Butte, CO   |  www.adaptivesports.org

Mission

The Adaptive Sports Center enhances the quality of life of people with disabilities through exceptional outdoor adventure activities. The successful programs the ASC provides are inclusive to families and friends, empower our participants in their daily lives and have a positive enduring effect on self-efficacy, health, independence and overall well-being.

Ruling year info

1999

Executive Director

Mr. Christopher Hensley

Main address

PO Box 1639

Crested Butte, CO 81224 USA

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EIN

84-1063447

NTEE code info

Special Olympics (N72)

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

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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?

Winter Program

The Adaptive Sports Center serves individuals with physical, cognitive, and emotional/behavioral disabilities. We work with participants of all ages and genders and are inclusive to friends and family members.

Participants have a variety of disabilities in two broad categories: (1) physical disabilities (e.g. multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, spina bifida, amputations, traumatic brain injuries, visual and hearing impairments), and (2) cognitive disabilities (e.g. developmental disabilities, Down syndrome, autism, post traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other behavioral disorders).

Winter sports include alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, ski biking, ice climbing and snowshoeing.

Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Veterans

The Adaptive Sports Center serves individuals with physical, cognitive, and emotional/behavioral disabilities. We work with participants of all ages and genders and are inclusive to friends and family members.

Participants have a variety of disabilities in two broad categories: (1) physical disabilities (e.g. multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, spina bifida, amputations, traumatic brain injuries, visual and hearing impairments), and (2) cognitive disabilities (e.g. developmental disabilities, Down syndrome, autism, post traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other behavioral disorders).

In the summertime, the Adaptive Sports Center offers mountain biking, road cycling, handcycling, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, hiking, camping, ropes and challenge course activities, and whitewater rafting.

Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Veterans

Where we work

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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

Percentage of participants that learned new skills that will transfer into other aspects of their lives

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

Families, People with disabilities

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Percentage of participants that reported an increase in overall self-confidence

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

Families, People with disabilities

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Percentage of participants that reported they will start/continue to be more physically active in their everyday lives

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

Families, People with disabilities

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Percentage of individuals that felt that their adaptive sports experience had a positive influence on their overall well-being.

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

Families, People with disabilities

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

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.

The Adaptive Sports Center's long term goals are to continue to expand programming and meet the current organization's participant capacity, increase focus on enhancing client experiences and long term impacts on participant's lives, and develop and implement more efficient client impact measurement tools that will enhance programming effectiveness and validate the ASC's mission.

The ASC postures the following key strategies to ensure continued short-term success while maintaining future growth. We intend to expand populations served through various program offerings and build a foundation for continued long term growth, diversify and expand the focus of fundraising to fuel organizational growth and reduce client costs, re-focus marketing to optimally drive evolving programming and fundraising initiatives, measure impact of ASC programmaning on clients to enhance programming effectiveness, build a superior case to donors, and build stronger relationships with the communities we serve.

In 2018-2019, the Adaptive Sports Center intends to accomplish the growth goals set with overall activities surpassing the Strategic Plan's 6,000 mark. ASC's capabilities for meeting these goals is by consistently providing quality of experience, as well as the systems and the funding needed to keep the ASC amongst the best of adaptive programs. Expanding programming populations will continue with an on-going focus on our military, cancer survivors/fighters and VI/blind populations.

So far, the ASC is on track to achieve the goals set in our 2018-2019 strategic plan. Currently, the ASC is utilizing current programming capacity to achieve 6,000 lessons with a focus on growing both group and individual participation. The program will not only surpass this goal it will also reach its general activity capacity for the next few years to come. Ultimately, we intend to accomplish our key strategic goals to maintain, or improve on overall participant and visiting trip leader satisfaction and identify critical needs, capacities and limitations for future programmatic growth and facility expansion.

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 demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • Who are the people you serve with your mission?

    Since 1987, the Adaptive Sports Center has evolved to serve a wide variety of individuals with different abilities, including participants impacted by cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, amputations, traumatic brain injuries, visual and hearing impairments, post-traumatic stress disorder, Down syndrome, autism, attention deficit disorder, learning differences, youth at-risk, and burn survivors. The ASC facilitates youth and adult programming for community members, individuals and their families, and multi-day adaptive sports programs for groups across Colorado and the United States. Additionally, Operation Rise and Conquer provides individual and group programming for veterans, active military, and first responders and their families.

  • 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

  • What significant change resulted from feedback?

    Advocating for equal access to outdoor recreation is core to the ASC’s mission. Since its inception, the ASC has offered adaptive adventures at a reduced rate. In January 2022, the ASC introduced the Adventure Equity Initiative (AEI), further reducing the price of a full-day lesson to $125. This initiative makes the ASC one of the most affordable, if not the most affordable professionally facilitated adaptive sports programs in the nation.

  • 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

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback

Financials

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Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte, Inc.

Board of directors
as of 10/17/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mrs. Eileen DuPre

Robert Davis

Kimber Felton

Joe Garcia

Tina Kempin

Patrick Wilson

Meg Smith

Bob Colvey

Eileen DuPre

Mary Barrett

Mike Johnson

Eric Barnes

Steve Bolton

Austen Wright

Joe Calandra

Board leadership practices

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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 ? 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

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 10/17/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

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

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

No data

 

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Sexual orientation

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Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/17/2022

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Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • 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 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.