The Ability Experience

“Prior to filing form 990, the ceo, audit chair, treasurer and senior accountant of the ability experience conduct a detail review of the tax return. A review list of any questions or comments is prepared and discussed with the tax preparer. Upon satisfaction of any follow-up items, an electronic copy of the tax return is forwarded to each director for review prior to filing with the irs.”

“The ability experience requires each board member to reveal possible conflicts of interest in an annual disclosure statement.”

“The board of directors discusses ceo performance and goals at the annual august meeting. The executive committee follows up at year end (september 30) to determine compensation based on the august discussion.”

“Documents available front page of the website and upon written request to the organization.”

“Documents available upon written request to the organization.”

“The ability experience uses shared experiences to support people with disabilities and develop the men of pi kappa phi into servant leaders. We have partnered with than 264 camps and organizations that serve people with disabilities. The primary activities of the organization include volunteering on campus communities, building accessible amenities, and hosting friendship visits throughour cycling events.”

“ROUDING -3.”

“The ability experience much to celebrate in 2019 thanks to the incredible support of more than 9,000 donors. We consistently grew the number of shared experiences between men of pi kappa phi and people with disabilities and localized our mission. The number of volunteer partnerships we had on campuses across the country rose from 105 to 126 which was 17% increase from last year. Through these volunteer partnerships more than 4,500 students engaged with people with disabilities on campuses across the country. We also increased the number of our student members working directly with people with disabilities. We sent two teams to guatemala in the spring and doubled the impact in santiago atitln. The two teams built accessible amenities for adisa and educacin especial. Ability camps in the united states saw a jump as well this past year. We hosted 21 camps with 728 participants. At each camp students worked hard to build and renovate structures, saving our partners an estimated $244,712 over 9,412 man hours. The bergstrom fellows program, our newest program that matches students to serve a summer at camps that serve people with disabilities has come a long way in the past year and has a tremendous amount of promise. In 2019, eight men were placed at a camp supporting people with disabilities serving as camp counselors and filling a critical need at camps with male staff. Journey of hope, gear up florida and build america continued their impact across the country. This past year, 121 men participated and engaged 3,728 people with disabilities at events with 127 organizations. The ability experience also awarded $37,500 in grants to 49 organizations through its cycling events and another $30,000 to camps through build america. All of this work helps enhance the lives of people with disabilities while also building bonds of brotherhood. We're so grateful to be able to continue to impact the lives of young men and people with disabilities across the country through our programs.”