Eldora Special Recreation Program (now operating as Ignite Adaptive Sports)
Provide safe, accessible snowsport opportunities that ignite personal growth, independence, and confidence for people living with disabilities on Colorado's Front Range.
About Eldora Special Recreation Program (now operating as Ignite Adaptive Sports)
Founded as the Eldora Special Recreation Program in 1975 and now operating as Ignite Adaptive Sports (EIN 84-0798064), this organization is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit delivering adaptive snowsport lessons and related programming at Eldora Mountain Resort.
Ignite delivers volunteer-led, individualized instruction in downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, sit-skiing, ski biking, and snowshoeing; it also runs targeted programs for veterans, youth groups, and community partners and engages a large volunteer instructor base to keep lessons affordable and accessible.
Notable achievements
Established adaptive program since 1975
Originating in 1975 at Eldora Mountain Resort, the program is one of Colorado’s longest-running adaptive snowsport initiatives and has sustained multi-decade community impact.
Large volunteer-powered delivery model
Maintains a volunteer-led instructional model in which all on-snow lessons are delivered by trained volunteers, enabling broad access and continuity of services.
Capital project to expand facilities
In recent years the organization led fundraising and planning alongside Eldora Mountain Resort to build a new shared adaptive and children’s ski school facility (groundbreaking announced in 2023) to improve year-round program capacity and accessibility.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $2.2M
- Annual revenue
- $877K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 84-0798064
- Location
- Boulder, CO
- Website
- igniteadaptivesports.org
- On Mahalo since
- November 2025
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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