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2019 Annual Report

2019 was an exciting and busy year for BORP. We expanded several of our programs, added initiatives to serve specific populations, and continued to provide a wide range of high quality adaptive sport, recreation and fitness activities to children, youth, and adults throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. 

1,000+ Individuals Served in 2019

In partnership with Lyft and the cities of Oakland and San Francisco, BORP launched an adaptive bikeshare pilot program at two sites: Lake Merritt in Oakland and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The program made adaptive urban cycling available to a diverse group of participants.

60 Riders served

40 New BORP Riders

With support from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, BORP created the SCI Recreation & Fitness Outreach Project. This groundbreaking project involved partnering with more than 20 organizations and individuals to provide innovative programming and activities for the Bay Area SCI community. The project provided a range of specially tailored fitness and wellness classes, group outings, and cycling rides.

115 Participants engaged

52 New BORP Participants

Throughout 2019, BORP’s fitness studio expanded its regular menu of inclusive classes and open gym hours. With a grant from the Kelly Brush Foundation, we began a project to examine the feasibility of developing a virtual wellness and fitness program. When the Covid-19 crisis occurred in 2020, the project enabled BORP to respond quickly by launching our Online Fitness Studio, providing a regular schedule of live remote classes.

On May 4 and 5, BORP hosted the Kathryn Black Invitational, a power soccer tournament that engaged athletes using “everyday” chairs to play. BORP created this opportunity because, with the advent of expensive high-performance power soccer wheelchairs, many potential athletes have been left on the sidelines. The event was named in honor of the late Kathryn Black who, with her partner, Nancy Henderson, was instrumental in founding the first power soccer program in the USA.  

On June 19, BORP’s Hall of Fame awards event celebrated “The Women of BORP.” Kai Fenton, Cal Women’s Assistant Basketball Coach was the keynote speaker. Honorees included: Ella Rodriguez; Susie Grimes; Kristi Hruzewicz; The Women of Quadzilla–Val Brown, Sun Chan, Ann Cupolo-Freeman, Susie Grimes, Bonnie Lewkowicz, Lori McLeod, and Megan Schirle. The Clif Bar Family Foundation was also honored for its longtime support of BORP and the disability community.

Throughout 2019, BORP continued to deliver a range of services to Bay Area veterans. On June 2, BORP ran the day-long cycling event at the 2019 Valor Games in which over 90 veterans participated. With funding from Disabled Sports USA, BORP also expanded its veterans’ programing to deliver fitness, tai chi, yoga and other classes onsite at several Bay Area veterans-serving organizations, as well as veterans’ classes at the BORP Fitness Studio.

In the early summer, Leo Siecienski joined BORP as the new Cycling Program Manager. Under Leo’s leadership, we implemented winter open hours at the cycling center (previously, the center had been closed during January and February), added a series of stationary handcycling classes, and launched a monthly tandem ride for riders with visual impairments.

On September 21, BORP held its annual fundraiser, The Revolution. Greg Milano—who departed BORP in June—was honored at the event with BORP’s Revolutionary Award for his many years of dedicated work in building BORP’s adaptive cycling center. 

250+ Revolution Riders

100+ Volunteers

2,000+ Donors

$225,000 Dollars Raised

On December 7, BORP hosted the Goalball Invitational XXV. This year, five teams and 21 players from around the country competed in this exciting annual tournament.

Chris Finn, longtime BORP Power Soccer Coach, was honored by United Soccer Coaches with the Disabilities Allies Award of Excellence in recognition of his advocacy and dedicated service in promoting diversity and inclusion in sport.

The Adventures & Outings program continued a vibrant menu of activities throughout the year, taking participants on a total of 90 outings, and engaging them in activities that included hiking, kayaking, camping, indoor climbing, bowling, and archery.

BORP’s youth team sports program continued to be a vibrant component of our work. One highlight occurred on April 3, when the youth hockey team travelled to Tampa Bay to participate in the National Hockey Festival. The team performed exceptionally well, claiming second place in the Community Division.  

