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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION “A MASONIC CHARITY” “THAT OTHERS MAY SEE” 1

MISSION STATEMENT TO IMPROVE VISION THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORTING ACCESS TO CARE 2

TO FULFILL THIS MISSION, THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION (KTEF): ► ANNUALLY INVITES ELIGIBLE INVESTIGATORS TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY RESEARCH GRANTS FOR THE AWARD PERIOD WHICH NORMALLY RUNS FROM JULY1 TO JUNE 30 ► SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY’S (AAO) EYECARE AMERICA’S SENIOR EYECARE PROGRAM ► SUPPORTS THE AAO’S PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY/STRABISMUS SUBSPECIALITY AREA OF THE OPHTHALMIC NEWS AND EDUCATION (ONE®) NETWORK – NAMED THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION, INC., PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER IN PERPETUITY 3

ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION, INC. ► THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN 1955 AND INCORPORATED THE FOLLOWING YEAR ► EARLIEST GOAL WAS TO CORRECT STRABISMUS OR “CROSSED EYES” IN CHILDREN 4

► SINCE ITS INCORPORATION IN 1956 OVER $142 MILLION HAS BEEN EXPENDED ON RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PATIENT CARE ► OVER $23 MILLION IN GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO RESEARCHERS WORKING IN THE FIELDS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC GENETICS 5

GOVERNANCE THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION, IS A MARYLAND CORPORATION GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMPRISED OF THE SIX ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, ALL PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, AND SIX TRUSTEES-AT-LARGE ELECTED FROM AND BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR FOR 9-YEAR TERMS 6

TAX STATUS THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION, INC., IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION UNDER IRC SECTION 501(c)3 AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DEDUCTIBLE UNDER IRC SECTION 170 7

WHERE ARE WE TODAY? NET ASSETS YEARNET ASSETSPERCENTAGE INCREASE JUNE 30, 2012$91,850,481 JUNE 30, 2015$110,136,855 JUNE 30, 2012 – JUNE 30, PERCENT 8

GRANTS THE KTEF IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORT RESEARCH THAT CAN HELP LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF CLINICAL OR BASIC RESEARCHERS FOCUSED ON THE PREVENTION OR CURE OF POTENTIALLY BLINDING DISEASES IN INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADULTS 9

EXAMPLES INCLUDE: ► AMBLYOPIA ► CATARACT ► GLAUCOMA ► OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA ► RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY ► OCULAR MALFORMATIONS ► NYSTAGMUS ► HEREDITARY DISEASES SUCH AS RETINAL DYSTROPHIES AND RETINOBLASTOMA 10

TYPES OF GRANTS ► CAREER-STARTER RESEARCH GRANTS – UP TO $65K/GRANT APPLICANTS MUST BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR CAREERS AND MUST HAVE RECEIVED AN M.D., PH.D., OR EQUIVALENT ► COMPETITIVE RENEWAL GRANTS – UP TO $65K/GRANT TO EXTEND THE ORIGINAL GRANT PROJECT FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR IF THE DATA WARRANT 11

TYPES OF GRANTS ► TRAINING MENTORS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (TMDC) FELLOWSHIP ANNUAL STIPEND OF $60K THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAC) HAS IDENTIFIED A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR WELL- TRAINED PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY FACULTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 12

TYPES OF GRANTS RECIPIENTS AGREE TO RETURN TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES TO PRACTICE PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS AND, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, TRAIN RESIDENTS IN THAT COUNTRY 13

GRANTS A LIST OF THOSE RECEIVING CAREER-STARTER RESEARCH GRANTS, COMPETITIVE RENEWAL GRANTS, AND INSTITUTIONS RECEIVING GRANTS FOR FY IS LOCATED ON OUR WEBSITE 14

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS JULY 1, 2015 – JUNE 30, 2016 ► GRANTS – 28 GRANTS -- $1,672,045 ► CAREER STARTER GRANTS 45 APPLICATIONS 20 APPROVED $1,193,704 ► COMPETITIVE RENEWAL GRANTS 13 APPLICATIONS 8 APPROVED $478,341 15

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS 7/1/15 – 6/30/16 ► TRAINING MENTORS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (TMDC) 1 APPLICATION – JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE (UCLA) 1 $60,000 (EGYPT) ► TRAVEL GRANTS TO ARVO (THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN VISION AND OPHTHALMOLOGY) 59 AWARDED TOTALING $59,590 16

TOTAL FY 2014 – 15 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION EXPENDITURES ► GRANTS – RESEARCH $1,631,156 ► GRANTS – TRAVEL (ARVO) $59,590 ► FELLOWSHIPS $60,000 ► ONE NETWORK $200,000 ► APL.DE.AP FOUNDATION $95,000 ► SENIORS EYECARE PROGRAM $250,000 TOTAL FY 2014 – 15 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION EXPENDITURES $2,295,746 17

EYECARE AMERICA’S SENIORS EYECARE PROGRAM THE KTEF, INC., HAS A LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. THE KTEF CO-SPONSORS THE ACADEMY’S EYECARE AMERICA PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES EYECARE AT NO COST TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY. THROUGH ITS ONLINE REFERRAL CENTER, THE SENIORS EYECARE PROGRAM OFFERS TWO TYPES OF SERVICES BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS 18

