2014 Annual Report

Treating clubfoot one step at a time
2014 Annual
Impact Report
The miraclefeet Mission
The miraclefeet Vision
miraclefeet increases access
to proper treatment for children
born with clubfoot in developing
countries through partnerships
with local healthcare providers.
miraclefeet envisions a
world in which all children born
with clubfoot receive treatment,
enabling them to live fully
productive, active and healthy lives.
The miraclefeet Approach
miraclefeet-supported partners deliver high quality clubfoot
treatment within existing public health systems for all
children in need. By providing organizational and financial
support, we enable our partners to fully treat children born
with clubfoot in developing countries for an average of
$250 per child, transforming their lives forever.
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Message from the Board Chair & Executive Director
Dear miraclefeet Donors, Supporters and Friends,
When passionate, powerful and generous people come together, the outcome can be extraordinary. Thanks to you, over
6,000 children born with clubfoot are now getting treatment.
Half of these children were added in the last year. Their lives,
and the lives of their families, have been forever changed.
Santosh George, Dir. of Cure India International,
with Roger and Chesca in India
Children who were once hidden in the shadows are now active members of their communities.
Children who could not attend school, can now walk to school. Children who thought they would
never play soccer, can now run and kick a ball. Mothers and fathers who worried their child would
never walk now celebrate their child’s first steps. Thanks for helping us do something that simply
makes sense—in a world that sometimes feels overwhelmingly complex.
miraclefeet is still a young organization, but thanks to our increasing base of generous donors,
we have been able to grow enormously in terms of impact and as an organization. Highlights for
this year include:
• miraclefeet partner clinics enrolled over 3,500 new children in treatment, a 70% increase over
the previous year.
• miraclefeet entered two new countries, Tanzania and the Philippines, establishing five new
partnerships and supporting 12 new clinics.
• We have embraced innovation to improve our program delivery, by implementing text
message programs to communicate with parents more effectively, using electronic medical
records in places where many have hesitated to introduce technology and developing an
award-winning $20 brace.
• We raised $1.4M in donations from individuals, foundations and corporations, a 78% increase
over the prior year.
• We added four new Board members and hired five experienced
individuals to support our growth in programming and fundraising.
Consider the impact our work is having—not just on the individual
children but also on their society. We’ve given these children a chance to
lead healthy, productive lives, contribute to their community and maybe
someday change the world. We are immensely grateful to you for making
it possible. Please visit us any time in our office or in the clinics around
the world. We welcome your feedback and hope that we can count on
your support as we work toward our dream of eradicating untreated
clubfoot globally.
With much gratitude,
Roger Berman Chair of the Board
Table of Contents
Overview ..................................4
Transforming Lives Around
the World ............................. 5, 6
miraclefeet: Our Global
Footprint . .................................7
Program Updates . ................ 8, 9
miraclefeet Partners................10
Highlights of FY 2014 ..............11
Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld
Executive Director
Financial Summary .................12
Thank You ...............................13
Get Involved ...........................14
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Overview
The Problem
The Ponseti Method
One out of every 750
children born worldwide is
born with clubfoot—about
one child every three minutes. Over one million children live with untreated
clubfoot. Clubfoot, one of
the most common congenital birth defects, causes one or both feet to turn inward and
downward. Without proper treatment, many children born with
clubfoot can walk only with great difficulty, making clubfoot
one of the leading causes of permanent disability in the world.
Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way. With treatment,
children born with clubfoot can live full lives: running, playing,
attending school and being active and productive members of
their communities.
The Ponseti Method involves
a series of simple, properly
applied plaster casts that are
replaced weekly. In 95% of
cases, this protocol results
in a full correction of the
foot within four to six weeks.
Following casting and three
months of 23-hours-a-day
bracing, a foot abduction
brace is worn at night for
up to four years to prevent relapse. Ideally, treatment begins
within weeks of birth, but children as old as twelve can be
successfully treated using this method. Although its simplicity
and effectiveness make this procedure ideal for the developing
world, it is still not readily available in most of the world.
The Solution
The Ponseti Method is
endorsed by the American
Academy of Pediatrics and
the American Association
of Orthopedic Surgeons
as the gold standard
treatment for clubfoot.
It is used in over 90%
of cases in the US. The
Ponseti Method is also
recognized as an effective
and low-cost treatment
for clubfoot by the World
Health Organization.
