Butterfield Memorial Foundation

BUTTERFIELD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION MANIFESTS THE REDEEMING LOVE OF CHRIST BY FOCUSING ON THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE, CONSISTENT WITH THE TENETS OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH USA.

BUTTERFIELD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION (BMF)GRANTS FOCUS ON MEETING THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE UNINSURED,UNDERSERVED, AND THOSE EXPERIENCING AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY. INITIATIVES THAT HELP TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE AWARENESS OF CHARITABLE HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND SPIRITUAL CARE IN A HEALTHCARE SETTING ARE ALSO PART OF OUR PROGRAMMING. PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO CHRISTIAN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BENEFITTING OKLAHOMA COMMUNITIES; HOWEVER, CHRISTIAN NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO SERVE THE UNDERSERVED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY ARE ALSO CONSIDERED. THE TOTAL GRANTING DOLLARS FUNDED IN 2021 WAS 2,791,235. GRANT FUNDING WAS DISBURSED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION'S FOUR FUNDING FOCUS AREAS WHICH ARE: CHARITABLE WHOLE PERSON HEALTHCARE (300,493),INTERNATIONAL WHOLE PERSON HEALTHCARE (406,250), CHOOSE LIFE ADVANCEMENT (211,165), AND SPIRITUAL CARE ADVANCEMENT (61,190). PROGRAM FUNDING WAS ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO OUR SPIRIT-LED STEWARDSHIP INITIATIVES (1,503,080)THAT INCLUDED COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFORTS (118,951) AND TWO CHARITABLE CLINIC EXPANSION PROJECTS IN OKLAHOMA. OTHER FUNDS (190,106) WERE DISBURSED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD AND PRESIDENT DISCRETIONARY GRANTS. ALL OF THE FOUNDATION'S FUNDING FOCUS AREAS AND INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO MEET PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL,SOCIAL, AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THOSE IN NEED. BUTTERFIELD FOUNDATION ALSO REMAINS COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR UNINSURED OKLAHOMANS TO RECEIVE QUALITY MEDICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES. WE SEEK TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL THROUGH FUNDING AND PROGRAMMING. OUR PROGRAMMING ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE LISTED BELOW. THE OKLAHOMA COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TASK FORCE (OCHTF) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE FOR THE UNINSURED (HAU), A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, LAUNCHED THE HAU PATIENT NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT IN JULY 2021 TO ASSIST WITH WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE ACCESS. WITH HAU AS THE HUB FOR THE LOW INCOME, UNINSURED, AND UNDERINSURED, THIS EFFORT HAS EXPANDED TO ASSIST ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO PRIMARY HEALTHCARE, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, DENTAL, VISION AND SPECIALTY CARE. INTERNSHIP SITES FOR THE ERIC BAIRD SPIRITUAL CARE INTERNSHIP (EBSCI) HAVE EXPANDED AS WELL. THE FOUNDATION IS NOW PARTNERING WITH THE CHILDREN'S CENTER, OKLAHOMA; CHRIST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, MEMPHIS CITY SEMINARY, HARDING THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, UNION AND MEMPHIS CENTER FOR URBAN THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, TENNESSEE. DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDERWAY WITH NON-PROFITS IN KANSAS AND NEW YORK AS WELL. SITE VISITS WITH CURRENT AND POTENTIAL GRANTEES WERE CONDUCTED AT 47 NON- PROFITS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. AT MANY OF THESE VISITS, GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT WAS PROVIDED. FOUNDATION PERSONNEL WERE FEATURED SPEAKERS AT THE OKLAHOMA PREGNANCY RESOURCE NETWORK ANNUAL RETREAT. ADDITIONALLY, BUTTERFIELD FOUNDATION IS INVOLVED IN A VARIETY OF BOARDS AND LOCAL ASSOCIAITONS.

