HIGH FIVES NONPROFIT FOUNDATION

EMPOWEMENT FUND: THE EMPOWERMENT FUND PROVIDES RESOURCES AND INSPIRATION TO THOSE WHO SUFFER A LIFE-ALTERING INJURY. LIFE-ALTERING INJURIES ARE INJURIES SUCH AS SPINAL CORD INJURIES, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, AMPUTATION OR OTHER MOBILITY-LIMITING INJURIES THAT OCCURRED IN AN ATHLETE'S LIFETIME. THE RESOURCES AND INSPIRATION WE PROVIDE COME IN THE FORM OF BOARD- APPROVED GRANT FUNDING AID TO SERVICES PROVIDERS IN SIX FUNDING CATEGORIES: ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT, HEALING NETWORK, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, PROGRAMS, LIVING EXPENSES, EMERGENCY CARE/INJURY EXPENSES. IN 2023 HIGH FIVES HELPED 1,101 PEOPLE RETURN TO THE SPORTS THEY LOVE ACROSS 46 STATES AND CANADA. SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH FIVES, 715 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SERVED,9.3 MILLION FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISBURSED AND OVER 1,250 GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED. MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAIN: M2M IS A HIGH FIVES PROGRAM SERVICE DEMONSTRATING OUR DEEP SENSE OF APPRECIATION FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR CUNTRY IN THE MILITARY - SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE VETERANS WHO HAVE SUFFERED LIFE-ALTERING INJURIES IN THE NAME OF LOYALTY TO AMERICA. THE SERVICE EXISTS AS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT BETWEEN HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION, ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION, PALISADES TAHOE, GRANBY RANCH, NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED, ACHIEVE TAHOE AND CITY OF RENO ADAPTIVE. INJURED US MILITARY VETERANS ARE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AT A 9- WEEK PROGRAM AT ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION IN DALLAS, TEXAS AND CITY OF RENO ADAPTIVE IN RENO, NEVADA PREPARING FOR A WEEK OF SKIING AT PALISADES TAHOE OR AT GRANBY RANCH, INSTRUCTED BY ACHIEVE TAHOE ADAPTIVE SKI PROGRAM OR THE NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOR THE DISABLED - 100% FUELED AND INSPIRED BY THE HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION. ADAPTIVE CAMPS: HIGH FIVES HOSTS ADAPTIVE CAMPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR OUR ATHLETES TO PARTICIPATE IN. ADAPTIVE CAMPS SERVE AS A WAY FOR OUR ATHLETES TO TRY OUT NEW SPORTS THAT THEY MAY EVENTUALLY WANT TO PURSUE IN THE FUTURE. IN 2023 HIGH FIVES HOSTED 44 CAMPS AND HAD 293 PARTICIPANTS WITH 122 FIRST TIME EXPERIENCES. DONATED SERVICES: HIGH FIVES RECEIVED DONATED SERVICES TOTALING 60,656. 48,226 WAS FOR SERVICES RELATED TO ADAPTIVE CAMPS AND 12,430 WAS FOR LEGAL SERVICES RELATED TO MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. NEITHER THE INCOME NOR THE EXPENSES WERE INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNTS REPORTED AS REVENUE, EXPENSES, OR GRANTS ON THE TAX RETURN.

HEALING CENTER: LOCATED IN TRUCKEE, CA, THE CR JOHNSON HEALING CENTER, A PROGRAM SERVICE OF THE HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION, IS A NEARLY 7,000 SQ/FT TRAINING FACILITY PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR ATHLETES IN RECOVERY FROM LIFE- CHANGING INJURIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECOVERING FROM SPORT RELATED INJURIES. IT IS ALSO THE HIGH FIVES HEADQUARTERS.