80% of children born with clubfoot in
the developing world have little access
to treatment. miraclefeet exists to
change that. Historically, clubfoot was
treated with complicated orthopedic
surgery. In addition to being expensive
and difficult for children, surgery has
inferior long-term results. However, The
Ponseti Method, an effective, non-surgical treatment, now makes it possible
to treat clubfoot inexpensively and
effectively on a global scale.
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Transforming Lives Around the World
Obadiah in Liberia
When FACORC, miraclefeet’s partner agency in Liberia, met Obadiah, he
was nine years old and walking on painful bilateral clubfoot. His parents
had no idea clubfoot could be treated. When his family learned from
a FACORC outreach worker that it was not too late to begin treatment,
Obadiah traveled to the clinic on his own, staying in its guest house
while receiving treatment. His clubfoot was severe but still treatable
with the Ponseti method despite his age. As treatment progressed,
FACORC-miraclefeet provided funds for his school uniform and
textbooks, and Obadiah is now attending school for the first time.
Before
After
Silvio in Nicaragua
When Silvio’s mother, Ivannia, found out through an ultrasound that her
son had clubfoot, she was worried. Fortunately, the family lived in Managua, the location of our partner clubfoot clinic at Hospital Velez Paiz.
When Silvio was six months old, Ivannia was able to access excellent
treatment for him under the care of Dr. Sequeira and the clubfoot team.
She was counseled about the importance of bracing and continued
check-ups. Silvio even tested the miraclefeet brace. Ivannia benefited
from the strong support network that empowered her to continue getting Silvio treatment. Silvio underwent six castings, a tenotomy and 11
brace checks. Today, Silvio is two and a half years old, enjoys soccer and
loves to play on his kid-sized motorcycle. All of this is possible because
of access to effective clubfoot treatment.
After
Before
After
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Transforming Lives Around the World
Outreach in India
Community outreach is a critical component of clubfoot treatment around the
world. Child by child, village by village, Cure International India Trust (CIIT),
miraclefeet’s partner in India, is making sure that everyone knows clubfoot is
treatable. Beating the heat of the day, the Guwahati team set out for Juria village
in the Nagaon district in Assam to spread the word about clubfoot and its treatment. Assam is in the far northeastern part of India, an area usually forgotten by
public health initiatives. It took four hours—and four modes of transportation—
to reach Juria. On this particular trip, CIIT arranged for a father to talk to the village about his daughter’s corrected clubfoot. The team found two older children
with untreated clubfoot, both of whom are now in treatment at a nearby clinic.
The Power of Parent Advocacy in the Philippines
Jacer was five months old when her mother, Zella, brought her to see Dr. Yadav
at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Cebu. Jacer was born
with unilateral clubfoot, and Zella and her husband were deeply worried about
their daughter’s condition. Fortunately, someone in the community heard that
children were receiving high quality treatment from Dr. Yadav at VMMC. Dr.
Yadav, assisted by miraclefeet staff member Andrew Pepito, casted Jacer every
week and performed a tenotomy. Since the initial treatment phase, Jacer has
been wearing a brace to maintain the correction. Results have been excellent.
Zella is highly engaged in her daughter’s treatment and has been recruited as a
parent advocate, encouraging other parents to comply with the bracing protocol and sharing her own family’s experience with the Ponseti treatment.
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Before
After
miraclefeet: Our Global Footprint
Total Children in
Treatment as of
June 30, 2014
Asia
India
Philippines
2,942
59
Africa
Botswana
Liberia
Namibia
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Tanzania
65
366
87
407
428
297
Latin America
Brazil
Ecuador
Mexico
Nicaragua
344
82
812
331
Total
6,220
miraclefeet has ambitious goals to continue to reach more and more children.
New Children Enrolled by Fiscal Year
Actual
9,000
Projected
8,400
8,000
6,700
7,000
6,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
3,515
3,000
2,034
2,000
1,000
621
0
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2010
2011
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
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Program Updates from Around the World
Africa
Liberia
miraclefeet began a partnership with
Faith Clinical Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Center (FACORC) in Monrovia in 2012.
Since its inception, more than 366 children have been enrolled in treatment.
Despite the Ebola epidemic, the FACORC
team continues to treat clubfoot patients
and conduct outreach as they can, working with area NGOs to raise awareness
about Ebola prevention.
