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
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!