BORP was thrilled when senior members of the BORP basketball team, Garnett Silver-Hall and Ben Thornton, were accepted into the University of Arizona where both will play in the wheelchair basketball program. 

Throughout the year, BORP continued to provide wheelchair-accessible transportation to our participants as well as a wide range of community partners. 

3,755 One-way Trips Provided

BORP continued to work on its long-term vision of developing an Adaptive Sports and Recreation Facility. In 2019 we organized a working group that included community leaders and affordable housing advocates to explore the feasibility of a project that combines BORP’s recreation facility along with affordable, accessible housing.

2019 Individual BORP Donors

$250+ | Advocate

Todd & Cris Adair

Rachel Anderson

Connie Arana

Melissa Arreguin

Karen & Jeffrey Banks

Daniel Baptista

Elaine Beale & Susanne Herting

Douglas Beumeler

Edward Black

Thomas Boe

Susan & William D. Brandt, Jr.

John Brennan

Daniel Brotsky

Erle Brown

Mike Browne

John & Wendy Buckley

Maria Canizales

Susan Choy

Margaret Clarke

Mara Cohen

Rachel Cohen

Steven & Lily Coker

Joan Costello

Edward Cullen

Kurt Dalton

Josephine de Janvry

Veronika Denes

Anne Detzner

Pamela Dingle

Anne Emmet

David English

Shabtai Evan

Daniel Fernandez & Donna Nagahisa

Michael Franks

S. Robert Frazee, Jr.

Clifford Frost

Richard Fuller

Tom Gandesbery

Cliff Gardner

Ann Gershanov

Lisa  Gilliam

Michael Glenn

Steven Goldenberg

Alan Goldenberg

Karen & Bill Gough

Sharan Ikeda & Andrew Greenwood

Paul Gross

Christine Haaf

Emily Hanlon

Jennifer Hanner

Erik Heyer

Mark Hilliard

Jeff Ho

Kesse Ho

Grayson Holden

Peirew Huang

Mary & Doug Ireland

Velma Jim

Maia Jin

Dontae Johnson

Andrew & Susan Jokelson

Kathleen Lee Jones

Abdo Kadifa

Joanne Kanow and Joe Petersack

Edmund King

Kate King

Tony Lai

Steven Lau

Christina Roma Leffmann

Nancy & John Lenahan

Paul Leonard

Paul Lettieri

Susan Levine

Bonnie Lewkowicz

Phyllis Lewkowicz

Tammy Liu

Hue Tu Luong & Huu David Luong

Enrique Macotela

Elizabeth Maffei

John Malatesta

Clarence Mamuyac

Sam Marks

Susan Mattmann

Andrew McClaren

Richard McCracken

Otis McGee

Dan & Susan McLaughlin

Patrick McPolin

Gerard Meistrell

Jerry Mellin

Stephanie Mellin

Paul Mercadante

Guy Misnik

Edward Mills

Greg Mitchell

John Monteverdi

Edgardo Montoya

Richard Moore

Catharine & Everett Moran, Jr.