Asia
India
miraclefeet’s partnership in India with
CURE International India Trust (CIIT)
began in 2011, and continues to grow.
miraclefeet now funds 11 of their 19
state programs, which are situated in
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh and seven smaller states
in Northeast India. By the end of FY 2014,
2,942 children were enrolled in treatment
in 41 clinics. The Government of India,
through its National Rural Health Ministry, has included clubfoot in its recently
launched birth defects screening program
and is referring children identified with
clubfoot to CIIT-supported clinics.
Philippines
In 2014, miraclefeet entered into a
partnership with three public hospitals
in the Philippines: Southern Philippines
Medical Center in Davao, Vicente Sotto
Memorial Medical Center in Cebu and
West Visayas State University Medical
Center in Iloilo. In 2014, a total of 59
new children were enrolled in Ponseti
treatment. This program continues to
grow with the recent addition of three
partner hospitals in Manila.
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Tanzania
miraclefeet partners with Bugando Clubfoot Care Programme (BCCP) in Mwanza,
Usa River Rehabilitation Center (URRC) in
Arusha and ACT Lweru CBR Programme in
Kagera, which together have enrolled 297
children in treatment since 2013. miraclefeet’s support of clubfoot treatment in
Tanzania was initiated in collaboration
with Dr. Isidor Ngayomela, medical director of BCCP. miraclefeet partners with
BCCP, URRC and ACT Lweru to provide
support to eleven clinics in five regions:
Mwanza, Kagera, Shinyanga, Arusha
and Iringa.
Zimbabwe
miraclefeet began partnering with the
Zimbabwe Sustainable Clubfoot Programme (ZSCP) in 2012. ZSCP partners
with clinics that are treating 407 children,
and supports activities at eight clinics in
Harare, Manicaland, Midlands, Mashonaland Central, West, and East, Matebeleland North and South, and Masvingo.
ZSCP works through Ministry of Health
and Child Welfare (MoHCW) facilities to
ensure sustainability and aims to train
MoHCW medical staff and set up clubfoot
clinics in all ten provinces of the country.
South Africa
In 2012, miraclefeet began partnering
with STEPS, an organization headed by
Karen Moss, the mother of a child born
with clubfoot. STEPS supports the treatment of 428 children with clubfoot and
partners with clinics in Johannesburg and
Pretoria (Gauteng), Cape Town, Worcester, Paarl and George (Western Cape),
Kimberley (Northern Cape), Acornhoek
(Mpumalanga), and Bloemfontein (Free
State). It has rolled out a peer-led parent
education program in four of these clinics.
Botswana
In 2013, miraclefeet began a partnership with STEPS Botswana Clubfoot Trust
(SBCT) through clubfoot champion and
parent, Tshapange Chilume. SBCT is now
supporting the treatment of 65 children.
miraclefeet support provides SBCT staff
with Ponseti training, organizational support from STEPS-SA and the coordination
of medical supplies and braces.
Namibia
In partnership with STEPS, miraclefeet
supports the STEPS Namibia Clubfoot
Programme. With support from miraclefeet, the first Ponseti training ever held
in Namibia occurred in 2013. Following the training, the first clinic started at
Windhoek Hospital, which is now treating
87 children. The clinic has been a successful pilot project that can be used as a
model for the establishment of new clinics
in 2015.
Program Updates from Around the World
Latin America
Brazil
In 2010, miraclefeet launched its flagship
partnership with Hospital Universitario da
Universidade de São Paulo (HU-USP). Led
by Dr. Laura Ferreira, this partnership is
ongoing. Dr. Ferreira was instrumental in
the development of the new miraclefeet
brace. In 2013, miraclefeet began collaborating with the Instituto de Ortopedia
e Traumatologia (IOT) at the Hospital das
Clínicas in São Paulo, the largest hospital
in South America, and with Hospital Martagao Gesteira in Salvador, in the northeast
region. Together, these partners are now
treating 344 children across Brazil.
Nicaragua
In 2011, miraclefeet established a partnership in Nicaragua with Dr. Mario Sequeira Somoza, a well-renowned Ponseti
practitioner and trainer worldwide. The
main partner clubfoot clinic in Nicaragua
is in Managua and is led by Dr. Sequeira,
who also provides support and quality
assurance to the clinics led by doctors
in León and Bluefields, which is on the
southern Atlantic Coast. Since the partnership was formed, these clinics have
enrolled 331 children in treatment.