THE FIRST AND OLDEST PROGRAM IS DEACONESS PREGNANCY & ADOPTION (DPA). FOUNDED IN 1900 ON THE PLAINS OF OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, IT IS NOT ONLY THE OLDEST, BUT ALSO NOW THE LARGEST NON-PROFIT ADOPTION AGENCY IN OKLAHOMA. THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CREATED AND THOUSANDS MORE SERVICED WITH COUNSELING AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY. DPA IS A SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY OF THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH - USA AND ITS PURPOSE IS CHARITABLE AND RELIGIOUS IN NATURE, FOCUSED ON POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN BY SERVING WOMEN IN CRISIS PREGNANCIES, FACILITATING THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN, AND PROVIDING RESOURCES, SUPPORT AND COUNSELING TO ALL INVOLVED. FOR WOMEN AND MEN EXPERIENCING AN UNPLANNED OR CRISIS PREGNANCY, DPA PROVIDES COUNSELING AND FULL INFORMATION REGARDING ALL OPTIONS IN A NON- JUDGMENTAL AND ACCEPTING ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THE CLIENT CAN MAKE A FULLY INFORMED DECISION. MAKING AN ADOPTION PLAN IS A FULLY VOLUNTARY DECISION AND MANY CLIENTS SERVED ARE SUPPORTED AND RESOURCED IN THEIR DECISION TO PARENT. EXPECTANT PARENTS ARE ASSISTED IN MANY WAYS, INCLUDING HELP LOCATING A MEDICAL PROVIDER, FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, AND/OR TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS BY CONNECTIONS TO OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES, SUCH AS PARENTING CLASSES, INFANT SUPPLIES AND SUPPORT GROUPS. FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO MAKE AN ADOPTION PLAN, THE AGENCY IS A LICENSED ADOPTION PROVIDER AND MAINTAINS MANY PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE FAMILIES OF A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS AND INTERESTS WHO ARE APPROVED TO HAVE A CHILD PLACED IN THEIR HOME AFTER A RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT PROCESS THAT MEETS ALL STATE AS WELL AS AGENCY STANDARDS. ADOPTIVE PARENTS ARE VETTED BY THE AGENCY THROUGH A SERIES OF MEASURES, INCLUDING AN APPLICATION PROCESS, TRAINING SEMINAR, AND HOME STUDY ASSESSMENT. WHEN AN APPROVED FAMILY HAS A CHILD PLACED IN THEIR HOME, THE AGENCY ALSO SUPERVISES THE PLACEMENT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO ENSURE SUCCESS OF THE PLACEMENT. DPA VIEWS ADOPTION NOT AS A ONE-TIME EVENT, BUT AS AN ONGOING JOURNEY AND SEEKS TO PROVIDE LIFELONG SUPPORT TO ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE BIRTH FAMILY, ADOPTEE AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS. SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY ONGOING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TARGETED BOTH TO THE BIRTH FAMILY AND THE ADOPTIVE FAMILY. ALL PARTIES CAN ALSO REQUEST COUNSELING AND SUPPORT FROM THE AGENCY AT ANY TIME. IN ADDITION, SEARCH AND REUNION SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO FACILITATE CONTACT AND RELATIONSHIP IN THE EVENT OF A CLOSED ADOPTION. THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL CLIENTS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH DPA IN THE 120-YEAR HISTORY OF THE AGENCY AS ADOPTION RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED BACK TO THE AGENCY'S FOUNDING. AGENCY SERVICES CONTINUE TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. HOWEVER, THE AGENCY WAS STILL ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND STATE AT-LARGE IN MANY WAYS. INFANT ADOPTION AND SEARCH AND REUNION SERVICES WERE COMPLETED AS OUTLINED BELOW. THERAPEUTIC COUNSELING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AFTER THE RE-LAUNCH OF THE DPA COUNSELING CENTER IN 2020. THE DPA COUNSELING CENTER AIMS TO SERVE THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY TOUCHED BY FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTION, INFERTILITY, MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH, OR THOSE WITH ATTACHMENT-RELATED ISSUES. DESPITE THE REASON AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY SEEKS COUNSELING, THE GOAL OF THE DPA COUNSELING CENTER IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE PROCESSING RELATIONAL DIFFICULTIES OR MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, TELEHEATH THERAPY WAS PROVIDED AS WELL AS IN-PERSON SESSIONS. DPA ALSO PROVIDED COMMUNITY TRAINING AND EDUCATION ON THE OPTION OF ADOPTION TO PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS AROUND THE STATE. DPA MAINTAINS ITS ACCREDITATION WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AS AN OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY AND WAS AWARDED A THREE YEAR ACCREDITATION DISTINCTION IN 2021. FURTHERMORE, DPA IS A MEMBER OF AND PARTICIPATES IN MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND COALITIONS WITH THE INTENT TO PARTNER WELL WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ENSURE THAT THE MISSION OF DPA IS KNOWN BY THOSE WORKING ALONGSIDE US. FUNDS ARE RAISED TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF DPA SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. DONORS ARE REACHED THROUGH DIRECT MAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, E-BLAST EMAILS, AND PERSONAL VISITS. MULTIPLE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE ALSO HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO RAISE AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. OVERVIEW OF 2021 SERVICES: INFANT ADOPTION PROGRAM: . FIELDED 45 INQUIRY CALLS FROM EXPECTANT PARENTS . SERVED 24 EXPECTANT PARENTS . PROVIDED 781 PRE/POST CLIENT CONTACT HOURS WITH EXPECTANT PARENTS . FIELDED 158 INQUIRY CALLS FROM PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS . PROVIDED 1,011 PRE/POST CLIENT CONTACT HOURS WITH ADOPTIVE FAMILIES . COMPLETED 7 HOME STUDIES, 16 HOME STUDY UPDATES, AND 27 POST-PLACEMENT SUPERVISORY REPORTS . PLACED 11 INFANTS IN ADOPTIVE HOMES POST-ADOPTION/SEARCH & REUNION: . FIELDED 127 INQUIRY CALLS FROM TRIAD MEMBERS (ADOPTEE, BIRTH FAMILY, OR ADOPTIVE FAMILY) . RECEIVED REQUESTS FOR NON-IDENTIFYING MEDICAL/SOCIAL INFORMATION FROM 4 ADULT ADOPTEES AND CONFIDENTIAL INTERMEDIARY SEARCHES FROM 13 TRIAD MEMBERS . COMPLETED 13 REUNIONS . PROVIDED 127 CLIENT CONTACT HOURS WITH THOSE INVOLVED IN THE SEARCHING PROCESS POST-ADOPTION/COUNSELING CENTER: . FIELDED 43 INQUIRY CALLS FOR THERAPEUTIC SERVICES . CONDUCTED 19 INTAKE ASSESSMENTS . COMPLETED 424 COUNSELING SESSIONS COMMUNITY TRAINING/EDUATION: . THE AGENCY PROVIDED 4 PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY IMPACTING 49 INDIVIDUALS . TRAINING WAS PROVIDED TO 5 PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS, WITH 32 INDIVIDUALS LEARNING HOW TO PRESENT THE OPTION OF ADOPTION TO CLIENTS . OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS ATTENDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR RESULTED IN ALMOST 750 PEOPLE BEING EXPOSED TO AND HEARING ABOUT THE AGENCY'S SERVICES VOLUNTEER HOURS: . INTERNS - ONE UNDERGRADUATE AND ONE GRADUATE FOR 745 HOURS . AOD - 8 PEOPLE AT 125 HOURS . BIRTH MOM RETREAT - 15 PEOPLE AT 25 HOURS . SEMINAR TRAINING - 10 PEOPLE AT 30 HOURS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: . OKLAHOMA ADOPTION COALITION . COUNT ME IN 4 KIDS . OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES . OKLAHOMA ASSOCIATION OF INFANT MENTAL HEALTH . HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER . PREGNANCY RESOURCE NETWORK . OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES . OKLAHOMA BAPTIST HOMES FOR CHILDREN . ROSE DAY COMMITTEE FUNDRAISING OVERVIEW: . 296 DONORS GAVE TO THE ORGANIZATION, WITH 108 BEING NEW DONORS . 262,042 WAS RAISED THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS OF A GALA, GOLF TOURNAMENT, AND VIRTUAL 5K RUN . IN-KIND GIFTS SECURED HAD A TOTAL VALUE OF 21,810 . TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE 402,257

THE ACQUISITION OF KIDS KAMPUS (KK) DAYCARE FACILITY IN MCPHERSON, KANSAS, ON JULY 1, 2021, BROADENED BMF'S SCOPE TO INCLUDE THE EDUCATION AND DAILY CARE OF CHILDREN FROM SIX WEEKS TO SCHOOL AGE. THIS EIGHT YEAR OLD FACILITY HAS PRESCHOOL AND PRE-K SERVICES AND AN EXCELLENT COMMUNITY REPUTATION. KK ALSO OFFERS SUMMER CARE AND ACTIVITIES FOR SCHOOL-AGE KIDS AS WELL AS REGULAR BEFORE AND AFTER-SCHOOL CARE. THESE SERVICES ARE PERFORMED AT THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF MCPHERSON. THE CHURCH IS LOCATED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE DAYCARE FACILITY AND IS A KEY PARTNERSHIP FOR SUPPORTING THE KK MISSION. THE KK MISSION IS: PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, SAFE, LOVING AND NURTURING DAY CARE SO PARENTS MAY PURSUE WORK, EDUCATION OR TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROVIDE A SAFE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT TO ENCOURAGE COGNITIVE, LANGUAGE, PHYSICAL AND CREATIVE SKILLS FOR CHILDREN PROVIDE A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT TO NURTURE LIFELONG LEARNING HABITS PROVIDE AGE-APPROPRIATE COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS KIDS KAMPUS SERVES THE MCPHERSON COUNTY POPULATION, PROVIDING IMPORTANT SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES KEY STATISTICS: NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED THROUGH DAYCARE 298 NUMBER OF FAMILIES SERVED BY DAYCARE 180 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 40 GRANT REVENUE 156,035 GROSS REVENUE 947,942 CHILDREN ON WAITING LISTS 100 BUTTERFIELD'S PRIMARY ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE NEW PROGRAM WAS TO WORK TO DEVELOP ALL THE REQUIRED INTERNAL SERVICES NECESSARY TO EFFECT A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION. SECONDLY, THROUGH KIDS KAMPUS' GRANTING AND GROSS REVENUE, BUTTERFIELD WILL INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF ITS REVENUES REPRESENTED BY ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT ITS MISSION. IN 2022, WE WILL WORK TO PROVIDE MISSION, VISION, AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO REACH MORE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH KIDS KAMPUS.