2013 Annual Report

2013 Annual Report

MAKING A DIFFERENCE ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2013 (06/12 - 05/13) RECALLS DROPPED In 2008, Danny’s Law was passed. To date, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has, as the law requires, set strong new mandatory standards for eight types of children’s products including toys, cribs, swings and more. With increased oversight and independent testing required, recalls have dropped. This is especially true of cribs. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Dr. Elizabeth Powell, Nancy Cowles, Brian Imus of Illinois PIRG and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan at the release of PIRG's Trouble in Toyland report. “This is the best site on the Internet for new moms and ALL those that care for babies and small children!” –from KID facebook page Parents know they can find useful information and answers to their safety questions from KID. KID is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting children by improving children’s product safety. Through outreach and education, KID gives caregivers KID was founded in 1998 by Linda Ginzel and Boaz Keysar, the parents of the tools they need to keep children safe. Our sixteen-month-old Danny Keysar who died in evaluations show almost all participants in the Safe his Chicago childcare home when a portable crib collapsed around his neck. from the Start workshop take steps to keep children safe from checking products and posting recalls to KID’s mission is to PROMOTE checking for choking hazards with KID’s handy TP the development of safer children’s products, ADVOCATE for children, and EDUCATE tube check – if it fits inside a toilet paper tube, it is the public, especially parents and caregivers, too small for children under three. about dangerous children’s products. KID 116 West Illinois Street, Suite 4E, Chicago, IL 60654 | 312-595-0649 | [email protected] | www.KidsInDanger.org PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFER CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS In June CPSC adopted its first standard for play yards. It is now mandatory that these products be tested to avoid design flaws such as those that killed Danny Keysar and many other children. CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum was joined by Linda Ginzel, Nancy Cowles, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Rachel Weintraub of Consumer Federation of America in Washington, DC to mark the passage. Students working through KID’s innovative TEST (Teach Early Safety Testing) program developed prototypes to address hazards in cribs, bassinets, infant seats and more. The program continues to bring design safety concepts to undergraduate engineering students. Ninety-four percent of participants responding to a survey said they will take away valuable product safety lessons from the experience. Online or in print, KID is getting our name and our EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, message out to the public. ESPECIALLY PARENTS & CAREGIVERS KID has teamed up with many publications including The Bump, Chicago Parent, Expectant Mothers Guide ABOUT PRODUCT SAFETY and Kids Magazine to share information about safe We are a growing presence in the community; sleep practices, recalls, and so much more. Online providing a unique safety message to thousands of we have partnered with organizations including parents and caregivers. Neighborhood Parent Network, GRAND Magazine, and Parent Tested, Parent Approved to provide monthly blog posts on their high traffic sites. Our materials and trainings give parents and caregivers the tools they need to keep children safe. You’ll find KID on a variety of social media platforms – From pediatricians at their annual conference to check out our educational resources on Pinterest or our expectant parents at community baby showers and volunteer testimonials on YouTube. This is in addition early childhood educators at an information fair, KID’s to regular recall and product safety news postings on safety message was heard throughout the state. We our blog, Facebook & Twitter. We want to be presented our Creating Safe Environments for Children wherever parents are looking for reliable safety info. workshops at Easter Seals of Metropolitan Chicago, And our email newsletter now reaches almost the YWCA in Glendale Heights, and at Heartland 7,000 monthly. Human Services in Effingham, Illinois to name a few. Materials Distributed in FY13 We are focused on reaching a rapidly growing Keeping kids safe brochure 4,731 population of caregivers - grandparents. Keeping kids safe – Spanish brochure 1,063 To stay connected with the expanding grandparent Safe from the Start video 280 community and keep informed of their needs, KID has Brochures for Grandparents 1,616 joined the Illinois Grandparents Raising Grandkids task force. The task force meets quarterly and in May Product Inventory Sheets 1,467 2013 KID was the featured presenter at a task