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VISION STATEMENT: Empowering people with disabilities to maximize their potential since 1947
We are an organization made up of people who are passionate about assisting individuals with disabilities to achieve their highest level of independence and productivity in our community. Our staff helps our students and members accomplish this by living up to Gompers’ mission and seven core values every day!
Collective Impact
Creating a culture of beneficial exchange through community collaboration and enduring partnerships
Celebrate Daily
Celebrating the individual and group accomplishments of each day
Person-Centered
Acknowledging each person’s right to determine and achieve his or her personal goal
Dignify Others
Advocating that all people be treated with dignity and respect
Enhancing Abilities; Seeing Possibilities
Focusing on abilities and encouraging growth through innovative opportunities
Professional Excellence
Upholding the highest professional standard in every aspect of our organization
Our 70 Year Legacy
For over 70 years, Gompers has served people with disabilities in the Phoenix metro area with a holistic focus on the needs of the individual. As a core value, Gompers recognizes and celebrates that each person brings a unique set of abilities, skill sets and potential to our organization. The result is that Gompers’ daily environment is rich with insight, humor, humility, compassion and genuine caring about the needs of others.
1947
Gompers Opens Its Doors
Gompers first opened its doors in 1947 as the Maricopa County Crippled Children’s Society, serving 79 children.
1951
Gompers is Arizona Easter Seals Society for Crippled Children
In 1951, our name was changed to the Arizona Easter Seals Society for Crippled Children, which led to the desire to stop renting space and finally put down roots in a home of our own.
1953
Gompers Honors Its History
10,000 members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) each donated one hour of pay to construct a facility on 7th Street in Phoenix. The facility and operations were turned over to a nonprofit Board of Directors. In return, the AFL asked the legacy of Samuel Gompers be honored and so it was that we became Gompers.
1954-Present
Gompers Expands
Today, Gompers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization led by an all-volunteer Board of Directors and President & CEO, Mark Jacoby. Our programs have expanded to include three campuses, one in Phoenix on 27th Avenue which houses Gompers Private School (GPS) and our Day Training for Adults program, the second campus in Glendale on Bethany Home Road, that hosts our employment training and placement program, and our newest campus, The Blythe Campus in Peoria that houses our newest Day Training for Adults and In-Home Services programs!
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Gompers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization EIN# 86-0098909.