2013 Annual Report
Tooth decay is the
#1
most common chronic childhood disease #1 reason children miss school is dental pain
40%
of Colorado’s kindergartners have experienced at least one cavity
childhood tooth decay is 5X more common than asthma
55%
of Colorado’s third graders have experienced cavities
...yet cavities are almost entirely preventable! This is a fixable problem.
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Letter from the Executive Director and Board Chair
The Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Board of Directors continually evaluates our progress toward achieving our mission. As part of this process, we embarked on strategic planning in 2012 and 2013. The board and staff assessed the foundation’s direction and reaffirmed our mission to improve Colorado’s oral health by eradicating childhood tooth decay. Through this process, it became clear that we have historically focused on innovative ways to eradicate childhood’s most common chronic disease – tooth decay. Our willingness to take risks and step outside what is already known has led to creative new thinking in many of our programs and projects. Over the last ten years, our board has courageously pursued new models of providing dental care. This has enabled us to find better ways to integrate dental and medical education, bring oral health care to new settings, and search for ways to engage the community to convey important oral health messages to diverse audiences. The strategic planning process made evident what we have known for a long time: Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation is determined to be bold in finding solutions to one of childhood’s most pervasive diseases that disproportionately affects the under-served. In doing so, we focus on three main objectives to guide our programmatic and funding decisions: 1. Improve access to evidence-based dental care 2. Increase the public’s awareness of and support for oral health 3. Secure decision makers’ buy-in to the importance of oral health As a non-profit focused entirely on improving oral health, we take our mission seriously. We see first-hand the effects poor oral health can have on a child’s life. We are willing to take risks in order to move towards a healthier state where every child’s smile is valued and protected. We are proud to present in this report the exciting and innovative programs moving us closer to achieving our mission.
Barbara Springer Executive Director
Terry Koele Board Chair
Current Programs Public Will Building Campaign
Strategic objective: Increase the public’s awareness of and support for oral health; secure decision makers’ buy-in to the importance of oral health Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation’s public will building campaign, Brush with Me, publicly launched in April 2013. This 5–year bilingual campaign targets low-income families with young children and pregnant women throughout Colorado. The goals are to educate Coloradans about the importance of good oral health to reduce childhood cavities and to make oral health a priority in the state. With the Denver metro area as the pilot in 2013, the Brush with Me campaign garnered over 19 million impressions from paid advertisements, PSAs, events, grassroots efforts, social media, and other opportunities. Our message reached an estimated 95% of the target population multiple times.
KIND (Kids in Need of Dentistry)
Strategic objective: Improve access to evidence-based dental care Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation provides annual funding to KIND for their Chopper Topper program. Each year this mobile program travels to over 80 Denver metro area elementary schools, with student populations of 50% or more qualifying for the free or reduced lunch program, to provide no-cost dental screenings, preventive dental sealants, and oral health education.
Health Education: The Children’s Museum of Denver
Strategic objective: Increase the public’s awareness of and support for oral health
The Children’s Museum of Denver is a strong partner with its unique ability to reach young audiences and their families. The museum shared our oral health messages with over 2,100 children and adults in 2013. A weekly oral health–focused story time includes children’s books that reinforce our public will building messages around the importance of brushing. Molar Expedition is a school theater program for pre-k and kindergarten children, teaching the importance of oral health in a fun, engaging way. The Children’s Museum of Denver also works closely with the early childhood educator community to include oral health in the curriculum for preschool students.
High Performing Health Centers
Strategic objective: Improve access to evidence-based dental care Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation and Washington Dental Service Foundation have partnered to create high-performing non-profit dental programs by developing a dashboard of quality measures and technical assistance resources targeted specifically at non-profit dental programs. A planning team made up of health center leaders and our partners at National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) developed an Oral Health Dashboard. Nine community health centers in Colorado and Washington began a four-month pilot phase of the dashboard in December 2013.
Permanent Exhibit: The Children’s Museum of Denver Strategic objective: Increase the public’s awareness of and support for oral health
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation and Delta Dental of Colorado are joint sponsors of a new permanent exhibit at The Children’s Museum of Denver, opening spring 2015. This is part of a larger expansion at the museum that will more than double the current exhibit space. Located in The Center for the Young Child, the “Village of Healthy Smiles” will be dedicated to educating families about the importance of oral health. Fun interactive activities in the exhibit will include a giant tooth where children can brush off the "sugar bugs" and a space where children and parents can role play a visit to the dentist.
Cavity Free at Three
Strategic objective: Improve access to evidence-based dental care Managed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, Cavity Free at Three is funded by six organizations: Caring for Colorado Foundation, Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Rose Community Foundation, The Colorado Health Foundation, and The Colorado Trust. This program aims to educate medical professionals on how to apply fluoride to children ages 0-3 at their well-child checkups.
