AAOF Endowment Campaign

A CASE FOR THE FUTURE

As of July 31, 2008, the AAO Foundation Endowment Campaign, A CASE FOR THE FUTURE, has realized $31.6 million in pledges, of which $22.2 million has been redeemed. These pledges have come from Constituent and Component Societies, AAOF Corporate Partners, and Friends of the Specialty (including AAO staff and constituent society staff), but by far the vast majority of pledges have come from AAO members. AAO members, in fact have pledged 80 percent of all funds realized to date.

Much of the credit for the campaign recent success can be attributed to those individuals who have pledged at the Regent ($25,000) level, the Fellow ($50,000) level, the Founder ($100,000) level or higher. Their combined pledges account for more than one-third of all pledges received.

Click here for a list of AAOF Regents, Fellows and Founders.

Click here for a list of AAOF Regent Families.

Lifetime membership in the AAOF Vanguard Society is available to those who pledge A CASE FOR THE FUTURE during their orthodontic residency. A resident who pledges $2,500 can fulfill the pledge over a five-year period, with the initial statement postponed until five years after graduation. VANGUARD REGENTS

Click here to Join the Vanguard Society - Open only to current orthodontic residents!

To help continue the momentum of the campaign, all AAO members are encouraged to consider the following levels of support:

Participation (A CASE FOR THE FUTURE) – pledge an amount equal to or approximating your treatment fee, to be redeemed over three-five years.
Regents, Fellows, and Founders – pledge, whether on the basis of an initial pledge or an pledge upgrade, $25,000 or more, to be redeemed over as many as ten years.
Planned Giving – include orthodontics in general (the orthodontic program from which you graduated and/or where you teach) and the AAOF in particular in your estate plans. (Individuals who make this commitment to the AAOF are considered members of the Foundation’s Keystone Society.)

Many AAO members who have pledged A CASE FOR THE FUTURE of orthodontics are redeeming their pledge through a Grateful Patient/Professional Courtesy arrangement.

An example of how this works often involves a referring dentist whose children are being treated by the orthodontist and where neither party is comfortable with a completely gratis, nor a typical fee, arrangement.

Treatment is provided in the usual manner, but the check is made payable not to the orthodontist but to the AAO Foundation. The orthodontist and the grateful patient should discuss the tax aspects of this form of payment with their financial advisors.

Click here to redeem your pledge via credit card (If you have already pledged).

Click here if you wish to increase or continue your current pledge.

If you would like information on the campaign, including a video, click here.

If you would like to pledge A CASE FOR THE FUTURE, click here (if you have NOT already pledged).

Listing of AAO Constituent Societies, Component Societies and Study Clubs, etc.

Campaign by Constituent / Orthodontic Program

Canadian Members who have Pledged A CASE FOR THE FUTURE

Orthodontic Staff can pledge too!