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About Opportunity Knocks
Opportunity Knocks (OK) is a 501c3 non-profit organization serving communities in the near west suburbs of Chicago since 2009. OK was founded by families and embraced by a community that recognized significant opportunities to develop more substantial and responsive programs, support and partnerships that would build a community where people with different abilities would be more present with interdependent connections.
Our mission is to innovate and collaborate as a co-creator of programs, enterprise, and partnerships that contribute to developing a community where people with different abilities are fully included and able to live, work, learn, grow and pursue a life of their design. We believe that communities are at their best when they are fully inclusive of every body.
PERSPECTIVE & PURPOSE
OK Values in Mission
We focus on abilities, not disabilities and we welcome every body to join us in the OK Mission where we form a collaboration, built with, not for the Warriors, families and communities. We view individuals living with intellectual and developmental differences as Warriors, champions of their own journeys.
Rather than seeing ourselves as the providers of enrichment and empowerment, we see our role as partners in co-creating opportunities. Together, we work to design experiences that enable Warriors to take charge of their own enrichment and empowerment, fostering an environment of mutual respect and collaboration.
We believe in a dynamic, person-centered and community-based approach to programming that engages the voice of all Warriors, thrives on interdependent connections, encourages exploration, centers on holistic wellness and fosters healthy relationships.
Guiding, Collaboration, TeamWork
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Leadership
Our staff are energetic and motivated professionals that ensure the success and safety of our program participants. They coordinate and lead various social, recreational, and life skill development programs. We often promote our exceptional talent to leadership roles to ensure that our programming remains engaging and fresh.
FUN, FUNDS, FILES
OK Reports
& Documents
In order to document the fun and the funds, we have made sure to organize and post our annual reports as well as financial ones. Below you can find full-fledged pdfs of what’s been going on throughout the years at Opportunity Knocks! In addition, are each annual audit and 990s.