Knights Templar Knights Templar Eye FoundationEye FoundationKnights Templar Knights Templar Eye FoundationEye Foundation

““A Masonic Charity” “ That Others A Masonic Charity” “ That Others May See”May See”

Mission StatementMission Statement

To improve vision through To improve vision through

research, education, and research, education, and

supporting access to care.supporting access to care.

CONTRIBUTIONS RECAPCONTRIBUTIONS RECAP4343rdrd Campaign 2010-2011 Campaign 2010-2011

Campaign total: $1,208,202,66Campaign total: $1,208,202,66

Top Five Grand Commanderies In Dollar Top Five Grand Commanderies In Dollar TotalsTotals

1.1. Ohio $114,463,28Ohio $114,463,282.2. California $91,252,45California $91,252,453.3. Texas $80,350,48Texas $80,350,484.4. Missouri $74,894,97Missouri $74,894,975.5. Pennsylvania $68,176,89Pennsylvania $68,176,89

43rd Annual Voluntary 43rd Annual Voluntary CampaignCampaign

Included all contributions from the Included all contributions from the end of the 42end of the 42stst campaign campaign

Included wills and bequests that the Included wills and bequests that the members have asked to be included members have asked to be included in the campaignin the campaign

Set a new standard for the campaignSet a new standard for the campaign

Research Grants 2012Research Grants 2012

Budgeted 33 grants at $60,000 each $2 million Budgeted 33 grants at $60,000 each $2 million dollars total.dollars total.

Allowing second year repeat grants- if Allowing second year repeat grants- if successful with the first grant.successful with the first grant.

Fellowship for foreign ophthalmologists:Fellowship for foreign ophthalmologists: 1 year in U.S. with a vision researcher1 year in U.S. with a vision researcher Must plan to return home and continue Must plan to return home and continue

researchresearch Excess costs paid by host institution Excess costs paid by host institution 5 Fellowship at $60,000 year 5 Fellowship at $60,000 year

Research GrantsResearch GrantsScientific Advisory CommitteeScientific Advisory Committee

Approved in 2011-27 grants totaling Approved in 2011-27 grants totaling $1,000,000$1,000,000

In last 16 years we have awarded $12,644,000In last 16 years we have awarded $12,644,000

- Top states receiving research Top states receiving research grants:grants:

- Texas- $1,766,970Texas- $1,766,970- Mass/Rhode Island- $1,747,652,00Mass/Rhode Island- $1,747,652,00- Maryland- $1,592,770Maryland- $1,592,770- California- $1,526,382California- $1,526,382- Indiana- $563,398Indiana- $563,398

Wills and BequestsWills and Bequests

Can be the best source of growth for Can be the best source of growth for the Foundationthe Foundation

Can ensure that the Foundation Can ensure that the Foundation becomes self sustainingbecomes self sustaining

Must be encouraged by Officers of Must be encouraged by Officers of the Grand Commanderies and Grand the Grand Commanderies and Grand Encampment when speaking about Encampment when speaking about the Knights Templar Eye Foundationthe Knights Templar Eye Foundation

Wills and BequestsWills and Bequests Ask our members to include the KTEF Ask our members to include the KTEF

in their willsin their wills Ask them to contact their attorney Ask them to contact their attorney

now to add the KTEF as a beneficiarynow to add the KTEF as a beneficiary Ideas for giving are Ideas for giving are

– BequestsBequests direct gifts in a willdirect gifts in a will income from trustsincome from trusts remainders of wills or trustsremainders of wills or trusts

– Insurance PoliciesInsurance Policies– SecuritiesSecurities

Wills and BequestsWills and Bequests

Contact our office for “how to” Contact our office for “how to” adviceadvice

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

ACTION PLANACTION PLAN

Encourage our Sir Knights to Encourage our Sir Knights to remember the KTEF in their willsremember the KTEF in their wills

Encourage our Sir Knights to Encourage our Sir Knights to continue to support the Annual continue to support the Annual Voluntary CampaignVoluntary Campaign

ACTION PLANACTION PLAN

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

Eye Care AmericaEye Care AmericaPreserving Sight TogetherPreserving Sight Together

Eye Care AmericaEye Care AmericaPreserving Sight TogetherPreserving Sight Together

Last Year Eye Care America (ECA) completed its Last Year Eye Care America (ECA) completed its 2525thth anniversary celebration which resulted in anniversary celebration which resulted in

more than 65,000 people receiving sight saving more than 65,000 people receiving sight saving care or eye health information from the ECA.care or eye health information from the ECA.

This success is do in large part by the ongoing This success is do in large part by the ongoing successful partnership with the Knights Templar successful partnership with the Knights Templar

Eye Foundation. As this partnership continues it is Eye Foundation. As this partnership continues it is hoped that more Sir Knights will use the Online hoped that more Sir Knights will use the Online Referral Center (ORC) for help with their family Referral Center (ORC) for help with their family

members.members.

Cost Effective Public ServiceCost Effective Public ServiceCost Effective Public ServiceCost Effective Public Service

Since the Knights Templar and Eye Care Since the Knights Templar and Eye Care

America began their partnership 15 years America began their partnership 15 years

ago ECA Patients have received $6.14 in ago ECA Patients have received $6.14 in

care for every dollar contributed by the care for every dollar contributed by the

KTEF. In fiscal year 2010-2011 that number KTEF. In fiscal year 2010-2011 that number

has jumped to $9.95 for every dollar you has jumped to $9.95 for every dollar you

donated.donated.