SENIORS EYECARE PROGRAM ► SERVICE I FOR: US CITIZENS OR LEGAL RESIDENTS AGE 65 OR OLDER HAVE NOT SEEN AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST IN THREE OR MORE YEARS NOT BELONG TO AN HMO OR HAVE EYE CARE THROUGH THE VETERANS’ ADMINISTRATION 19

SENIORS EYECARE PROGRAM ► SERVICE II FOR: US CITIZENS OR LEGAL RESIDENTS INCREASED RISK FOR GLAUCOMA (DETERMINED BY AGE, RACE, AND FAMILY HISTORY) WHO HAVE NOT HAD AN EYE EXAM IN 12 MONTHS OR MORE 20

PROCEDURE VISIT FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR A REFERRAL TO ONE OF EYECARE AMERICA’S 7,000 VOLUNTEER OPHTHALMOLOGISTS NATIONWIDEwww.eyecareamerica.org 21

PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER ► IN FULFILLMENT OF OUR MISSION, THE KTEF HAS PARTNERED WITH THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY TO CREATE A PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER AS PART OF THE ACADEMY’S OPHTHALMIC NEWS AND EDUCATION (ONE®) NETWORK 22

PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER ► THE EDUCATION CENTER WILL ENSURE A STRONG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS, AND BY DOING SO, ELIMINATE A LACK OF OPHTHALMIC EDUCATION AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL BLINDNESS ► THE EDUCATION CENTER WILL ALSO SPEED THE ADOPTION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY, AND TREATMENTS 23

PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER ► THE EDUCATION CENTER WILL TEACH: ◊ BASIC SCIENCE PRINCIPLES ◊ PATHOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF DISEASE ◊ SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTENT ◊ DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 24

PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER ◊ MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT ◊ RISK MANAGEMENT ◊ COMPLICATIONS MANAGEMENT ◊ PATIENT INSTRUCTIONS ◊ OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT 25

PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER IN RECOGNITION OF OUR SUPPORT, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY HAS NAMED THE ONE® NETWORK PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY SUBSPECIALTY CENTER THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION, INC. PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION CENTER IN PERPETUITY 26

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP PROGRAM THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDTION HAS COMMITTED $2MILLION, MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION INC., PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY RESEARCH AT THE MAYO CLINIC WITH CAMPUSES IN ROCHESTER, MN; SCOTTSDALE, AZ; AND JACKSONVILLE, FL 27

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP PROGRAM THE FIRST KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION INC., PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY RESEARCH IS MICHAEL C. BRODSKY, M.D. 28

ENDOWED PROSFESSORSHIP PROGRAM DR. BRODSKY IS ALSO A PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AND A PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY WITH INTERESTS IN: ► EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS OF INFANTILE STRABISMUS ► CONGENITAL OPTIC DISC ANOMALIES ► NYSTAGMUS AND OTHER OCULAR MOTILITY DISTURBANCES ► EYE MOVEMENT RECORDING ► PEDIATRIC NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY 29

2015 – 16 KTEF BUDGET ► GRANTS – RESEARCH $1,950,000 ► GRANTS – TRAVEL (ARVO) $60,600 ► FELLOWSHIPS $120,000 ► ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP PROGRAM $2,000,000 ► ONE NETWORK $200,000 ► SENIORS EYECARE PROGRAM $250,000 $4,580,600 30

SOURCES OF FUNDS ► ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ► CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS ► FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES ► MEMORIALS ► WILLS AND TESTAMENTARY GIFTS ► DONATIONS FROM ENDOWMENT FUNDS OR SIMILAR SOURCES 31

KTEF RECOGNITION PROGRAMS ► LIFE SPONSOR -- $30.00 – SIR KNIGHTS ONLY (DC, MONTANA, TENNESSEE, AND WYOMING 100%) ► ASSOCIATE PATRON -- $50.00 – ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION ► PATRON -- $ – ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION 32

KTEF RECOGNITION PROGRAMS ► GRAND COMMANDER’S CLUB – FIRST INSTALLMENT OF $ OR MORE. IN ADDITION, MEMBERS OF THE GRAND COMMANDER’S CLUB PLEDGE TO MAKE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF $ OR MORE FOR NINE MORE YEARS UNTIL A TOTAL OF $1, IS REACHED. ONCE CONTRIBUTIONS TOTAL $1,000.00, THE INDIVIDUAL IS ENROLLED IN THE GRAND MASTER’S CLUB 33

KTEF RECOGNITION PROGRAMS ► GRAND MASTER’S CLUB -- $1, – INDIVIDUALS ► MEMORIALS – DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF A DECEASED INDIVIDUAL ► HONORARIUMS – DONATIONS IN HONOR OF A LIVING INDIVIDUAL IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE, ACHIEVEMENT, OR FRIENDSHIP 34

