THE RICK HANSEN FOUNDATION | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FISCAL 2014 FY2014 Financials FY2014 Fast Facts About the Rick Hansen Foundation Financial Notes Our goal is to break down the barriers faced by people Revenue has decreased from the prior year due to the end of the Rick Hansen Difference Makers pilot project. Other with disabilities. We can make that goal a reality by a number of federal and provincial five year term contribu- program expenditures decreased due to the wrap up of tion agreements and the wrap up of sponsorship and events the 25th Anniversary campaign and reduction in funding associated with the 25th Anniversary Awareness campaign available for Quality of Life grants. working together and empowering others to create a world where people living with disabilities, including paralysis after spinal cord injury, can fully participate. TOTAL REVENUE of the Man In Motion World Tour. Research expenditures increased from the prior year Our passionate community of partners, donors, and due to a grant of $2 million, the first Blusson Integrated volunteers are accelerating the pace of advancements Cures Partnership grant to Blusson Spinal Cord Centre in spinal cord injury research and care, creating aware- partners RHI and ICORD, and renewal of funding from the ness and improving accessibility and inclusion for the Government of Canada to support RHI. School Program benefit of the estimated nine million Canadians that will face some form of disability by 2030. expenditures increased due to program development funded by new donations and sponsorships. The Awareness Program captures Rick Hansen Ambassadors activities and $12.2 M Questions? Please contact Renee Eaton, Director, Community Giving e [email protected] t 778-296-1550 Revenues Expenses Where does our funding come from? How we apply our funds Rick Hansen Foundation 300–3820 Cessna Drive, Richmond, BC Canada V7B OA2 rickhansen.com @RickHansenFdn GRANTS TO QUALIFIED DONEES AND CHARITABLE PROGRAMS $11.0 M FUNDRAISING COSTS $1.1 M Revenues by Source Expenses by Type ADMIN COSTS $1.1 M For the year ending March 31, 2014 NOTE: Audited financial statements and annual reports are available for the past three fiscal years on the RHF website. THE RICK HANSEN FOUNDATION | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FISCAL 2014 FY2014 Accomplishments Our community of partners, donors, and volunteers are working together with experts and key decision makers from a wide variety of backgrounds to generate solutions towards and inclusive society without barriers. Here are a few highlights from these collaborations: Research and Innovation Awareness New research continues to revolutionize the treatment Rick Hansen and the Foundation team are committed of spinal cord injury. In FY2014, the Foundation an- to growing a global community of people who strive nounced the Blusson Integrated Cures Partnership, to make the world more inclusive and accessible by committing $20 million over 10 years to the partners making a difference in their communities.Through at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre to support a global the Rick Hansen School Program we can harness the model for leadership and collaboration in the devel- power of youth. Providing free curriculum to schools opment and validation of spinal cord injury related across Canada that encourages youth and schools to treatments and cures. The Rick Hansen Institute be inclusive and accessible, the Program also gives (RHI) supported 45 projects in translational research, students the key skills to make a difference in their best practice implementation, informatics, consumer communities. In FY2014, the School Progam reached engagement and networking projects, and engaged 2,500 schools and 545,790 Canadian students. The with 43 international spinal cord injury experts. The Rick Hansen Ambassador Program continues to show- RHI research network grew to over 1,500 participants case Ambassadors who share their powerful stories at spanning 30 countries. schools and special events, speaking to the potential inherent in every person to overcome challenges and Accessibility make a positive difference in our communities. And Did you know? By 2030, it’s estimated that 9 million Canadians will have some form of disability. Canadians with spinal cord injury and other physi- in FY2014, the Foundation team piloted the Rick cal disabilities can face a number of barriers in Hansen Difference Maker Initiative to encourage Ca- The United Nations reports that their daily lives. The Quality of Life Program (funded nadians to build an inclusive society without barriers. more than 60 million people in directly by donors) provides special equipment and In the first phase of the pilot, we reached out to our North America, and 1.3 billion adaptive technology to eligible recipients. In FY2014, online community and donors, asking them to join people worldwide live with disabili- the Program granted a total of $269,321 to individ- us in identifying barriers, share their stories, recog- ties. This represents the world’s uals and funded special projects and programs run nize difference makers, and share their ideas about largest minority, and one that is by disability and community organizations. To help creating a world without barriers. growing rapidly. identify accessibility for public venues around the world, the Foundation continued its work on planat™ More than 8 out of 10 people with – a web site that offers accessibility ratings, photos disabilities use aids and assistive and descriptions of public venues. In FY2014, planat devices. Having the right aids can introduced a mobile version of the platform and the City of Richmond in BC became the first municipality in Canada to promote the access of its public spaces by using planat. Questions? Please contact Renee Eaton, Director, Community Giving e [email protected] t 778-296-1550 Rick Hansen Foundation 300–3820 Cessna Drive, Richmond, BC Canada V7B OA2 rickhansen.com @RickHansenFdn enable an individual to participate more fully in society.