Mexico
In 2012, the Fundación Mexicana del
Pie Equino Varo was established as a
non-profit organization with support
from miraclefeet. The Fundación was cofounded by Magdalena Garcia-Torres, the
mother of a child born with clubfoot, and
Dr. Enrique Rosales, a Ponseti champion in
Mexico. Since the partnership began, 812
children have been enrolled in treatment
at 17 clinics and hospitals across Mexico.
Ecuador
miraclefeet began partnering in Ecuador
in 2011 and is now supporting the treatment of 82 children in Quito, Guayaquil,
Cuenca and Santo Domingo. In 2014,
the Fundación Hermano Miguel (FHM)
in Quito, an NGO that serves adults and
children with disabilities, began coordinating our partnerships at a national level to
increase access to clubfoot services there.
FHM also manufactures the braces for
the project and will open its own clubfoot
clinic by the end of 2014.
miraclefeet is incredibly proud of the dedication and expertise of our local implementation partners.
Please see page ten for more details.
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impact has grown
dramatically
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miraclefeet Partners
miraclefeet supports local health practitioners trained in the Ponseti
method to enable them to establish and maintain clubfoot clinics in
public hospitals and clinics, greatly increasing access to this effective
and low-cost treatment. By investing in local expertise, miraclefeet
helps to establish sustainable, long-term solutions to the problem of
clubfoot around the world while ensuring quality clinical care.
Africa
Botswana
STEPS Botswana Clubfoot Trust
(1 clinic)
Philippines
Southern Philippines Medical Center
Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
West Visayas State Univ. Medical Center
Liberia
Faith Clinical Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center
(3 clinics)
Namibia
STEPS Namibia Clubfoot Programme
(1 clinic)
South Africa
STEPS
(9 clinics)
Tanzania
Bugando Clubfoot Care Programme
(6 clinics)
Usa River Rehab Centre
(4 clinics)
ACT-Lweru CBR Outreach Programme
(1 clinic)
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Sustainable Clubfoot Programme
(7 clinics)
Asia
India
CURE India International Trust
(41 clinics)
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Latin America
Brazil
Hospital Martagão Gesteira
Hospital Universitário da USP
Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia,
Hospital das Clinicas
Sociedade Brasileira de
Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Sociedade Brasileira de
Ortopedia Pediátrica
Ecuador
Fundación Hermano Miguel
Hospital Dr. Roberto Gilbert E.
Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso
Patronato Municipal de Inclusión Social
Mexico
Fundación Mexicana del Pie Equino Varo
Clinica de Medicina Familiar ISSSTE Lindavista
Consultorio Dr. Enrique Rosales Muñoz
CRIT Yucatán
DIF CREE
Florence Medical Grupo
Hospital Civil de Guadalajara
Hosp. de Ortopedia Cruz Roja Mexicana
Hosp. del Niño “Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón”
Hosp. del Niño y el Adolescente Morelense
Hospital del Valle
Hospital Gen. Dr. Manuel Gea González
Hospital Gen. Reg. No. 2 IMSS VillaCoapa
Hospital Infantil de Chihuahua
Hospital Magdalena de las Salinas
Hospital Reg. de Alta Especialidad “Dr.
Gustavo A. Rovirosa Pérez”
Hospital Reg. Materno Infantil de Alta
Especialidad
Hospital Univ. de Nuevo León
PIA-Mexico
Nicaragua
Club Rotario Managua
Hospital Escuela Dr. Oscar Danilo Rosales
Arguello (HEODRA)
Hospital Infantil Manuel de Jesús Rivera
“La Mascota”
Hospital Regional Escuela Dr. Ernesto
Sequeira Blanco, in Memoriam
2014 Highlights
The miraclefeet brace:
Early on, miraclefeet realized that the absence of a high quality, low-cost
brace was a major hurdle to scaling clubfoot treatment globally. miraclefeet partnered with the Stanford d.school’s Design for Extreme Affordability course, Clarks, Suncast and HU-USP in São Paulo to design a new brace.
200 miraclefeet braces were tested at partner clinics in five countries in
2014, and the feedback from doctors and parents has been incredible.
miraclefeet will deliver the brace to its partner clinics in early 2015. The
brace design has received widespread press as a disruptive technology in
the field of global heath innovation. It won an award at the 2014 Switch
Point conference and was selected as a finalist for the Fast Company 2014
Innovation Awards. miraclefeet plans to make the brace available at cost to
other NGOs and to sell the brace commercially in 2016.
