annual report 2014 - Gift of Life Michigan

ANNUAL REPORT 2014
Thank you for
your support!
Our mission:
The Foundation is dedicated
to promoting and supporting
Michigan’s donation and
transplant community.
When the Gift of Life Foundation receives a
contribution, we don’t always know much about the
person who made the gift or the particulars behind it.
But there’s no mistaking the intent. The contribution is
to assist those in need, promote donation and advance
transplantation to diminish pain and suffering.
That’s why we take so seriously our role to be stewards
of these contributions.
On the following pages, you’ll get a taste of the Gift
of Life Foundation programs that help fulfill our mission.
I think you’ll be impressed by the breadth of these
efforts and reminded of how the generosity of others
helps fund them.
I hope you also notice our beautiful new logo. My
hope is that greater visibility – through the logo, an
upcoming website and marketing – will translate into
even more resources for this critical work. As always, as
in donation, it begins with a generous act. Thank you for
your support
Anne B. Kowalczyk
Gift of Life Foundation Executive Director
About the Foundation
Board of Trustees
President
Marianne
Langlois, MSA
Guiding Principles
As good stewards of public support, we manage our costs
vigilantly, to increase resources that will support grants to the
community and transplant centers.
We provide grants of financial assistance to transplant centers,
post-transplant recipients and waiting candidates to help with
financial challenges and transplant successes.
Henry Ford
Health System
Officers
We envision a day when organ and tissue donation is the cultural
norm for all citizens in Michigan so that no one dies waiting.
Treasurer
President Elect
Becky Harris-Burns,
RN, BSN, MBA
Pamela
Jones-Sexton, MBA, SVP
Old National Bank
Beaumont
Health System
Immediate
Past President
St. John Hospital &
Medical Center
What the Foundation is
Laurie
Beard
Timothy
Keener, MBA
Keener and
Associates
Davita
Peggy
Burkhard
Lisa
Langley, RN
Marie
Trojanowski,
Retired RN
Founders
Bank & Trust
Trustees
The Gift of Life Foundation is managed by a Board of Trustees,
each elected to a six-year term. In addition, officers (president,
president-elect, past president, secretary, and treasurer) are elected
to two-year terms, and past presidents also serve on the board.
Trauma Consultant
Mohamed
El-Ghoroury, MD
We promote the cause of organ and tissue donation and
transplantation in the community by funding public and
professional education efforts.
The Gift of Life Foundation is a non-profit membership organization
composed of health care professionals and public representatives
involved in organ and tissue donation and transplantation. It
has been designated as a 501(c)(3) charitable and tax-exempt
organization by the Internal Revenue Service and is further treated
by the IRS as a supporting foundation to Gift of Life Michigan.
Secretary
Connie Mattice,
RN, MS, CCRN
Donate Life
Coalition
of Michigan
Michigan
Eye-Bank
Patricia Jo
Herndon
Nancy Satmary, BSN,
MHA
Michigan Donor
Family Council
St. John Hospital & Medical Center
Andrea
Spraggins, LMSW
St. John Hospital &
Medical Center
Therese
Winslow, RN, BSN
Retired, Mercy
Health Saint Mary’s
Gift of Life Foundation
Balance Sheet
2014
2013
General Fund General Fund
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and Cash equivalents
$91,049 $96,106
Investments
1,928,315
1,805,999
Total current assets
2,019,364
1,902,105
Property and Equipment-net
Total assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current Liabilities-Accounts payable
How We Help
0
$2,019,364
0
$1,902,105
16,061
6,377
Net Assets
Unrestricted:
Designated by the Board
Other unrestricted
Total unrestricted
0
2,003,303
2,003,303
Temporarily restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
0
2,003,303
$2,019,364
0
1,895,728
1,895,728
0
1,895,727
$1,902,105
Statement of Activities
Changes in Unrestricted Net Assets
Unrestricted revenue:
Interest & Dividends
47,789 52,043
Membership dues
2,218
2,565
Contributions
86,014
175,298
Total unrestricted revenue
136,021 229,906
Expenses:
Management and general
Accounting
1,964 1,600
Office & Printing
2,845
1,845
Administrative Support
34,600
22,000
Marketing Services
3,938
0
Meeting
1,428
7,732
Program
Grants
102,401
134,524
Recipient Grants
43,798
40,819
Social Work Transplant Fund
12,000
12,000
Total Expenses
202,974
220,520
Gain/(Loss) on Investments:
174,528
Increase in Unrestricted Net Assests
107,575
Changes in Temporarily Restricted Net Assests
Contributions
0
Net assests released from restrictions
0
Increase (Decrease in Temporarily Restricted Net Assests
0
Increase in Net Assests
107,575
Net Assests - Beginning of year
1,895,728
Net Assests - End of year
$2,003,303
55,949
65,335
0
0
0
65,335
1,830,393
$1,895,728
Where do your
contributions go?