DDCO Foundation Frontier Center
Strategic objective: Improve access to evidence-based dental care Established in 2006 in partnership with the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, the Frontier Center is dedicated to promoting inter-professional training on the connection between oral and systemic health. Thanks to this program, oral health is now a part of the professional curriculum in the medical, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, physical therapy, and pharmacy schools. Over 1,800 students have received oral health education and are now providing enhanced patient care in their practices.
Oral Health Colorado
Strategic objective: Secure decision makers’ buy-in to the importance of oral health Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation supports the work of Oral Health Colorado (OHCO) to develop an active network of partners on the state and community levels in order to achieve optimal oral health for all Coloradans. Through community coalitions, OHCO is able to affect public policy, collaborate on statewide initiatives involving oral health, and educate communities on oral health issues. In 2013, funding was provided to OHCO for strategic planning in order to identify how they can best position themselves to affect change.
Oral Health Education Materials
Strategic objective: Increase the public’s awareness of and support for oral health The Colorado Foundation for Public Health and the Environment is updating Cavity Free at Three educational materials. Working with members of the community, they will develop bilingual oral health education resources using language that is culturally relevant and accessible.
Mission
Improving Colorado’s oral health by eradicating childhood tooth decay
Core Values collaboration
We join forces with our colleagues, our partners, and those we aspire to assist in order to multiply and magnify what we can achieve alone.
competence
We diligently work to develop and improve our capability to be effective.
creativity
We identify and advance promising new ideas that address our mission, including novel interventions as well as innovative approaches to implementing evidence-based strategies.
knowledge respect perseverance
integrity
We seek new information and understanding relevant to the achievement of our mission. We maintain a deep, abiding respect for our colleagues, our partners, and those we aspire to assist. The change we seek is difficult and requires endurance. While we will track progress and monitor results, we will also stay the course in the face of slow and inconsistent results. We are ethical, transparent, and honest in all of our dealings and actions, and strive to consistently move forward in alignment with our commitments.
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Board of Directors
(from left to right) Top Row: Don Safer, DDS, MS; Gail Schoettler, PhD; Mary Noonan, Board Treasurer; Cathy Garcia; Scott Hamilton, DDS; Bottom Row: Terry Koele, Board Chair; Kathyrn Paul; Ned Calonge, MD, MPH; Marilyn Taylor, Board Secretary
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Staff
(from left to right) Top Row: Wyatt Hornsby, Campaign Director; Allison Cusick, Program Officer; Monica Woods, Executive Assistant; Grace Ami, Communications and Graphic Design Specialist; Greg Vochis, Controller; Bottom Row: Lisa Konen, Communications Director; Kevin MacCary, Board Attorney; Barbara Springer, Executive Director
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Financial Summary
Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2013 and 2012 Assets Cash and cash equivalents Contributions receivable Prepaid expenses and other Investments Total Assets Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts payable Due to Delta Dental of Colorado Grants payable Total Liabilities Net Assets Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets
2013
2012
$266,712 3,628,000 101,938 21,318,284 $25,414,934
$2,787,369 6,515,000 98,105 12,330,916 $21,731,390
$40,593 82,105 450,000 572,697
$81,608 93,978 741,667 912,253
17,312,405 5,529,831 2,000,000 24,842,237
10,894,325 7,919,812 2,000,000 20,814,137
$25,414,934
$21,731,390
Statement of Activities
Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 Revenue, Gains and Supports Contributions In-kind contributions Investment return, net Total Revenue, Gains and Supports
2013
2012
$3,643,694 21,751 2,497,928 $6,163,373
$6,538,707 43,736 1,030,614 $7,613,057
Expenses Total Program Services General and administrative Total Program Services & Expenses
$1,884,751 250,523 $2,385,797
$539,060 244,666 $783,726
4,028,099
6,829,331
20,814,137 $24,842,236
13,984,806 $20,814,137
Change in Net Assets Net Assets at Beginning of Year Net Assets at End of Period
Thank you to Delta Dental of Colorado, our sole funder. Delta Dental of Colorado committed in 2001 to fund the Foundation on an annual basis. The work we do as a foundation wouldn’t be possible without this support.
Colorado’s oral health PROBLEM 20% of kindergartners in Colorado’s poorest schools have untreated cavities, more than double the proportion of their peers in higher income schools.
3 out of 4 children in our poorest schools have had a cavity by third grade.
IMPACT on our children Students without access to dental care miss school 3x more often than those with access. Students with toothaches are 4x more likely to have a low grade point average.
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Parents lose 25 million work hours annually due to their children’s dental problems.