Program & Fundraising Highlights:
• miraclefeet partner clinics enrolled
over 3,500 new children in treatment,
a 70% increase over the previous year.
FY 2015 Goals:
• Enroll over 5,000 new children in
treatment
• miraclefeet entered two new countries, Tanzania and the Philippines,
establishing five new partnerships and
supporting 12 new clinics.
• We have embraced innovation to
improve our program delivery, by
implementing text message programs
to communicate with parents more
effectively, using electronic medical
records in places where most have
hesitated to embrace technology
and developing an award-winning
$20 brace.
• We raised $1.4M in donations
from individuals, foundations and
corporations, a 78% increase over
the prior year.
• Support continued treatment of the
6,000 children already receiving care
Media Highlights:
• Launch new partnerships in Nepal
and Paraguay
FY 2014 brought about great media
success for miraclefeet. From The New
York Times to NPR to MSNBC, we had a
steady stream of media coverage.
• Increase use of the International
Clubfoot Registry from 80% to 90% of
miraclefeet-supported programs
Additional media highlights included
The Huffington Post, Wired Magazine,
The News & Observer, Triangle Business
Journal, WRAL TV and WRAL.com, My
Carolina TODAY (WNCN TV), Stanford
Alumni magazine and medGadget.
• Deliver the miraclefeet brace to
clinics in at least ten countries
• Increase data analysis in order to
drive evidence-based decisions
and improve treatment quality in
all clubfoot programs
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Financial Summary
(June 30 Fiscal Year End)
FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Investing in Children
Growth and impact are a constant at miraclefeet. Our goals
are ambitious: we aim to raise
$8.25M by FY 2017, ensuring
that more than 20,000 new children will have access to proper
treatment for clubfoot. Increasing foundation, corporate and
major gift support is critical. We
also greatly value expanding our
small donor base through social
media and creative partnerships.
New children enrolled in treatment
- 50 621 2,034 3,515
Total children enrolled in treatment
- 50 671 2,705 6,220
$3,326 $807 $492 $513
Partnerships with elite soccer
ambassadors Mia Hamm, Ali
Krieger and Cindy Parlow Cone
play a critical role in global
awareness of the miraclefeet
mission. Alignment with corporate and higher education
partners such as Clarks, Suncast
and the Stanford d. school allow for continued innovation,
bringing new technology to our
global partners. Elevating our
local presence, through soccer
clinics and community fundraising events, calls our passionate
volunteer pool to action.
As we continue our journey to
eradicate clubfoot, we promise
good stewardship of our donor’s
philanthropic investments by
keeping administrative costs
low, thereby maximizing the
amount spent on the children
whose lives we help change.
Total cost/child
NA Programing cost/child (excl prog admin)
NA $672 $126 $231 $216
Programing cost/child (incl prog admin)
NA $2,580 $509 $392 $416
Expenses (Cash Basis)
Admin
Fundraising
$7,782 $16,957 $73,950 $89,457 $75,329
$8,826 $20,344 $110,898 $114,177 $265,022
Program
$10,232 $129,000 $316,135 Total
$26,840 $166,301 $500,984 $1,001,193 $1,803,450
Percentages Admin
29%
10%
15%
9%
4%
Fundraising
33%
12%
22%
11%
15%
Program
Total
19%
FY 2012**
Expenses 3%
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78%
63%
80%
81%
100%
100%
100%
100%
FY 2013FY 2014
$
%
$
%
$
%
$74,294 11%
$93,651 6%
$75,043 4%
Fundraising
$111,242 16%
$116,172 8%
$265,127 14%
Program
$503,515 73%
$1,299,460 86%
$1,501,642 82%
Total
$689,051 100%
$1,509,283 100%
$1,841,812 100%
Admin
* miraclefeet uses cash basis accounting for management purposes. However, the IRS requires audited financials
to be on an accrual basis, resulting in future grant agreements being expensed in the year they are signed instead
of the year the expense is actually incurred.
** miraclefeet operated under the fiscal sponsorship of the Community Foundation of New Jersey from
2010–September 2011. Until that time, miraclefeet’s accounts were audited as part of CFNJ and not as a
separate entity.
FY 2014 EXPENSES
n Corporations
n Donations
$1–$249
n Donations
$250–$999
n Donations
$1,000–$4,999
2%
4%
38%
100%
AUDITED FINANCIALS*
n Foundations
49%
$797,559 $1,463,099
FY 2014 Revenues
23%
FY 2014
n Major Gifts
$5,000–$10,000
miraclefeet
has had steady
fundraising success
since its inception.