Karen Musalo

Caroline & Tom Nakashima

Dana Norton

Dale Olds

Tim Oxford

Nancy Park

David Parsin

Dave Pechner

Walter Pereyra

Patricia Perrine

Lynn & Michael Petouhoff

Dale Pollart

Daniel Pollart

John Pollart

Susan Pollart

Jason Porto

Mary Eleanor Prisco

Matt Radosevich

Shirley & Stephen Rexrode

Barbara Ridley

Donald Routh

Julie Rubinstein

Katherine Russell Becker

Loren Russon

Connie & Mikhaila Rutherford

Lisa Rydholm

Deborah & John Shelly Sack

Drew Schembre

Dan & Amy Scrivner

Michael Selfridge

Michael Serleth

Ajay Shah

Vivek Shah

James L. Shek

Julie Skare

Fran Smallson

Mark Smethers

Stephanie Smith

Albert Socorro

Michael Solonenko

Al Spector

Lydia Spinelli

Kathleen Stanton

Neil Stratton

Teri Steele & Eric Sullivan

Paul Swenson

Tabak-Lipsett Family

Michael Terry

Timothy & Theresa Thomas

Janiele & Rob Tovani

Ryan Tovani

Robert Tse

Mustafa Veziroglu

Gyorgy Vizkelethy

Julia Walker

Heather Watkins

Jessica Watkins

Morris Watts-Zagha

William Whetstone

Thomas & Judith Willging

Peter Wilson

Brandon Wong

Yamaguchi Family

Heather Zahiri

Philip Zender

Victor Zonana

$500+ | Pacesetter

Robert Andrews

Emine Aydan Aysoy

Aysegul Aysoy Schwartz & Bruce Schwartz

Robert Berger

Stephen Blair

Debora Booth

Kevin Brailey

Jennifer & Michael Browning

Terri Chatigny

Christopher Cherney

William Church

Joseph Cleberg

Matt Cossoul

Anna Marie Cronin

Veronica Daly & Sheldon Clark

Linda Dardarian & Terrance Carroll

Julia and Jim Davidson

Diane de Forest

Linda Dindzans

Aleksandrs Dindzans

Chris Dobbins-Callahan

Janice Eldred & Peter Szutu

Nathan Every

Jamal Fajhro

Simone Figueroa

Nigel Foster

Linda Frazee

Cynthia  Gamble

Megan & Adam Goldenberg

Richard Goodman

Martin Greiner

Christopher Gulli

Robert R. Haining

Nicholas Harvey

Stephen Harvey

Courtney Haslett

Jeffrey Hayes

Richard Heckmann

Ingrid Hester

John Hofmann

Laurie & Steven Holland

Janna & Steve Hollis

Jim Jackson

Phyllis James

Cindy Jarvis

Everett Johnson

Mary Jones

Ginger Jui

Kimberly Kahler

Suzanne Kaiser

Mickey Kay & Brittany Murlas

Susan & Kei Kodani

Charles Laroche

Jason Leyba

Itria Licitra

Neda Lohrer

Janet Lord

Paige Lubawy

David Madson

Tanette Maffei & Ron Craven

Georgianne Meade

Oye Meadows

March Melcher & Tami Daugherty

Randall Mellin

Sanjeet Mitra

Marisa Mizono

Kate M. Morgan

Frederick Morse

Steve Moynahan

James Murphy

Tod Nielsen

Lissa Franklin & John Ormsby

Jospeh Penick

Blair Peterson

James Pettit

Adam Phillips

Callie Phipps

Laurel Przybylski

Katherine & Paul Quinlan

Ricardo Ramos

David Roux

Karl Ryland

Anna Siebelink

Richard Smith & Amal Fakhro-Smith

Sarah-Dawn Smith

Ariel & Ajit Smith-Iyer

Eric Stern

Mark Tate

Elise Thomas & Paul Radosevich

