2024-03-25T07:46:58-05:00 2023-08-31 464447909 Matthew J Ackermann CPA Inc 405 McDowell Street Cincinnati OH 45226 990 2023-07-01 474230979 Adventure Crew ADVE 5132359700 2692 Madison Road N1-414 Cincinnati OH 45208 Katie Kemme-Hazlewood Board Chair 5132359700 2024-03-25 Katie Kemme-Hazlewood 999009999 0 Matthew J Ackermann P01700561 5135034004 2 AAL1 IAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Katie Kemme-Hazlewood 2692 Madison Road - N1-414 Cincinnati OH 45208 148132 0 X www.adventurecrew.org X 2015 OH The mission of Adventure Crew is to connect city teens to nature and each other through engaging outdoor adventures. Through Adventure Crew, city teens develop the courageous spirit to step out of their comfort zone and discover new worlds outside in nature, and inside themselves. For 11 years, Aventure Crew has been working to remove the barriers many of our young people face in experiencing the physical, mental, and social wellbeing gained from time spent in nature and outdoor adventure activities. This fiscal year, over 700 Crew teens took on fun, new challenges through our 4-tiered progressive program framework, the "Crew Pathways." At each level, students experience the peace, beauty, and invigoration of natural spaces, redefining their relationship with the outdoors as a transformational resource and a place of inclusion and belonging. 14 14 17 320 0 0 521189 144322 21270 3615 751 195 0 0 543210 148132 0 0 0 0 347281 69047 13320 0 20080 310027 84950 670628 153997 -127418 -5865 307961 305572 2534 6010 305427 299562 X The mission of Adventure Crew is to connect city teens to nature and each other through engaging outdoor adventures. Through Adventure Crew, city teens develop the courageous spirit to step out of their comfort zone and discover new worlds outside in nature, and inside themselves. For 11 years, Aventure Crew has been working to remove the barriers many of our young people face in experiencing the physical, mental, and social wellbeing gained from time spent in nature and outdoor adventure activities. This fiscal year, over 700 Crew teens took on fun, new challenges through our 4-tiered progressive program framework, the "Crew Pathways." At each level, students experience the peace, beauty, and invigoration of natural spaces, redefining their relationship with the outdoors as a transformational resource and a place of inclusion and belonging. 0 0 38390 2809 School-Based Outdoor Adventure ProgramDuring this fiscal year, Adventure Crew partnered with 21 Cincinnati Public Schools and 6 public schools in Northern Kentucky to engage over 700 unique students in grades 7-12, providing outdoor adventures for city teens at no cost. Our adventures now include kayaking and canoeing, hiking, ropes courses, skiing and snowboarding, ice and roller skating, rock climbing, camping, and cycling on natural and paved trails. Environmental education and stewardship is woven into our programs, where students learn about the ecology of land and water habitats, conservation, and a variety of specialized topics such as ornithology, plant and tree identification and environmental justice. Our gateway program is the "Explorer" level, where each Saturday, 50 - 150 youth participate in introductory-level adventures. From this program level, students can chart their own course through the "Crew Pathways" progressive program framework, rising to the "Discoverer," "Pathfinder, and "Trailblazer" levels that provide consistent opportunities for teens to work in small groups with expert teachers to advance their adventure sport skills, gain safety skills such as swimming, First Aid and CPR, immerse themselves in experiential environmental programs and prepare for youth employment and future careers in the environmental and outdoor recreation sectors. Students at all levels have access to overnight advanced destination camping and adventure experiences at local campsites, weekend trips to the Red River Gorge, and a week-long remote wilderness camping and canoeing trip in Ontario, Canada. 70721 806 Community Based Adventure Programs: In this fiscal year, Adventure Crew planned the 21st year of the Ohio River Paddlefest held the first Saturday in August. Paddlefest is the nation's largest paddling event, with approximately 2,000 kayakers, canoers and stand-up paddleboarders registering to participate. Crew students also participate in Paddlefest as volunteers or as paddlers. The evening before Paddlefest, Adventure Crew hosts the Outdoors for All Expo, with 50+ vendors spanning the outdoor recreation, retail, nonprofit and government sectors, along with live music, food and drinks. Unfortunately, severe thunderstorms necessitated the cancellation of Paddlefest 2022, but it still proved to be the largest net revenue event to date, with the majority of funds coming from corporate sponsorship, paddler registration, and sales of merchandise, beer and raffle tickets sold at the Expo. In late August of each year, Adventure Crew hosts the Bill Keating, Jr. Great Ohio River Swim, where 200 open-water swimmers cross the Ohio River and back, and have the option to enter in the "Double Dip," swim, an additional 2.5 mile swim along the Ohio bank of the river before entering the course to swim across the river and back. This event raises funds to support our swimming program and other outdoor adventures. As a founding partner of The Ohio River Way (ORW), Adventure Crew continues to participate in this tri-state river community partnership supported by the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Program and OKI, among numerous other entities. Fundraising In this year, Adventure Crew hosted diverse in-person fundraising events, such as an outdoor gear swap in partnership with Madtree Brewing and online fundraising campaigns, raffles, and auctions. 109111 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 OH X Elizabeth Hunter 5132609632 2200 Easthill Avenue Cincinnati OH 45208 X Brewster Rhoads At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Katie Kemme-Hazlewood Board Chair 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Wherry Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Bennett Allen At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jerry Schulte Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Jeff Spanbauer At Large Member 2.00 X 0 0 0 Heather Spanbauer Vice Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Caroline Keating At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Swanson At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Gerry Seavo James At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jens Sutmoller At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alex Havlin At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Gina Kayse At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ron Smith At Large Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55586 88736 144322 School Based Outdoor A 611710 2809 2809 Community Based Outdoo 611710 806 806 3615 195 195 0 55586 0 0 148132 3810 0 0 61269 33507 9410 18352 2123 2123 1594 1594 4061 2949 -543 1655 1942 1332 610 816 180 636 1188 688 500 2507 2323 184 6507 6507 Event Expenses 49266 48572 694 Merchandise 10063 9966 97 Program fees 3272 3272 Miscellaneous 2272 840 1359 73 7117 5482 1635 153997 109111 24806 20080 57115 94531 250846 211041 307961 305572 2534 6010 2534 6010 X 303327 297462 2100 2100 305427 299562 307961 305572 -5865 0 X 0 0 0 X 321212 358236 568938 390597 88736 1727719 321212 358236 568938 390597 88736 1727719 1727719 1727719 472837 1.00000 1.00000 X Part II, Short Year Explanation: Part VI - The switch to a new FYE 8/31, causing a short-year filing, was necessary to align the activities of the organization, notably Adventure Crew's largest community event, Paddlefest, with its new adopted FYE to ensure a majority of event revenue and expenses fall in the same fiscal year. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Paddlefest 55586 55586 55586 55586 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b Committees do not have authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A copy is provided for review and approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Though the disclosure of conflicts, the conflict is documented and that party is removed from decision making on that issue. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Adventure Crew makes it's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.