Knights Templar Eye Foundation

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Knights Templar Eye Foundation

• A Masonic Charity That Others May
  See

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Mission Statement

• To improve vision through research, education,
  and supporting access to care.

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CONTRIBUTIONS RECAP43rd Campaign 2010-2011

• Campaign total 1,208,202,66
• Top Five Grand Commanderies In Dollar Totals
• Ohio 114,463,28
• California 91,252,45
• Texas 80,350,48
• Missouri 74,894,97
• Pennsylvania 68,176,89

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43rd Annual Voluntary Campaign

• Included all contributions from the end of the
  42st campaign
• Included wills and bequests that the members have
  asked to be included in the campaign
• Set a new standard for the campaign

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Research Grants 2012

• Budgeted 33 grants at 60,000 each 2 million
  dollars total.
• Allowing second year repeat grants- if successful
  with the first grant.
• Fellowship for foreign ophthalmologists
• 1 year in U.S. with a vision researcher
• Must plan to return home and continue research
• Excess costs paid by host institution
• 5 Fellowship at 60,000 year

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Research Grants

• Scientific Advisory Committee
• Approved in 2011-27 grants totaling 1,000,000
• In last 16 years we have awarded 12,644,000
• Top states receiving research grants
• Texas- 1,766,970
• Mass/Rhode Island- 1,747,652,00
• Maryland- 1,592,770
• California- 1,526,382
• Indiana- 563,398

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Wills and Bequests

• Can be the best source of growth for the
  Foundation
• Can ensure that the Foundation becomes self
  sustaining
• Must be encouraged by Officers of the Grand
  Commanderies and Grand Encampment when speaking
  about the Knights Templar Eye Foundation

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Wills and Bequests

• Ask our members to include the KTEF in their
  wills
• Ask them to contact their attorney now to add the
  KTEF as a beneficiary
• Ideas for giving are
• Bequests
• direct gifts in a will
• income from trusts
• remainders of wills or trusts
• Insurance Policies
• Securities

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Wills and Bequests

• Contact our office for how to advice
• Contact our office to be added as a Sight
  Crusader, one who has included the KTEF in his
  estate

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ACTION PLAN

• Encourage our Sir Knights to remember the KTEF in
  their wills
• Encourage our Sir Knights to continue to support
  the Annual Voluntary Campaign

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ACTION PLAN

• Make our mark in the eye community by preventing
  blindness in future generations through research
  and education

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Eye Care AmericaPreserving Sight Together

• Last Year Eye Care America (ECA) completed its
  25th anniversary celebration which resulted in
  more than 65,000 people receiving sight saving
  care or eye health information from the ECA.
• This success is do in large part by the ongoing
  successful partnership with the Knights Templar
  Eye Foundation. As this partnership continues it
  is hoped that more Sir Knights will use the
  Online Referral Center (ORC) for help with their
  family members.

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Cost Effective Public Service

• Since the Knights Templar and Eye Care America
  began their partnership 15 years ago ECA Patients
  have received 6.14 in care for every dollar
  contributed by the KTEF. In fiscal year
  2010-2011 that number has jumped to 9.95 for
  every dollar you donated.

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Grateful Patient Feedback

• I wish to extend my sincere gratitude to your
  organization for the kind assistance making it
  possible for me to regain my eyesight. After my
  surgery, I was able to get to work again and
  therefore now am able to support myself. God
  bless you and the staff.
• Rowell Maharaja, Schertz, TX

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Senior Eye Care Program Diagnoses

• Fiscal Year 2011 only
• Cataract 1,621
• Diabetic Retinopathy 158
• Glaucoma 253
• Glaucoma suspect 416
• AMD Suspect 159
• Refract Error 524
• Other 1,038

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Knights Templar Eye Foundation

• A Masonic Charity That Others May
  See

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New Office

• Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc.
• 1033 Long Prairie Road, Ste 5
• Flower Mound, TX 75022-4230
• 214-888-0220
• Fax [phone]
• manager_at_ktef.us

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New Administrator

• SK Robert W. Bigley, Southlake, TX
• Hired by executive committee on April 1, 2011, as
  Office Administrator of the Flower Mound
  (Dallas), TX office.
• Elected by special vote as Assistant Secretary on
  April 20, 2011.

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New Director of Operations and Training

• Marci Martinez,
• Southlake, TX
• Hired by executive committee on April 1, 2011, as
  Director of Operations and Training of the Flower
  Mound (Dallas), TX office.

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New Responsibilities

• Eventually oversee all YRIS operations
• Database management
• Sales and support for Grand Chapters and Grand
  Councils when available

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Flower Mound, TX Office
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Flower Mound, TX Office
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Flower Mound, TX Office
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Flower Mound, TX Office
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Conference Room
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Administrators Office
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Work Area
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Director of Operations Office
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Work Area
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Work Area
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Work Area
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Work Area
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Storage
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Kitchen/break area
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Rest Rooms
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Rest Rooms
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Rest Rooms
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Recap

• Retirement of Contributions Coordinator
• Jule Selock
• Retirement of Office Administrator
• Marvin L. Selock
• Expiration of lease on Schaumburg Office
• October 31, 2010

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Recap

• Case Analysis
• Cataracts- 61 of cases last year
• No longer providing care to children
• Applications are difficult to process
• Case sponsors getting older-not able to do job
• Younger Sir Knights do not want to sponsor cases
• Verification of eligibility becoming more
  difficult
• No longer sure we are treating the most needy

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Recap

• National Health Care
• Impact on need for our services?
• Services to be provided for by government
  programs
• HIPPA
• Protection of protected health information
• New security and storage procedures

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Recap

• Computer system for case and payment processing
• Old
• No support available any longer
• Could die at anytime
• Replacement could be 150,000

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Recap

• Because of
• Personnel changes
• Lease expiration
• HIPPA
• Computer system
• National Health Care
• Lack of good case sponsors

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Recap

• Is it time to change the way we do business?
• Should we get out of case processing?
• Should we concentrate 100 on Research Grants?
• Should we move the office?
• Trustees decided yes to all in August 2010

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American Academy of Ophthalmology EyeCare
AmericaSeniors EyeCare Program

• Meets the needs of Seniors for care
• Provides excellent contacts in the field of
  ophthalmology
• Excellent Public Relations tool

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American Academy of Ophthalmology

• Hoskins Center for Excellence
• Worldwide center for quality in eye care
• Named after form Exec VP of the Academy, Dunbar
  Hoskins
• Worldwide programs in ophthalmology
• Internet availability
• May support in future with more data

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University Chairs

• Endow a Knights Templar Chair in Ophthalmology at
  various universities
• Contribute to the training of many
  ophthalmologists in the future

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International Fellows

• Sponsor an ophthalmologist in a one year study
  program in the US to return home and practice
  with latest techniques
• Starting a trial run this year
• Help develop quality eye care worldwide,
  especially in under developed countries

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Expand Grant Program

• Raised amount to 60,000
• Allow a second year of research
• Expand pediatric research to include general eye
  research
• Expand to foreign universities
• To allow our foreign Commanderies to participate
• Open to new suggestions or developments

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Your help is needed

• To help our Sir Knights understand why the
  changes were necessary
• To show the benefits of research
• To encourage continued support of our Knights
  Templar Eye Foundation

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Our Future

• In the past, we could help only a few with direct
  patient care
• In the future we may help generations to come
  through research

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Mission Statement

• To improve vision through research, education,
  and supporting access to care.