In FY 2014, our support
and revenue increased
significantly, and our
donor base doubled.
Thank you!
4%
n Programs
n Administrative
14%
82%
n Fundraising
Thank You
Thank you to all of our donors, without whom this life-changing work would not
be possible. In addition to the donors who gave $1,000 or more this fiscal year
(listed below), over 500 individuals contributed to miraclefeet. Others have run
marathons, started high school clubs or held birthday parties and other events.
We are grateful for this critical support of our work.
Foundations & Organizations
Oak Foundation
miraclefeet-Germany
Passport Foundation
Matthew 25 Ministries
Clarks Foundation
Ronald McDonald House Charities
The Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation
Sebonack Foundation
Arthur B. Shultz Foundation
Dorothea H. Ross Foundation
Komar Family Foundation
William B. Simon Foundation
The Ashland High Boys
Cross Country Team
Heyman Family Fund
Hendricks Family Foundation
Shoes4Change
STEPS UK
On His Path
Operation Blessing
Staenberg Family Foundation
Carlson Family Foundation
Burners without Borders
Corporations
Clarks Shoes
Suncast
Surveymonkey.com
King and Spalding
Sports Endeavors
Wasserman Media
MD Orthopedics
Markell Orthopedics
Individual Donors $1,000 & Over
Anonymous 1
Anonymous 2
Joseph Armstrong
Paul Auersperg
Roger and Bridget Ryan Berman
Shelia Bonini
Caridad Giving Circle
Ronald Carter
Brian Cartmell
Susan Cates
Jennifer Tye and Nate Chang
Andy and Johanna Falduto Cohen
Chesca and Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld
Ferdinand and Susanna
Colloredo-Mansfeld
Franz and Anne Colloredo-Mansfeld
Sandra and Adam Davis
Sanjeev and Prema Dheer
Norito Ebata
Suki and Ted Eyre
Dennis Goldstein
Anake Goodall
Theresa Hennessey
Scott Hirleman
Libby and Ed Hlavka
Richard Hoffman
Annual Fundraising by Fiscal Year
$5.0M
$4.5M
$4.0M
$3.5M
$3.0M
$2.5M
$2.0M
$1.5M
$1.0M
$0.5M
$0
2010
2011
2012
Josh Hyman
Sarita and Neil Jairath
Dirk Klee
Cori Krane
Zev Laderman
Christopher and Elizabeth Lynch
Margaret Lyon
Harrison Miller and Clare McCamy
Elizabeth Koski McKinsey
Lydia Miller
Cathy and Andrew Moley
Larry and Jillian Neubauer
Armand Neukermans
Stephen Sadove
Scott and Jennifer Sandell
Amber Sentell
Jean and Mark Siegel-Wilson
Will and Jeannie Thorndike
Martin and Alexandra Voderwuelbecke
Gus Vlak
Ronald and Lee Ann Weber
Mary Woolsey and Mark Peterson
Kenneth and Ying Hung Tye
Bill and Jennifer Youstra
Emily and Thomas Zanios
2013
2014
Notes: Includes private, foundation, and corporate money. Includes $1.88
million donated in FY 2012 allocated over four years starting in FY 2012.
miraclefeet needs
to raise $8.25M in
the next 3 years in
order to meet our
goal of treating over
20,000 children.
miraclefeet’s fundraising goals
$5.0M
$4.5M
$4.0M
$3.5M
$3.0M
$2.5M
$2.0M
$1.5M
$1.0M
$0.5M
$0
$2.0M
$2.5M
$3.75M
FY 2015
FY 2016
FY 2017
n Committed
n To be Raised
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Get involved: Directly supporting clubfoot treatment
FY 2014 will be known as a banner year for miraclefeet.
We surpassed our goal of enrolling 5,000 children in treatment
at miraclefeet-supported clinics, and we did it with your help.
We worked with people all over the world to dedicate their
children’s birthdays and athletic events to miraclefeet. We love
to hear the personal stories of how these donors came to us.
Many are parents, many were born with clubfoot themselves
and all are passionate about their support of our work. The enthusiasm for raising awareness about this issue—from parents
to student athletes to corporate partners—is truly inspiring.
From left to right: Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld, Dr. Balladares,
Rebeca Lopez, and Cecilia and Mike Vincelette.