Elizabeth & Jonathan Thomas

Richard Thompson

Michael Tuchen

Guy Wallace

Mark Webber

James Wheeler

David Williams

David Wong

Lori Yamaguchi

$1,000+ | Trailblazer

Matt & Jessica Adams-Grigorieff

Shruti Agarwal

Jason Babcoke

Donald Batty

Heather & Andrew R. Bennett

Helen Betts

Gregg Bowman

James C. Brown

Eileen Brumback

Nancy Canning

Joanne Casey

Daniel Chafey

Cindy Chang & Christopher Hudson

Kevin Domecus

Joy Dryden

Will Fitzpatrick

Susan Fuller

Ellen & Trudy Garber

Cindy & Gary Hermanson

Naomi Huper

David Jasper

Jane Ruth Kaplan & Donatello Bonato

Michael Lynn

Yvette & Roy Maydan

Jack McAboy

Beverly & Phillip McLeod

Jennifer Morphis

Carol Randleman

Douglas Robotham

Karen Russo

James Rutherford

David Schellhase

Brian Sena

Gwynne  Shelton

Mark & Leigh Shemaria

Cynthia Stokes

Mei-Jane Kuan-Tan & Michael J. Tan

Gerret Thunen

David Upham

Virginia Cantrell & Michael Webber

Jeffrey White

$2,500+ | Champion

Dorothy Black

Marcia Black & John White

Hilary Goldman & Manning Sutton

Jason Harris

Ann & Michael Parker

Kathi Pugh & Josh Maddox

Robert Randleman II

Samuel Test

$5,000+ | Superstar

May & William Hirose

Toan Nguyen

$10,000+ | Visionary

Barbara & Richard Bennett

2019 Institutional Funder & Sponsors

$250+

Apple West Home Medical Supply

Bank of America Foundation

Jon Eager and Nancy Klehr Philanthropic Fund

Fairy Godmother Society

The Lynn Giving Fund

Nvidia

Scrivner Family Fund

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Suping Empowerment Christian Aid

$500+

A Hundred Monkeys, Inc.

W. Bradley Electric, Inc.

Cupertino Host Lions Charities, Inc

Delta Gamma Fraternity

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Melcher and Daugherty Fund for the Future

SAP Hybris

Spectrum: Autism at Cal

Storm Castle Foundation

Sue Johnson Custom Lamps & Shades

TranSports

Tencue Productions, Inc

Thompson Family Charitable Fund

Vision Faire Optometry

Walsh Construction Company

Walt Disney Company Foundation

$1,000+

American Endowment Foundation

Church of the Incarnation

Clif Bar Family Foundation

Columbia Sportswear

Fremont Freewheelers Bicycle Club

T & M Frankel Foundation

Barbara & Harold Gottesman Family Foundation

Grizzly Peak Cyclists, Inc.

Lillian Lincoln Foundation

The Lohrer Family Fund

Marin Cyclists

Larry and Carol Masinter Charitable Fund

National Seating & Mobility, Inc.

NEMI Power Soccer Shop

Oliphant Charitable Remainder Trust

Sci-Fit

Touchstone Climbing Inc.

Vandergriff Brent Family Fund

Zander Associates

$2,500+

Lowell Berry Foundation

Fidelity Insurance Service Inc.

Golden State Warriors

Bill Graham Memorial Foundation

McGuire & Hester Foundation

National Hockey League Players Association

Robert Brown Construction, Inc.

