2025-11-03T14:25:51-06:00 2025-06-30 621114363 HENDERSON HUTCHERSON & MCCULLOUGH PLLC 1200 MARKET STREET CHATTANOOGA TN 37402 990EZ 2024-07-01 621515151 SPORTS ARTS & RECREATION OF CHATTANOOGA SPOR 4235965268 6638 DECLARATION DRIVE HIXSON TN 37343 JERRY HIGHTOWER PRESIDENT 4235965268 2025-10-24 1 0 KIM HUSKEY CPA P00958962 4237567771 2025-10-24 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X SPARCTN.ORG X X 61085 X 61085 61085 7550 4150 1962 267 24609 38538 22547 127952 0 150499 127952 150499 127952 150499 0 0 127952 150499 X TO SERVE THE RECREATIONAL AND COMPETITIVE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH THEIR ABLE-BODIED RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. ADAPTIVE CYCLING RUNS BETWEEN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER AND INCLUDES ELEVEN TWO HOUR SESSIONS AT THE HUBERT FRYE CENTER IN CHATTANOOGA. SPARC OWNS A VARIETY OF ADULT AND PEDIATRIC CYCLES, INCLUDING THREE-WHEEL CYCLES (HANDCYCLES AND RECUMBENT CYCLES), TANDEMS, AND "STANDARD CYCLES". THIS YEAR 46 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WERE SERVED, ALONG WITH 31 FAMILY MEMBERS AND ASSISTED BY 76 VOLUNTEERS. SPARC PARTNERS IN ADAPTIVE CYCLING WITH THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA'S THERAPEUTIC RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ADAPTIVE CYCLES IF NEEDED; AND WE PARTNER WITH OUTDOOR CHATTANOOGA WHICH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL "STANDARD CYCLES" THAT VOLUNTEERS CAN BORROW IF THEY DON'T BRING THEIR OWN BIKES. 0 187 ADAPTIVE WATER SKIING'S LARGEST SINGLE EVENT OF EACH YEAR IS OUR ANNUAL "WATER SPORTS DAY", WHICH IS HELD AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH CAMP ON POSSUM CREEK (BACKWATER OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER'S LAKE CHICKAMAUGA). THIS EVENT INCLUDES: WATER SKIING, TUBING, KAYAKING, STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING, AND PONTOON BOAT RIDES ON THAT DAY. ADAPTIVE WATER SKIING ALSO INCLUDED ONE SIX-HOUR "TRAINING DAY" TO TRAIN VOLUNTEERS SERVING IN KEY POSITIONS SUCH AS "SIDE SKIERS", DEEP WATER STARTERS, AND "QUICK RELEASE PERSONS" (WHO RELEASE SKI ROPES FROM THE PULL BOAT WHEN SKIERS FALL TO AVOID INJURY). WE ALSO HELD SEVEN THREE-HOUR "ADVANCED WATER SKIER TRAINING SESSIONS". THE TOTAL PROGRAM TIME FOR ADAPTIVE WATER SKIING WAS 35 HOURS. THIS YEAR 30 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WERE SERVED, ALONG WITH 28 FAMILY MEMBERS AND WERE ASSISTED BY 189 VOLUNTEERS AND ONE PAID INSTRUCTOR. 6500 5206 WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL PROGRAMMING INCLUDED FIVE TWO HOUR SESSIONS OF WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL HELD AT THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA'S HIXSON COMMUNITY CENTER ON ONE SATURDAY PER MONTH BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND MARCH OF EACH YEAR. SPARC OWNS TWELVE "QUICKIE/DAVE KILEY" MODEL WHEELCHAIRS SERVED 15 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND 14 FAMILY MEMBERS. 16 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED ASSISTANCE AND PARTICIPATED IN THE "PICKUP STYLE" GAMES. 0 99 5492 JERRY HIGHTOWER PRESIDENT 1.00 0 0 0 MARTIN PENNY VICE PRESIDENT 0.50 0 0 0 KEITH ARIMURA REGISTRAR 0.50 0 0 0 DEBBIE HIGHTOWER TREASURER 2.00 0 0 0 MAUREEN BRUNO MEMBER 0.50 0 0 0 REBEKAH GILMAN MEMBER 0.50 0 0 0 TRUDY HARPER MEMBER 0.50 0 0 0 BRIAN PENNY MEMBER 0.50 0 0 0 SHARON STOLBERG MEMBER 0.50 0 0 0 JOHNATHAN GRIMES MEMBER 0.50 0 0 0 CYNDI LEACH MEMBER 0.50 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DEBBIE HIGHTOWER 6638 DECLARATION DRIVE HIXSON TN 37343 4234888604 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 32715 79636 52440 38256 61085 264132 1371 11163 12531 24046 0 49111 34086 90799 64971 62302 61085 313243 0 0 0 313243 158 64 48 270 158 64 48 270 2013 2013 34244 90863 67032 62302 61085 315526 0.99280 0.99290 0.00090 0.00120 X FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - PAYMENTS TO AFFILIATES AFFILIATE NAME: MOVE UNITED. PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: LIABILITY AND D&O INSURANCE. AMOUNT OF PAYMENT: 7,050. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - PAYMENTS TO AFFILIATES AFFILIATE NAME: FORT SANDERS FOUNDATION. PURPOSE OF PAYMENT: WATER SKI GRANT CONTRIBUTION EXPENSE. AMOUNT OF PAYMENT: 500. TOTAL INCLUDED ON FORM 990-EZ, LINE 10: 7,550. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 3,839. DESCRIPTION: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT. AMOUNT: 1,992. DESCRIPTION: SUPPLIES. AMOUNT: 1,904. DESCRIPTION: OTHER BUSINESS EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 5,546. DESCRIPTION: SMALL EQUIPMENT. AMOUNT: 11,328. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 24,609. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.