The Ashland High School Cross Country Team in Ashland, OH has
raised over $13,000 for clubfoot treatment.
Corporate Spotlight:
Clarks Second Annual U.S. In-Store Fund Drive
Individual Donor Spotlight:
Ashland Run-a-Thon in its fourth year
FY 2014 marked the second annual Clarks in-store drive to raise
money and awareness about miraclefeet and its work. This
year, all of their US stores participated, and together they raised
over $65,000! From the first moments of planning, we were
struck once again by the enthusiasm of Clarks’ employees. They
know the work of miraclefeet well and are true partners in raising awareness about clubfoot. The store that raised the most
this year was the Las Vegas outlet, and as a result, assistant
manager Mike Vincelette visited two clubfoot clinics in Nicaragua to get a first-hand feel for the work being done to change
children’s lives. Mike said this about his trip, “I was amazed at
how simple and affordable the treatment of clubfoot is. The
doctors and staff have a lot of passion for their work. It is obvious they are dedicated to improving the lives of their patients,
giving them the opportunity to lead a healthy life by correcting
their feet.” miraclefeet is so grateful for its ongoing partnership
with Clarks.
During the summer of 2011, Ashland, Ohio track and crosscountry coach Tim Black had an idea. Tim was born with
clubfoot and was successfully treated as a child. He has gone on
to become an inspiring coach and athlete who has completed
multiple marathons and wanted to give back to children with
clubfoot who might not otherwise be able to access treatment.
In 2011, he and his cross-country team at Ashland High School
completed a 24-hour Run-a-Thon and raise pledges in their
community, donating the proceeds to miraclefeet.
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We were delighted to hear that the team was challenging
themselves again in 2012, 2013 and 2014, raising over $3,000
in FY 2014 alone and over $13,000 total over the past four
years—enough to treat 52 children.
One of the runners told us, “It was great to be able to help
in our own way, doing what we love. And it’s definitely been
worth the effort!”
Board Members
Staff Members
Roger Berman
Chair
Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld
Executive Director
Bridget Ryan Berman
Secretary
Program Team
Josh Hyman, MD
Medical Advisory Board Chair
Jennifer Tye
Treasurer
Andy Cohen
Hans Dekker
Sarita Narson Jairath
Mark Pavao
Kunal Premnarayen
Steve Sadove
Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld
Executive Director
Medical Advisory Board
David Spiegel, MD
Li Zhao, MD, PhD
Rick Schwend, MD, PhD
Joshua Hyman, MD
Wallace B. Lehman, MD
Honorary Member
Greg Schmale, MD
Beatriz Plaza
Director of Programs
Jennifer Everhart
Program Manager, Africa
Ilana Dubester
Program Manager, Latin America
Ryan Calauor
Program Manager, Asia
Lauren Wall
Program Manager, Special Projects
Lucy Topaloff
Program Manager, Bracing
Fundraising Team
Kristine Urrutia
Director of Philanthropy
Janeen Gingrich
Associate Director of Philanthropy
Elisabeth Wharton
Marketing and Office Manager
Heather Barnes
Digital Marketing Manager
Administrative Team
Leslie Loyd Isakoff
Operations Manager
Anne Pope
Bookkeeper
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One million children around the globe cannot
walk properly because of untreated clubfoot.
How Can You Help?
Make a one-time donation to transform lives.
$25 provides casting materials
$50 provides braces two clubfoot braces
$100 provides casting, braces and transportation assistance for a family
$250 helps completely treat a child
$1,000 helps treat four children
$5,000 helps treat 20 children
$50,000 will fund a new clubfoot clinic entirely
Monthly giving
Sign up online to give monthly.
You can provide critical resources to families when they need it most: every day.
www.miraclefeet.org
Fundraise for us
Bring together your family, friends, neighbors
and co-workers to make a difference.
Run a marathon or 10K wearing a miraclefeet shirt. Start an online campaign to
support the work of miraclefeet. Host a community event. miraclefeet is registered
in the US, UK, Germany and India.
www.miraclefeet.org/FundraiseforUs
Gifts of stock
Share your shares, meet your charitable goals and maximize your tax savings.
Planned giving
Leave a legacy through estate planning, bequests and gift annuities.
For more information about any of the above activities,
contact Kristine Urrutia, Director of Philanthropy, at 919.240.5572.
www.miraclefeet.org · 410 West Main Street · Carrboro, NC 27510
Phone: +1.919.240.5572