force Safety Magnets 2,329 meeting in Springfield, Illinois. To stay connected with Bilingual Safe Sleep Flyers 1,055 additional grandparents, KID attends community Bilingual Summer Safety 909 events around Chicago and exhibited at the Shop Safe flyer 291 Governor’s Conference on Aging in December 2012. E-news Postcard 2,790 ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN KID is the voice for parents on children’s product safety. This year we testified in Maryland to support their ban on the sale of dangerous crib bumper pads, and at a CPSC hearing on priorities for the agency. KID published Safe Sleep, Safe Play: Children’s Product Recalls in 2012, examining the decrease in children’s product recalls since the passage in 2008 of “Danny’s Law” which requires strong standards and independent testing. FY13 BOARD OF DIRECTORS | STAFF FINANCIAL Leslie M. Batterson, CSP, CPEA Judy Sage Nancy A. Cowles STATEMENT 2013 AON Global Risk Consulting Teen Vogue Executive Director Linda Ginzel, Ph.D Karen Sheehan, MD Laura Nikolovska The University of Chicago Ann & Robert H. Lurie Program Director SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL Booth School of Business Children’s Hospital of Chicago Archita Singh POSITION AS OF MAY 31, 2013 Shawn Kasserman Lisa Turano Solano Shernaz Mistry Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC Turano Baking Company Administrative Assistants Assets Boaz Keysar, Ph.D Interns Current Assets $199,921 Steven W. Swibel The University of Chicago Avital Datskovsky Fixed Assets $ 0 Mazzetta Company, LLC Kristina Paschall Alejandra Gutierrez Total Assets $199,921 Ferrara Candy Company Robert R. Tanz, MD Sarah Johnston Ann & Robert H. Lurie Mirta Milanes Liabilities & Net Assets Geoffrey Phillips Ellen Puglisi Children’s Hospital of Chicago Current Liabilities $ 6,988 GATX Corporation Oscar Rivera Julius E. Rhodes, SPHR Drew Weller Liliya Shmuylovskaya Unrestricted Net Assets $116,887 The Boeing Company mpr group Brittany Stosiek Total Liabilities & Net Assets $199,921 Volunteers See a complete list of our wonderful volunteers online at www.KidsInDanger.org SUMMARY OF EXPENSES Administrative 15% Program 85% KID co-founder Boaz Keysar with Kimberly Etscheid, Dirk Riekse, Julie Riekse, Nickie Sage, David Kagan, event chair Lisa Turano Solano Jennifer Tomasik and Christin Stefani Analisa Lafontant & Rhonda Duffaut SUMMARY OF REVENUES & EXPENSES KID’S BEST FRIEND AWARD NIGHT 2013 Unrestricted Net Assets Support Net Fundraising Support $ 50,772 KID’s Best Friend Award Night on May 23, 2013 marked Public Contributions $109,980 KID’s 15th year and celebrated Shawn Kasserman, (Unrestricted) recipient of the 2013 Best Friend Award. Shawn is a Public Contributions $0 major proponent for children’s product safety and partner (Restricted) at Tomasik Kotin Kasserman. Interest Income $ 387 Total Unrestricted Support $116,139 Thanks go out to the chefs – Chef Luca Corazzina of 312 Expenses Chicago, Chef Tony Hu of Lao Sze Chuan, Chef Jess Shawn Kasserman DeGuzman of Sunda, Chef Samantha Kendall of Sam’s Program Services $180,839 Gourmet Lasagna, Chef Vicente Duran of Vivo, Chef Kevin Administration $ 32,532 Shulz of Fulton’s on the River, and Chef Mike McDermott of Smoque BBQ. Total Expenses $213,371 Their gourmet small plates helped to add a tasty touch to a special night. Decrease in Net Assets $ 12,066 Special thanks to our Gold Champion Sponsors– Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, *KID has previously received grant money LLC and Toys"R"Us, Inc. and the Toys 'R' Us Children's Fund Inc. – and our of $64,321 to cover program expenses Gold Sponsors – Exelon, GATX, Turano Baking Company and the Philip H. Corboy Foundation. SOURCES OF SUPPORT Matching Gifts In-Kind Donations Foundation THANK YOU! • AON Foundation • Microsoft 7% • GE Foundation • Peggy Groves Design Grants Corporations • Ingredion Inc • JB Graphics • Kluth Family Foundation • Amy Cordell Design 24% • Mattel Children's • The Turano Foundation • Devyani Seth Individuals Foundation • M.B. Classics • Today's Chicago Woman 69% • Microsoft Matching • University of Chicago Gleacher Ctr. Foundation Gifts Program • Wolfgang Puck Catering • Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. • Salesforce.com Foundation • Gopho Collective THANK YOU We are grateful for the generous ways you help support KID. GOLD CHAMPIONS SUSTAINERS (continued) ALLIES (continued) FRIENDS (continued) ($10,000 & Over) • Todd Smith • Keely Wise • Victor & Nick Levinson • Linda Ginzel & Boaz Keysar • Drew & Jen Weller • Kate & Dylan Wolin • Terry Light • Toys"R"Us, Inc. and the Toys 'R' • Matt & Jill Wiesbrock • Anastasia Zakolyukina • Dr. Jean Lipman-Blumen Us Children's Fund Inc. • Amanda & Derek Wright • Jill & Luigi Zingales • GE Foundation • Seyfarth Shaw • Matt & Sara Logar CHAMPIONS FRIENDS ($100 - $249) • William Mahoney ($5,000 - $9,999) ALLIES ($250 - $499) • Amer & Samar Ahmad • Gretchen Mako

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