Every year, the Gift of Life Foundation provides
thousands of dollars for programs that promote
A Foundation grant helped Team Michigan show
its spirit at the 2014 Donate Life Transplant
organ, tissue and eye donation and for events or
Games in Houston.
memorials that honor donors. From its outset,
the Foundation also has given financial assistance
to transplant recipients for their medical and transportation needs.
And this year, the Gift of Life Foundation is distributing thousands of dollars for a
lecture series that will share best practices and new efforts to save and improve lives.
On the following pages, you will see some of the programs that have been made
possible by Foundation grants.
Grant Type
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Total
Community Grants
44,777
149,680
102,019
134,524
102,401
$533,401
Williams Recipient Grants
37,773
44,273
40,559
40,819
43,798
$207,222
Social Work Fund Grants
13,500
13,500
12,000
12,000
12,000
$63,000
Contributions Received
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Total
Community Contributions
46,217
97,508
72,732
175,298
86,014
$477,769
New Community Grants
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library
“CKD PATH: Empowering Individuals to Move Forward After Transplant”
$10,000 grant for one year
“Libraries for Life”
$5,000 grant for one year
This grant will help transplant candidates and recipients play a more active role in their
chronic kidney disease (CKD)/transplantation through participation in a self-management
program. PATH is a six-week workshop developed by Stanford University and co-facilitated
by a National Kidney Foundation of Michigan-trained peer mentor.
What began as a simple concept at a handful of University of Michigan libraries in 2010 – sign up organ,
tissue and eye donors – has spread to a statewide effort each October at public and college libraries.
The NKFM has provided self-management programs for people with chronic diseases that
lead to kidney disease since 2007. Recently, the Kidney Foundation developed CKD-PATH,
a version of the evidence-based program tailored for individuals on the transplant waiting
list. Its plan is to implement 14 workshops, in conjunction with Michigan transplant centers,
through 2018.
The Foundation’s grant helps the “Libraries for Life”
program continue to expand. In October 2014, as
many as 75 libraries set up tables and displays, passed
out information and encouraged patrons to join the
Michigan Organ Donor Registry.
Since participating in the PATH program, Mike
Carey has regained kidney function and no longer
needs dialysis. He credits the program for helping
him get to this point.
Since its inception, “Libraries for Life” has signed up
well over 2,000 people to the Donor Registry and
provided info to many thousands more.
Because Mike had such a positive
experience with PATH, he wanted to take
his involvement to the next level – he
became a PATH leader in July 2014.
“I want to pay it forward,” Mike says.
Michigan
Libraries
Life
for
New Lecture Series Grants
Henry Ford Hospital
University of Michigan
“Brain Death Workshop and Symposium”
$13,000 grant for two years
“10th Annual Advanced Liver Disease
& Liver Transplantation 2015 Program”
$8,000 grant for one year
This Foundation-funded symposium
provides attendees with a
comprehensive and contemporary
approach to brain death diagnosis
and management.
Training in a simulation lab will give
participants a hands-on experience
and real time feedback from experts
in the field. Topics include proven
best practices for brain death
testing, role play to deliver a grave
prognosis and role play with organ
procurement staff to plan and
execute an effective organ/tissue
authorization.
The workshop will demonstrate
how conveying compassion,
demonstrating expertise and
assessing a family’s understanding
of brain death can help guide endof-life discussions and donation
decisions.
This grant will help the University of
Michigan hold this continuing medical
education effort. The program, held
each May, focuses on the management
of patients with advanced liver
disease, including chronic hepatitis C,
cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and
complications of portal hypertension.
