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100Years of Impact 100 Years of Impact ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 were absolutely overwhelmed by the Wrapping up the fiscal year, we made the warmth and generosity of our community. exciting announcement of our new name With your support, we exceeded our and brand, and once again you showed us fundraising goal of $1,000,000, making such incredible support. The culmination it the most successful fundraising event of more than two years of research and in our history. Your celebratory photos planning – supported by the Graybird and video messages, and the music video Foundation – we believe the name created by adults in our performing AbilityPath better conveys our mission of Celebrating 100 Years of Impact arts program were all so inspiring. acceptance, respect, and inclusion. Dr. Temple Grandin, world-renowned What a year this has been! Last summer artists in our program share their art with This year was remarkable and memorable autism self-advocate, was a riveting we kicked off the new fiscal year by the community and sell their work. in so many ways. I hope you enjoy reading guest speaker. And one of my favorite finalizing the merger of Abilities United In the last quarter of our fiscal year we more about all we achieved together parts of each Power of Possibilities and Gatepath. I continue to be amazed had to quickly adapt to new realities on the following pages. The agility of event is the presentation of the Neal by how seamless the transition has been, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We our team and your unwavering support Poppin Award. This year’s honoree was thanks to the teamwork of our staff and immediately pivoted all our in-person was a fitting tribute to our 100-year Rolando Hernandez, who has worked supporters who are so dedicated to our programming to engaging virtual history. Thank you for being part of the in the housekeeping department of mission. formats. From teletherapy and preschool AbilityPath family and inspiring inclusion the San Francisco Marriott Waterfront circle times to weekly activity packets, in our community. As a result of the merger, we were able for 17 years. He is a quiet, humble man online classes, and remote support for to repurpose the former administrative who is extremely dedicated to his job. independent living and job coaching, our offices on Charleston Road in Palo Alto Congratulations, Rolando! team ensured the continuity of services into modern, functional spaces to be for the families, children and adults we fully dedicated to our employment, serve. computer, and art programs for adults. “Thank you for being part We celebrated the renovations with While we never imagined our 100th a grand re-opening, which included anniversary celebration would be hosted of the AbilityPath family.” performances by our choir and our first online, this year’s Power of Possibilities gallery exhibition in the new space to help was a spectacular virtual event. We Vision Values A world where people of all abilities are fully accepted, People First respected and included. Collaboration Inclusion Mission Community Empower people with special needs to achieve their full Innovation potential through innovative, inclusive programs, and community partnerships. Dedication Better Together On July 1, 2019, we announced the exciting We have leveraged our administrative 60 Abilities United employees who were news of Abilities United and Gatepath and management functions across both hired by Gatepath. joining forces — making our combined organizations, enabling more resources The unwavering support of the community nonprofit the largest provider of services to be directed towards our programs has made our success possible. Thanks to for individuals with developmental and staff, including increased wages for you, we are creating more opportunities The largest provider of disabilities on the Peninsula! With a direct care employees, additional training for those we serve and improving our shared mission of empowering people of opportunities, and upgrades in technology long-term sustainability. services for individuals with all abilities to achieve their full potential, and facilities. These changes helped and alignment in the services offered, the support a 70% one-year retention of the developmental disabilities merger of our teams and organizational cultures was a natural fit. on the Peninsula! The integration of our organizations has been advantageous to the individuals and families we serve, and it has 12 locations provided more opportunities for our many providing multiple services dedicated staff, too. Our teams have 1,000+ children, adults, 290 employees learned from each other and adopted Admin Adult Children’s and families served daily Services Therapy Services best practices from each organization. Family Support Preschool Services Jasmine aspires to move into her own apartment Our Impact and become financially independent. Jasmine is a kind, smart, honest, and meal planning and preparation, personal hardworking person who loves to care, household tasks, social skills, and 18 45,500 socialize. She