KTEF RECOGNITION PROGRAMS ► GOLDEN CHALICE -- $10,000 ► SWORD OF MERIT -- $25,000 ► PERMANENT DONOR FUNDS ► SIGHT CRUSADER – DESIGNATION OF KTEF IN WILL 35

VOLUNTARY CAMPAIGNS ► PURPOSE – TO SUPPLEMENT THE INCOME OF THE KTEF THROUGH TESTAMENATARY GIFTS, OUTRIGHT GIFTS, ENDOWMENTS, ETC., TO ASSIST THE FOUNDATION IN FULFILLING ITS MISSION ► TIME FRAME – OCTOBER 1 TO APRIL 30, ANNUALLY ► NOTE – TESTAMENTARY GIFTS COUNT IN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN 36

RECENT VOLUNTARY CAMPAIGN RESULTS ► 38 TH -- $921,483► 43 RD -- $1,208,203 ► 39 TH – $1,281,441► 44 TH -- $2,552,319 ► 40 TH -- $1,344,819► 45 TH -- $1,379,456 ► 41 ST -- $1,005,162► 46 TH -- $1,548,681 ► 42 ND -- $2,140,480► 47 TH -- $1,864,976 ► NOTE : ALL FINAL REPORTS SHOWING CONTRIBUTIONS BY GRAND COMMANDERY CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE: 37

RECENT TRIENNIAL TOTALS ► 64 TH TRIENNIAL -- $3,631,421 ► 65 TH TRIENNIAL -- $5,901,000 ► 66 TH TRIENNIAL -- $4,793,113 38

47 TH VOLUNTARY CAMPAIGN DETAIL TOTAL CAMPAIGN$1,864,976$$$%TOTAL LABELS$111, % LARGE CALENDAR $172, % XMAS LABELS$47, % PRODUCT (TIE/CASE) $8, % OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS $1,524, % $1,864, % 39

TOP FIVE GRAND COMMANDERIES IN DOLLAR TOTALS COMMANDERY$$$CHAIRMAN IDAHO$506,930JOHN ZELLER LATHEN ESTATE -- $500K PENNSYLVANIA$245,221RAY K. SHEAFFER ALTER ESTATE -- $163K MARKLEY ESTATE -- $25K OHIO$203,453ROBERT THOMAS STARR CLINTON NO $114K TEXAS$101,031JAMES HIGDON EASTER ESTATE -- $21K HOLCOMBE ESTATE-$19K ILLINOIS$83,953BRADLEY L. BAKER KOUBA ESTATE -- $60K 40

TOP FIVE GRAND COMMANDERIES IN PER CAPITA TOTALS COMMANDERY$$$CHAIRMAN IDAHO$1,555.00JOHN ZELLER PENNSYLVANIA$50.80RAY K. SHEAFFER UTAH$44.65KIM BOWMAN SR. NEW YORK$35.93DAVID HARDY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA$26.67MARCEL DESROCHES 41

IMPORTANCE OF WILLS AND TESTAMENTARY GIFTS ► IMPORTANT – WILLS AND TESTAMENTARY GIFTS CAN BE THE BEST SOURCE OF GROWTH FOR THE FOUNDATION AND MUST BE ENCOURAGED BY OFFICERS OF THE GRAND COMMANDERIES AND THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE KTEF ► NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE THIS IMPORTANT METHOD TO GROW OUR FOUNDATION 42

IMPORTANCE OF WILLS AND TESTAMENTARY GIFTS ► ASK OUR MEMBERS AND FAMILIES TO INCLUDE THE KTEF IN THEIR WILLS AND ESTATE PLANS ► ASK THEM TO CONTACT THEIR ATTORNEY NOW TO ADD THE KTEF AS A BENEFICIARY OF THEIR ESTATE 43

IMPORTANCE OF WILLS AND TESTAMENTARY GIFTS ► IDEAS FOR GIVING INCLUDE: ◊ DIRECT GIFTS IN A WILL ◊ INCOME FROM TRUSTS AND RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS ◊ REMAINDERS OF WILLS AND TRUSTS ◊ INSURANCE POLICIES ◊ SECURITIES ◊ REAL PROPERTY 44

IMPORTANCE OF WILLS AND TESTAMENTARY GIFTS ► CONTACT THE KTEF OFFICE FOR “HOW TO” ADVICE ► CONTACT THE KTEF OFFICE TO BE DESIGNATED A SIGHT CRUSADER, ONE WHO HAS INCLUDED THE KTEF IN HIS ESTATE PLAN 45

KTEF CONTACT INFORMATION ROBERT W BIGLEY OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR/ASSISTANT SECRETARY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION, INC LONG PRAIRIE ROAD, SUITE 5 FLOWER MOUND, TX PHONE: FAX: WEBSITE: 46

WE WILL MAKE OUR MARK IN THE EYE COMMUNITY BY PREVENTING BLINDNESS IN FUTURE GENERATIONS THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 47

IN THE PAST WE COULD HELP ONE PERSON ONE TIME 48

IN THE FUTURE WE WILL HELP GENERATIONS TO COME THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 49

MISSION STATEMENT TO IMPROVE VISION THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORTING ACCESS TO CARE 50