Through a series of lectures and
case presentations, participants
will become familiar with the use
of oral antiviral agents for HCV,
the indications and outcomes with
adult liver transplantation and
future developments in solid organ
transplantation.
The course is directed to
gastroenterologists, primary care
physicians, surgeons and other health
care providers.
Continuing Grants
Here are grants that were approved in previous years that continue to
support the Gift of Life Foundation’s mission. They run the gamut from
education for transplant recipients to outreach in minority communities to
broad-based promotion of donation and transplantation.
Donation Station – Beaumont Health System:
This large board game – complete with fake organs and tissue that can be removed educates people about what can be donated to help others.
Faith Ministry Seminar – Donate Life Coalition of Michigan:
Each year, the Donate Life Coalition brings together parish nurses, hospital chaplains and
others to explain donation and transplantation and how it can be supported both in and
outside of hospitals.
Medical Examiner Investigator Accelerated Death Reporting – WMU School of Medicine:
When medical examiners report deaths occurring outside of hospitals, tissue recovery rates
rise significantly. This technology grant allows that to happen as quickly as possible.
Wolverines for Life - University of Michigan Transplant Center
Donate Life Transplant Games Sponsorship –
Team Michigan:
Once again, the Foundation has helped Michigan’s
transplant competitors and donor family supporters shine
with spiffy uniforms and other accoutrements at the
Donate Life Transplant Games.
Sounds of Saving Lives Concert Gift of Life MOTTEP
OPT for a New Start – Alliance for Paired Donation:
The OPT program (Options Post-Transplantation) is
designed to increase postsecondary education access
for transplant recipients to help them achieve viable
employment and improved health outcomes.
Sounds of Saving Lives Concert – Gift of Life MOTTEP:
This annual gospel concert in Detroit, put on by the
Minority Organ Tissue Transplantation Education Program,
adds music to the message of saving lives through organ,
tissue and eye donation.
TLC Patient Education Program –
Henry Ford Health System:
TLC stands for Transplant Living Community and this
Foundation-supported program provides transplant
recipients with the tools and mentoring they’ll need to
make the most of their new gift.
Wolverines for Life –
University of Michigan Transplant Center:
This nationally recognized coalition supports organ,
tissue, eye, blood and bone marrow donation. Through
a Foundation grant, it holds annual events such as “Be a
Hero at the Big House.”
TLC Patient Education Program - Henry
Ford Health System
Help for Transplant Recipients
The Gift of Life Foundation provides direct assistance to transplant recipients through the
Williams Memorial Grant Fund, as well as giving money to social workers through the Social
Work Transplant Grant to use for their patients.
Shirley Chancellor, a liver transplant recipient,
says the assistance has been a life-saver. “It just
makes all the difference,” the Fountain, Mich.,
resident said. “I was trying to figure out how to
pay all of the bills and my immunosuppressive
medicines and now I need new glasses. I am
so grateful for this help.”
“I am thankful every day.
I keep telling myself it’s a
beautiful day, even when it’s
a little gloomy outside.”
–Shirley Chancellor, liver recipient who has
been helped by the Foundation
Chancellor says her transplant has enabled her
to continue to serve on two school boards in
her community, on the Village Council and as a volunteer EMT and firefighter. Most importantly,
it has allowed her to spend time with her three grandsons, ages 8, 6 and 2 – including two that
she never would have lived to see were it not for transplant.
“This has been a miracle for me,” she says.
Peace of Mind Registry Update
Through the generous support of the Foundation, the Peace of Mind Advance Directive
Registry has been launched. As of November 2014, Michigan residents now have a place to
store their advance directive by uploading the document to a secure website. The registry
is designed for seamless access through a personal computer, tablet or mobile phone. This
will allow the advance directive registry to begin to grow as residents upload their document
into the system. The second phase of the advance directive registry, access for healthcare
providers to advance directives, will be launched in 2015.
To access the registry, go to: MIpeaceofmind.org
Gift of Life Michigan Update
The power to heal lives.
Gift of Life has had another exciting year, marked by medical advances,
big plans and, of course, lives saved and improved. We continue to
work closely with the Foundation to promote the cause of organ and
tissue donation.