has become a confident and computer education. Jasmine aspires monthly caregiver support hours of speech, occupational, accomplished young woman since joining to move into her own apartment and groups and physical therapy and early AbilityPath’s independent living programs become financially independent by intervention services for children more than five years ago. Our team obtaining a full-time job with benefits. helped Jasmine secure a part-time job at She’s well on her way, and has even taken the Palo Alto YMCA welcome desk where training courses to learn about the duties 389 she greets members, scans badges, hands of a membership desk clerk so she can children with and without out towels, makes coffee, answers phones, apply when a position becomes available! special needs learned 607 and more. together in our inclusive developmental screenings Her independent living coaches are also preschools completed to identify delays supporting her with goals addressing as early as possible 40+ 328 volunteer sites where adults adults with paid work in the learned pre-vocational skills community A New Brand Identity For Our Next Century of Service After 100 years of serving the community Abilities United becoming affiliated with and providing a lifespan of support Gatepath last year. The merger, coupled services to individuals with special needs with our 100th anniversary and generous and developmental disabilities, we have support from Graybird Foundation, made a new brand to help further our mission it clear that we had a unique opportunity and values! On our founding date of June to create a long-term impact on our 20th, we revealed that the combined organization and those we serve by Gatepath + Abilities United organization implementing a branding change. is now AbilityPath — a name that better We also launched a new website, which conveys our mission of acceptance, aligned with our new brand! You can learn respect, and inclusion. The tagline, more about our services, special events, Inspiring Inclusion, motivates people to and how to support our advocacy efforts experience the power of inclusion, so at abilitypath.org. Thank you for your everyone can reach their full potential. ongoing support of our mission and those AbilityPath — a name that better conveys our This announcement marked the we serve. Together, as AbilityPath, we will culmination of two years of hard work continue inspiring inclusion for the next mission of acceptance, respect, and inclusion. and input from our entire community. Our 100 years! rebranding discussions coincided with Weekly online lunch gatherings for adults to socialize with staff and Auxiliary Innovating During a Global Health volunteers Crisis Brady has been receiving services at isn’t one to sit still,” she said. To Anh’s AbilityPath since he was two years old. surprise, Brady’s speech therapist, Angie, His mom, Anh, says the AbilityPath team has been able to keep him engaged has helped Brady become the person he during the entire online session and he 2x a day 63 is today — a lively, happy kid who loves to has continued to make great progress! virtual circle time for preschoolers; participants have continued working dance. She was nervous about switching “I want him to be able to communicate resumed in-person services for in the community during the pandemic to teletherapy during the pandemic but verbally to the point that people children of essential workers with virtual job coaching support knows how important it is for him to understand him, and Angie is helping us continue learning during this time. “Brady achieve that,” says Anh. One big stride Brady has made is using an assistive communication device during class to ask and answer questions from teachers “AbilityPath feels like a second and his family. For more than five years, 160+ 361 450 the AbilityPath team has helped Brady online classes each week for adults to children received teletherapy activity packets delivered between April home with all the familiar faces achieve his goals every step of the way. learn health, independent living, and and June so adults could sustain their “AbilityPath feels like a second home with social skills learning and engagement and care he receives.” all the familiar faces and care he receives,” said Anh. Support and Revenue Adult Services Public Funding 28% $6.3M Children and Family Services 7,800 Public Funding 17% 3.7M volunteer hours Private Fees 31% 6.8M Donations and Grants 19% 4.2M Bequests 4% 0.8M 75 Investment Income 1% 0.3M interns Operational Outcomes Total Support and Revenue 100% $22.1M The operational outcomes associated work more efficiently, thereby improving 1,930 Operations and Net Surplus with the joining of Gatepath and Abilities support for the people we serve. donors Programs United — to form AbilityPath — had many Marketing and rebranding support from Adult Services 30% $6.7M positive outcomes for our combined Children and Family Services 39% 8.6M Graybird Foundation and all new furniture $915K organization and the community we Occupancy 6% 1.4M from Insidesource for our Charleston value of in-kind and pro bono serve.
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