The Whole Family
We fund four seats, not one. Siblings and parents are not an accommodation. They are the reason the day works.
ABOUT · MISSION AND METHOD
What we do, and why it works.
JJ's Friends buys tickets and parking so families raising children with intellectual and developmental disabilities can attend live professional sporting events together. That is the whole program. It is small on purpose, and it is specific on purpose.
The Mission
Belonging should not require a ticket price.
- Four tickets
- Accessible seating
- Parking
- No application fee
- No copay
- No story required
Who this is for
No Diagnosis Gate
We do not ask for medical records or proof. A parent telling us what their family needs is enough.
Anyone Who Asks
Requests come from families, teachers, therapists, and case managers. We keep the door wider than the paperwork.
What We Believe
Radical Transparency
Every transaction published. No claim we cannot show you the arithmetic for.
Dignity First
No pity, no rescue narratives, no photographs traded for a ticket. Consent before any story is told.
Open to Everyone
Non-political and non-religious. Nothing about your family is asked beyond what a seat requires.
Leave It Better
Real power is leaving a place, and the people in it, better than you found them.
How We Are Governed
JJ's Friends is run by a board of three. No one is paid. Major financial decisions require a second board approval, and the founding roles of Chair and Executive Director are held together only during the founding period, then separated once the organization is funded.
We publish that arrangement rather than describe it vaguely, because a small board with concentrated authority is a real governance risk and pretending otherwise would be the first broken promise.
Status
501(c)(3) Approved
EIN
39-4386834
Colorado SOS ID
20258019482
CO Charitable Reg.
20263018233
Governance
Board of Three