Sutter East Bay Medical Group

Top End/Invacare

US Power Soccer Association

$5,000+

Citibank

East Bay Community Foundation

June & Julian Foss Foundation

Steve and Tish Harwood Foundation

Kaiser Permanente

Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream Foundation

Mellam Family Foundation

Q&V Peterson Charitable Foundation

Share the Spirit

Sutter Health

Bob Woodruff Foundation

$10,000+

Kelly Brush Foundation

Children’s Support League of the East Bay

Constellation Brands

Grainger Foundation

Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation

Olympic Club Foundation

Rite Aid Foundation

Sharks Alumni Foundation

$20,000+

Anthem Blue Cross Foundation

California State Coastal Conservancy

Oakland Fund for Children & Youth

SA Photonics

May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust

US Department of Veterans Affairs

$50,000+

Disabled Sports USA

Craig H. Neilsen  Foundation

$100,000+

City of Berkeley

Alameda County Transportation Commission

Partners

Access Adventures 

Airbnb

Bair Island Aquatic Center

Berkeley Adult School

Berkeley Paddling & Rowing Club 

Bike East Bay

California Canoe and Kayak

California School for the Blind

California State Parks

The Center for Independent Living 

Centre for Neuro Skills

California Children’s Services

Children’s Skin Disease Foundation

City Kayak

City of Berkeley

City of Oakland, Department of Transportation

Delta Gamma Fraternity, UCB Chapter

East Bay Regional Parks District 

Ed Roberts Campus 

ELS Architecture + Urban Design 

Environmental Traveling Companions

Freedom Ryder 

Freedom Concepts 

Golden Gate National Recreation Area 

Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco

Kaiser Permanente

Kiwanis Club of Alameda

Lick-Wilmerding High School

Lighthouse for the Blind

LinkedIn

Lyft

NorCal SCI

Oakland Ice Center

Oakland Strokes 

Oakland Unified School District 

Pomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center

Portland State University Inclusive Sports

Republic Indemnity

St. Theresa School, Oakland

The San Francisco Bike Hut

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

San Francisco Recreation and Parks

San Francisco State University 

San Francisco VA Medical Center 

San Jose Sharks

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center 

Senda Athletics

Sonoma County Regional Parks 

Stanford Children’s Health 

Street Level Cycles

Touchstone Climbing

UC Berkeley Recreation Department

US Coast Guard: Coast Guard Island

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

United States Power Soccer Association

Waterside Workshops

West Edge Opera

BORP is deeply appreciative of all the participants and volunteers at our Revolution Event, particularly the team captains and outstanding fundraisers listed below:

Ashley Anderson

Marcia Black

Mike Browne

Sam Craven

Maximilian Dorn

Chris Finn

Brad Frazee

Steven Goldenberg

Hilary Goldman

Jason Harris

Bruno Hester

Carina Ho

Grayson Holden

Don Hunt

Lisa Lazar

Bonnie Lewkowicz

Lateef McLeod

Drew McPherson

Randy Mellin

Edward Mills

Greg Mitchel

John Moss

Cynthia Noonan

Leanne Plantillas

Shaun Ralston

Randy Randleman

Will Randleman

Rick Smith

Ariel Smith-Iyer

Manning Sutton

Eric Valchuis

Leah Waarvik

Jeffrey White

Brandon Wong

BORP Financials

Support and Revenue

Individual Contributions $345,749.51

Government Grants $253,245.86

Private Grants $150,104.75

In-Kind Donations $ 91,431.28

Program Fees & Admissions $ 75,718.93

Other Income $ 20,517.78

Total Support and Revenues $936,813.11

Expenses

Program Services $  844,328.00

Management & General $  124,394.00

Fundraising $  155,542.00

Total Expenses $1,124,264.00

BORP Transforms Lives

80% said BORP increased their sense of well-being

75% said BORP increased their exercise frequency

70% said BORP increased their social connections and supportive relationships

64% said BORP increased their confidence and self-esteem

63% said BORP improved their mental health

52% said BORP increased their independence and self-sufficiency

BORP supports the healthy development of children and youth.

Of the youth served by BORP:

98% said BORP helped them develop and master skills

96% said that BORP increased their confidence and self-esteem

94% said that they had a greater connection to caring adults

92% said that BORP helped them improve their decision-making and goal-setting skills

Quotes from Participants 

(Anonymous)

“BORP means I rest better, my social interactions are better. I am always in pain but going to BORP makes me feel good.”

“BORP has taught me so many lessons that apply to everyday life: listening, learning, teaching, teamwork, and how to work hard to reach your goals.”

“As a kid with a disability, BORP is my only opportunity to play team sports. Every kid should have that chance. Being able to do that through BORP has really changed my life.”

“When I was first injured, I had no idea about adaptive sports. When someone introduced me to BORP I was blown away by the things I was still able to do. My passion for sport and being physically fit came back once I discovered all the opportunities I found at BORP.”

“As an educator, I’ve seen BORP help so many of my students find their independence, their ‘voice,’ and their connection to a community.”

“The staff at BORP has been consistently kind, respectful, helpful, and willing to place a smile on my daughter’s face. It makes the whole family happy!

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