HIGH FIVES NONPROFIT FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

E86

Classification

1000

Street

10775 PIONEER TRL STE 108

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• EMPOWEMENT FUND: THE EMPOWERMENT FUND PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND EQUIPMENT TO LIFE-CHANGING INJURY SURVIVORS IN THE FORM OF BOARD-APPROVED GRANTS FOR ADAPTIVE SPORTS EQUIPMENT, HOME/VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS, THE HIGH FIVES HEALING NETWORK, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, AND EMERGENCY CARE/INJURY EXPENSES. LIFE-CHANGING INJURIES INCLUDE SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI), TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (TBI), AMPUTATIONS, OR OTHER MOBILITY-LIMITING INJURIES. SINCE 2009, THE FOUNDATION HAS DISBURSED NEARLY 11 MILLION IN EMPOWERMENT FUNDING TO OVER 1,000 TRAUMATIC INJURY SURVIVORS IN 47 STATES AND TERRITORIES PLUS CANADA. IN THESE 16 YEARS, WE'VE PROVIDED 384 ADAPTIVE BIKES, 157 FULL SETS OF SKIING EQUIPMENT, AND 54 SURF/KITEBOARDS TO HIGH FIVES ATHLETES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, ENABLING SURVIVORS TO REDISCOVER THEIR IDENTITY THROUGH SPORT. MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAIN: MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAINS (M2M) IS AN ADAPTIVE WINTER SPORTS CAMP OF HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION THAT INTRODUCES 30+ VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS ANNUALLY TO THE HEALING EFFECTS OF SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING AT RENOWNED RESORTS IN THE WESTERN U.S. THE PROGRAM INITIATES WITH NINE WEEKS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING AT THE ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION IN TEXAS OR THROUGH CITY OF RENO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOLLOWED BY A WEEK OF ADAPTIVE WINTER SPORTS AT PALISADES TAHOE IN CALIFORNIA OR SOLITUDE MOUNTAIN RESORT IN UTAH. M2M TELLS THE STORIES OF U.S. VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO CHOOSE TO EMBRACE GOAL SETTING AND ATHLETICISM AS A WAY TO ENJOY LIFE AND ALL OF ITS CHALLENGES. THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS 100% FREE FOR PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING TRAVEL, LODGING, MEALS, LIFT TICKETS, LESSONS/COACHING, ADAPTIVE SPORTING EQUIPMENT RENTALS, SAFETY GEAR, WINTER SPORTS APPAREL, AND MORE), DEMONSTRATES OUR DEEP SENSE OF APPRECIATION FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY AND WHO HAVE SUSTAINED LIFE- CHANGING INJURIES. 250 VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE PARTICIPATED SINCE THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015. ADAPTIVE CAMPS: HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION HOSTS 50-60 ADAPTIVE SPORTS CAMPS EACH YEAR IN WHICH WE TAKE SMALL GROUPS OF ADAPTIVE ATHLETES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, FROM SKI RESORTS IN VERMONT TO MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS OF NEVADA TO BEACHES ON MAUI, TO HONE THEIR SKILLS IN FIVE MAIN PILLARS OF SPORT: FLY FISHING, MOTOR-FED SPORTS, MOUNTAIN BIKING, SKIING/SNOWBOARDING, AND SURFING. SINCE ESTABLISHMENT, WE'VE HOSTED 236 ADAPTIVE SPORTS CAMPS WITH OVER 750 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A NEW SPORT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND 1,650 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS. DONATED SERVICES: HIGH FIVES RECEIVED DONATED SERVICES TOTALING 23,780. 250 WAS FOR SERVICES RELATED TO ADAPTIVE CAMPS AND 23,530 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.

  Expenses $4,091,338 · Grants $1,043,284

• C.R. JOHNSON HEALING CENTER: THE C.R. JOHNSON (CRJ) HEALING CENTER IS A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT, 100% ACCESSIBLE GYM, WORKSPACE, AND WELLNESS FACILITY LOCATED WITHIN HIGH FIVES HEADQUARTERS IN TRUCKEE, CA, OFFERING VITAL RESOURCES FOR LOCAL ATHLETES AND VETERANS WITH LIFE-CHANGING INJURIES TO PROGRESS THROUGH THEIR RECOVERY. WE OFFER HEALING THERAPIES SUCH AS ACUPUNCTURE, CHIROPRACTIC, COLD PLUNGING, INFRARED SAUNA, MASSAGE, NEUROKINETIC PILATES, RESTORATIVE STRETCHING, PERSONAL TRAINING, AND PHYSICAL THERAPY. WE'VE HAD OVER 57,300 VISITS TO THE CRJ HEALING CENTER SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 2010 AND HAVE PROVIDED NEARLY 13,000 FREE WORKOUTS SESSIONS.

  Expenses $320,742

• B.A.S.I.C.S.: OUR B.A.S.I.C.S. (BEING AWARE AND SAFE IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS) PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO ENGAGE YOUNG ATHLETES TO PROMOTE SMART DECISION-MAKING IN THE MOUNTAINS. IN THE FORM OF SHORT, PSA-STYLE VIDEOS, THIS NATIONAL SKI AREAS ASSOCIATION (NSAA)-APPROVED, FREE ONLINE SERIES IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE FROM SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN TO INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. THIS PROGRAM HAS MORE THAN 801,000 VIEWS, AND OUR 2025 CAMPAIGN COVERS THE IMPORTANT TOPIC OF DEEP SNOW SAFETY.

  Expenses $38,292

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,698,251

  Expenses

  $4,765,363

  Contributions

  $5,115,640

  Grants paid

  $1,043,284

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,811,224

  Expenses

  $4,633,881

  Contributions

  $4,882,952

  Grants paid

  $929,408

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,673,147

  Expenses

  $3,646,896

  Contributions

  $3,651,917

  Grants paid

  $1,211,567

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,329,468

  Expenses

  $2,941,897

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,891,628

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,252,843

  Expenses

  $1,904,790

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,398,479

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,798,069

  Expenses

  $1,765,278

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,046,163

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,743,558

  Expenses

  $1,488,380

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,001,229

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,364,378

  Expenses

  $1,317,229

  Assets (EOY)

  $598,218

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,108,194

  Expenses

  $944,330

  Assets (EOY)

  $512,342

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• BIGGEST LITTLE TRAIL STEWARDSHIP

  $35,000

  2023 · EMPOWERMENT

• STOKE FOR LIFE

  $15,000

  2024 · EMPOWERMENT

• SCOTTY LAPP FOUNDATION

  $10,385

  2023 · EMPOWERMENT

• SKY TAVERN

  $10,000

  2023 · EMPOWERMENT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $918,800

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $232,350

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $189,850

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $155,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $107,303

  2024 · HEALTH

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $90,669

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $82,730

  2023 · RELIGION

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $81,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $80,000

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $70,000

  2024 · MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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