American Assoc of Orthodontists Fdn

“The board of directors has established an executive committee composed of eight members: the president, the president-elect, the chair of the finance and investment committee, the board liaison of the planning and awards review committee, the national endowment chair, the national vanguard society chair, and the national planned giving chair who serve as voting members, and the secretary-treasurer serves as a non-voting member. The executive committee has the power to act for the full board of directors in the interim between sessions of the board and it reports each action to the board prior to its next meeting.”

“The 990 is reviewed by the accounting manager, the vice president of finance, the aaof executive director, and the aaof board.”

“A new conflict of interest disclosure is required to be signed annually. Completed forms are reviewed by american association of orthodontists in-house legal counsel for any conflicts. The executive office mantains the copies of the signed conflict of interest statements.”

“Line 15a a related organization is used to determine pay grades and salary ranges. Line 15b there are no other officers or key employees of the organization who receive compensation therefore, no process is required.”

“Documents, policies, and statements are furnished upon written request.”

“Fellowship and biomedical research awards the orthodontic faculty development fellowship grant award encourages orthodontic residents and graduates to pursue careers in education and support the development of junior faculty. This is intended to support and encourage new clinical investigators and biomedical scientists by granting the resources to develop their teaching skills, patient care, and research activities. Fellowship awards will enable excellence in orthodontic education and continue to advance the specialty. In addition to supporting individuals in education leading to a master's degree or ph.d., it also supports graduate level orthodontists in post-doctoral research projects and junior faculty serving full-time in a department of orthodontics. These awards are intended to facilitate those committed to a full-time career in teaching and/or research. The biomedical research grant awards are focused on facilitating junior faculty in the u.s. And canada to develop independent research activities that advance them on a tenure tract and provide pilot study data for other funding applications (e.g. Nidcr, nih). These research awards are available to u.s. And canadian citizens as well as foreign nationals who possess a u.s. Permanent resident card or a canadian permanent resident card (green cards). (the applicant and institution should stipulate that obtaining this status is their intention and there is demonstrable evidence of this intent.) grant awards are designed for individuals employed in an institution of higher education, (in years 3-14 of their academic career in the department of orthodontics.) the foundation encourages proposals that are in collaboration with senior faculty who are established investigators. Letters of support from the institution are required. Longitudinal orthodontic record collection. Throughout the united states and canada, there are several orthodontic record collections accumulated over decades and generations. These longitudinal orthodontic records of untreated individuals are at the center of our specialty's understanding of normal growth and development of the head and neck and form the basis of treatment, providing material to develop normative data for treatment goals. It is of vital importance that these record collections be preserved in perpetuity for educational purposes, as well as controls for research and growth studies in orthodontics as well as other academic disciplines. The nature of these collections is unique and may never be duplicated again. In addition, because they are housed at different locations and under a variety of circumstances, they have been subject to deterioration. As well, for a variety of reasons, they are difficult to access and have not been optimally utilized. This project, fully supported by the aaof on a long-term basis with the following three-staged program: 1. Establishing a website containing 900 lateral cephalograms for over 80 subjects from nine of the ten collections; 2 create a truly representative sample of the participating collections; 3. Complete preservation of all records in the collection.”

“Payroll for the four employees of the foundation is handled through american association of orthodontists and reimbursement is made at cost.”

“Recovery of grant 45,471. Uncollectible contributions -207,777.”