2013 Annual Report

...yet cavities are almost entirely preventable! This is a fixable problem.

55%

childhood tooth decay is 5X more common than asthma

of Colorado’s kindergartners have experienced at least one cavity40%

#1 reason children miss school is dental pain

chronic childhood disease

Tooth decay is the

most common#1

of Colorado’s third graders have experienced cavities

Terry KoeleBoard Chair

Barbara SpringerExecutive Director

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 sta� assessed the foundation’s direction and rea�rmed 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 �nd 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 �nding solutions to one of childhood’s most pervasive diseases that disproportionately a�ects 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-pro�t focused entirely on improving oral health, we take our mission seriously. We see �rst-hand the e�ects 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.

Delta Dental of Colorado FoundationLetter from the Executive Director and Board Chair

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.

KIND (Kids in Need of Dentistry)Strategic objective: Improve access to evidence-based dental care

Public Will Building CampaignStrategic 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 e�orts, social media, and other opportunities. Our message reached an estimated 95% of the target population multiple times.

Current Programs

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.

Health Education: The Children’s Museum of DenverStrategic objective: Increase the public’s awareness of and support for oral health

High Performing Health CentersStrategic 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-pro�t dental programs by developing a dashboard of quality measures and technical assistance resources targeted speci�cally at non-pro�t 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 DenverStrategic 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 o� the "sugar bugs" and a space where children and parents can role play a visit to the dentist.

Cavity Free at ThreeStrategic 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 �uoride to children ages 0-3 at their well-child checkups.

DDCO Foundation Frontier CenterStrategic 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 ColoradoStrategic 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 a�ect 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 a�ect change.

Oral Health Education MaterialsStrategic 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.

creativity

knowledge

collaboration

respect

perseverance

competence

integrity

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.

We diligently work to develop and improve our capability to be e�ective.

We identify and advance promising new ideas that address our mission, including novel interventions as well as innovative approaches to implementing evidence-based strategies.

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 di�cult 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.

Core Values

MissionImproving Colorado’s oral health by eradicating childhood tooth decay

(from left to right) Top Row: Wyatt Hornsby, Campaign Director; Allison Cusick, Program O�cer; 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 Staff

(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 Board of Directors

Revenue, Gains and Supports ContributionsIn-kind contributionsInvestment return, net Total Revenue, Gains and Supports

ExpensesTotal Program ServicesGeneral and administrativeTotal Program Services & Expenses

Change in Net Assets

Net Assets at Beginning of YearNet Assets at End of Period

$3,643,694

21,7512,497,928

$6,163,373

$1,884,751250,523

$2,385,797

4,028,099

20,814,137$24,842,236

2013 2012

$6,538,70743,736

1,030,614$7,613,057

$539,060244,666

$783,726

6,829,331

13,984,806$20,814,137

Statement of ActivitiesYears Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012

Assets Cash and cash equivalentsContributions receivablePrepaid expenses and otherInvestmentsTotal Assets Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts payableDue to Delta Dental of ColoradoGrants payableTotal Liabilities Net Assets UnrestrictedTemporarily restrictedPermanently restrictedTotal Net Assets

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$266,712

3,628,000101,938

21,318,284$25,414,934

$40,59382,105

450,000572,697

17,312,4055,529,8312,000,000

24,842,237

$25,414,934

$2,787,369

6,515,00098,105

12,330,916$21,731,390

$81,60893,978

741,667912,253

10,894,3257,919,8122,000,000

20,814,137

$21,731,390

2013 2012

Statement of Financial PositionDecember 31, 2013 and 2012

Delta Dental of Colorado FoundationFinancial Summary

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.

IMPACT on our children

Students with toothaches are 4x more likely to have a low grade point average.

Students without access to dental care miss school 3x more often than those with access.

Parents lose 25 million work hours annually due to their children’s dental problems.

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Colorado’s oral health PROBLEM20% 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.