Here are just a few highlights:
• This summer, Gift of Life became the first organ procurement
organization in the nation to own an Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
machine. The device allows recovered lungs to be medically
sustained outside of the donor’s body while being readied for
transplant. It should boost both the number and quality of lungs
available for transplant.
• In August, Gift of Life broke ground on a $12.3 million expansion that
will connect two buildings into one complex on our 6.5-acre campus.
The centerpiece will be a surgical center with four suites that will be
used for organ and tissue recoveries. Completion is scheduled for
early 2016.
• We are on the cusp of having over 50% of adults in Michigan as
registered organ, tissue and eye donors, meaning donation will be
the cultural norm in our state.
Underscoring all of this is the need to give new life to the more than
3,300 Michigan residents awaiting an organ transplant. We thank the
Foundation for its support and look forward to a great 2015.
Richard Pietroski
Gift of Life CEO
Gift of Life Foundation
The Foundation thanks these top contributors and the many others whose
gifts allow it to carry on its mission in support of Gift of Life Michigan.
Acoustic Ceiling & Partition Company, Inc.
Advia Credit Union
Amanda Andronaco
Melissa Angus-McAulay
Janet and Steven Aspin
Lonnie Atherton for Golfersoda
Kelly Atkinson
August Company
Richard and Beverly Bagozzi
Kathleen Bair
David and Carol Baker
Mildred Baldes
Bank of Birmingham
Karen Bantel
Lori Barnhart
Baseball Historians, Inc.
Laurie Beard
Beaumont Health System
- Troy Medical Staff
Zoe and Doug Behnke
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Paul Bergman
Mr and Mrs J. A. Berkesch
Mark Berkowitz
Donna Bertacini
Betsie Bay Medical Center
Amie Bond
James and Jill Bookout
Kenneth and Velda Bottesi
Diane Brady
Jim Brickley
Joyce Brocker
Wallace Brooke Foster II
Briana Brown
Gina Buccalo
R.E. Buckner
Dr. Jeffrey and Donna Buller
Judith Burns
James Butler and family
Jill Caradonna
Cards for Causes, LLC
Michele Carter
Cascade Hemophilia Consortium
Debbie Castagna
Center for Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation
Rudy and Pat Chemlar
Karen Cherny
Child & Family Psychological Services
Stephen and Julie Chittick
James Cho and Lori Ann Warren-Cho
City of Troy
Karen Clark
Pamela Clay on behalf
of friends and family
Nick and Cori Cohen
Arthur Cohen
Dan Conklin
Mary Cook
Jonathan Corteen
Janice Cosby
Chris Craft
Monica and Dennis Creitz
Crittenton Home Care
Kathleen Csatari
Custom Caulking
Tashya Dalen
Halvard Dalen
Lawrence and Barbara Darmafall
Eric and Sara Darooge
DeDoes Industries
Delta Dental of Michigan
Robert Dennis
Frank and Carol Derr
Paul Dingman
Doran Sims Wolfe & Kundid
Dennis Dornbush
Dow Corning Workers
Draper Chevrolet Company
Christopher and Renee Draves
Orest Dub
Susan Dubin
Dr. Connie Dunham Dykman
Dawn Dziurman
Eastside Eye Physicians
Embers Bar and Grill
Glenda Fernandez
Nancy Ferrantino and the Doghouse family
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Founders Bank & Trust
Dan Frank
Veronika and Peter Fritz
Erin Fulham
Kathie Funk and family
Mary Furgason
Shirley Gareffa
Julie Gatti
Jack and Gail George
Patrice Gergely
Bonnie Gonzalez
Henry and Mary Beth Gordon
Dr’s Goswami and Lingam,
Internal Medicine Associates
Graceful Moves Dance Inc.
Grand Valley Surgical Center
Great Lake Hunting and Fishing Club Inc.
Evin Green
Gary Gunther
Susan Hallman
David Hallman
Dr. Micheil and Janice Hanczaryk
Handler Funeral Homes, Inc.
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
Delphine Harris
Dawn Harris
Cory and Kristen Hawes
Kristie and Jeff Hayes
Heidebreicht Cheverolet
Phillip and Maria Hensberger
Thomas Herbst
Dave and Jo Herige
Erika Hernandez
Heyboer & Bolt, Inc.