Grateful Patient FeedbackGrateful Patient FeedbackGrateful Patient FeedbackGrateful Patient Feedback

“ “ I wish to extend my sincere gratitude to I wish to extend my sincere gratitude to

your organization for the kind assistance your organization for the kind assistance

making it possible for me to regain my making it possible for me to regain my

eyesight. After my surgery, I was able to eyesight. After my surgery, I was able to

get to work again and therefore now am get to work again and therefore now am

able to support myself. God bless you and able to support myself. God bless you and

the staff.”the staff.”

Rowell Maharaja, Schertz, TXRowell Maharaja, Schertz, TX

Senior Eye Care Program Senior Eye Care Program Diagnoses Diagnoses

Senior Eye Care Program Senior Eye Care Program Diagnoses Diagnoses

Fiscal Year 2011 only:Fiscal Year 2011 only:1.1.Cataract 1,621Cataract 1,6212.2.Diabetic Retinopathy 158Diabetic Retinopathy 1583.3.Glaucoma 253Glaucoma 2534.4.Glaucoma suspect 416Glaucoma suspect 4165.5.AMD & Suspect 159AMD & Suspect 1596.6.Refract Error 524Refract Error 5247.7.Other 1,038Other 1,038

Knights Templar Knights Templar Eye FoundationEye FoundationKnights Templar Knights Templar Eye FoundationEye Foundation

““A Masonic Charity” “ That Others A Masonic Charity” “ That Others May See”May See”

New Office

Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc.1033 Long Prairie Road, Ste 5

Flower Mound, TX 75022-4230

214-888-0220Fax 214-888-0230manager@ktef.us

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.

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.

New Responsibilities

Eventually oversee all YRIS operations

– Database management

– Sales and support for Grand Chapters and Grand Councils when available

Flower Mound, TX Office

Flower Mound, TX Office

Flower Mound, TX Office

Flower Mound, TX Office

Conference Room

Administrator’s Office

Work Area

Director of Operations Office

Work Area

Work Area

Work Area

Work Area

Storage

Kitchen/break area

Rest Rooms

Rest Rooms

Rest Rooms

Recap

Retirement of Contributions Coordinator– Jule Selock

Retirement of Office Administrator– Marvin L. Selock

Expiration of lease on Schaumburg Office– October 31, 2010

RecapCase 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

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

Recap

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

Recap

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

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

American Academy of Ophthalmology

EyeCare AmericaSenior’s EyeCare Program

Meets the needs of Seniors for care

Provides excellent contacts in the field of ophthalmology

Excellent Public Relations tool

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

University Chairs

Endow a Knights Templar Chair in Ophthalmology at various universities

Contribute to the training of many ophthalmologists in the future

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

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

Dean McGee Eye Institute Researcher Receives National Grant to Fight Stargardt Disease For Immediate Release: For More Information Contact: August 17, 2011 Jane Braden 405.818.1905 jane@goodengroup.com OKLAHOMA CITY—Dean McGee Eye Institute researcher, Dr. Martin-Paul Agbaga, has been awarded a $40,000 grant by the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. for his research on a blinding disease called juvenile autosomal dominant Stargardt macular dystrophy. This is an inherited blinding disease that can be catastrophic, causing early childhood blindness in the first two decades of life with no existing treatment options. Dr. Agbaga is also a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. “Dr. Agbaga’s research into a specific and devastating disorder affecting the eyes of children is already showing promise. This funding will help us catapult our efforts to find a treatment for the disease to the next level,” said Dr. Gregory Skuta, Edward L. Gaylord Professor and Chair of the OU Department of Ophthalmology and President and CEO of the Dean McGee Eye Institute. “Our research scientists combat blindness on every level - from the gene to the cell to the clinic – with a caliber of excellence that keeps the Institute among the top in the nation in attracting grant dollars to fight vision threatening disease and injury.” In 2008, Dr. Agbaga and Professor Robert E. Anderson, MD, PhD discovered that the normal protein that is mutated in patients with Stargardt disease is involved in making a unique group of fatty acids found in the eye. The mutant protein lacks this ability. Recently, they also discovered that, in the eye, the mutant protein is misdirected to wrong compartments in photoreceptor cells. Dr. Agbaga’s work now focuses on better understanding why the presence of the mutant protein in the eye causes a reduction in this unique group of fatty acids and triggers the photoreceptor cells to degenerate. With this grant, Dr. Agbaga and his colleagues will seek treatment options that would prevent vision loss by keeping the mutant protein from triggering photoreceptor cell death. “This disease robs children of not only their eyesight but of their vision of the future. This grant will help us find tools to fight for treatment options for these young people and hopefully give them a vibrant future of better sight,” stated Dr. Agbaga. “I am very grateful to Professor Robert E. Anderson for his support and mentorship over the years. I also sincerely thank the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Inc., for awarding me this grant to pursue these studies and my colleagues at the Dean McGee Eye Institute for creating an environment of critical thinking and pursuit of excellence in research,” said Dr. Agbaga with a smile. Dr. Agbaga’s research directly focuses an important area of juvenile blindness, which falls under the mission of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc., stated Richard Dunaway, Right Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Oklahoma. “Since its inception, the Knights Templar Eye Foundation has spent more than $95 million dollars to help provide medical treatment for those unable to afford it. Today, over 78,000 people have directly benefitted from this financial assistance. And as always, treatments are provided regardless of race, color, creed, age, or national origin. Since

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

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

Mission StatementMission Statement

To improve vision through To improve vision through

research, education, and research, education, and

supporting access to care.supporting access to care.