Scott and Becky Higbee
Mary Hirchert
Robert Hoban
Mildred M. Hollowell
Bruce and Joan Horner
Heidi Hughes
Doug and Shari Hughes
Susan Hughes
Leo Hughes
Williams Hughes, PLLC
Mary Jo Iacoboni
Dennis Jackson
James and Claudia Jackson
Jenkins, Magnus Volk & Carroll, P C
Nancy Karish
Katelyn and Liam Kelly
Lori and Kevin Kelly
Michelle Kessler
Deborah Kinney
Cheryl L. Kirby
Steven Kopitz
Thomas Kren and family
Grace Kuehler family
Lisa and Daniel Labinski
Emily Lajoie
Lakeview Pediatrics
David Latcha
Barbara Latronica
Sylvia Leidal
Janet and Mike Lieckfelt
Diana Lynch-Miller
Katherine Mackenzie
Marathon Petroleum LP
Martins Home Center
Thomas Marzolf
Robert and Joann McComb and Families
Ida G McCutcheon
Cheryl McLachlan
Christine McLane
Ms. Lynn McNeil
Medbio, Inc.
Kim and Gabor Medveczky
Al Merrelli
Anthony Messina
Michigan Sugar Company
Dale Milford
Hannah Miller
Hazel Mitchell
Greg Moeggenberg
David and Jacquelyn Moore
Joe Morgan
Matthew Morrison
Celia Morse
Karin Mukensturm
Charles Mulhern
Timothy Mulligan
Mary Naber
Debra Nash
Chrystal and Matt Newton
Dan and Kathy Nickodemus
Carla Nicolazzo
Dianne Nowicki
NSF International
Richard M. Nucian
Phillip O’Halloran
Joan O’Lear
Aimee Perrin-Scollard
William Phillips
Melissa and Philip Piepsney
Chris Plank and family
Plante and Moran
Populist Cleaning Co.
Premier Surgical Specialists
Raisin Valley Golf Club Inc.
Bhimsen Rao
Lori Rasche
Ronald Riggs
Jennifer Riopelle
Janice and Robert Ross
Suzette M. Roth
Carol Rothbart
David Rozelle
Dr. Richard and Mrs. Elizabeth Rubenstein
S.J.M.O. - Crothall Team
Steve and Michelle Sadler
Lawrence Saenz
Arcadio and Linda Sawczyk
Gary Schmidt
Patricia Schritter
Search Optics
Debbie Sepanske
Ken Bill and Jeff Shoemaker
Tracy and Anthony Shumaker
Scott Siekierda
Joe Siekierda
Sigma Alpha Lota
Garriel Sisoler
John W. and Samantha Smillie
Mary M. Smith
Jessica Soop
Lisa Sparrow
Gary Spect
Sporcle, Inc.
St. Hugo of the Hills School
Rev Milton E. and Katherine R. Stahl
David L. Stapels
Dawn Stevens
John and Gayle Stratton
Linda and Bob Stulberg
Joanne Suhy
Judy Susskind
The Szlachta Family
The staff of the
American Counseling Association
The Ann Arbor Area
Community Foundation
The Booher Family
True Value Frankfort Building Supply
Bob and Robyn Tsukayama
Glenn and Wilma Vantil
Bob Vantil
Carron and Dave Vasilko
Marcia Dalbey and Joanne Venlinden
Patricia Vitale
Vivian Washington
The Family of Orville Webster
Brenda Welch
Brian Werner
West Michigan Athletic Venture
West Michigan Gage, Inc.
Westwind Construction Inc.
Janice Wight
Penny Wight
Richard Witkovsky
Thomas Wolfe
TJ and Lisa Yarema
Kellie Zahara
Michele Ziegler
Kathryn Zorn
Amanda Zylka
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Key Dates
January 5, 2015
Applications for Gift of Life Foundation community grants
and lecture series grants for the 2015 fiscal year
(beginning July 1, 2015) will become available by contacting
1-866-500-5801 X 1046.
March 13, 2015
Community grant and lecture series grant applications are due.
May 14, 2015
The Gift of Life Foundation Board of Trustees meeting.
November 19, 2015
The Gift of Life Foundation annual membership meeting.
3861 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
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