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Name:	CincySmiles Foundation, Inc.
Address:	635 West Seventh Street, Suite 309
	Cincinnati, OH 45203
Phone:	(513) 621-0248
Web Address:	www.cincysmiles.org

CincySmiles Foundation, Inc. does not meet the following 2 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Standard 16: Annual Report - Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets. The charity's 2010 annual report does not include a roster of the board of directors and financial information for the past fiscal year, which includes total income, expenses by programs, fundraising, and administration, and total ending net assets.   Standard 17: Web Site Disclosures - Include on any charity websites that solicit contributions, the same information that is recommended for annual reports, as well as the mailing address of the charity and electronic access to its most recent IRS Form 990. The charity has a website that requests contributions, but the website does not include total income and total ending net assets for the past fiscal year.

CincySmiles Foundation, Inc. meets the remaining 18 Standards for Charity Accountability.

OPTIONS and Donated Dental Services (DDS) are programs in which the charity partners with participating practitioners to provide care to Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky’s working poor and their families, seniors, and those who are medically, mentally or physically challenged. According to the charity, the OPTIONS Program serves Greater Cincinnati and 27 surrounding Ohio counties and there is now 275 participating dentists in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky. CincySmiles Foundation operates a five chair dental clinics in Over the Rhine to serve basic dental needs of the area homeless. Patients are referred through several programs and shelters and receive the dental treatment necessary to be pain-free, to restore nutrition functions, and an appearance that supports moving them to self-sufficiency. The Dental Van Program is a fully-equipped two chair “dental clinic on wheels” that provides rotating services to grades kindergarten through eighth grade in Cincinnati Public Schools. During the summer, the dental van provides dental screening and treatment to students in Head Start programs in the area. The Dental Sealant Program is a school-based program, which serves Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Adams, Brown and Clermont Counties, provides dental screenings and sealant application to the teeth of low-income children to prevent dental decay and disease. The dental sealants are applied to elementary aged school children in their schools. The program is provided at no cost to all eligible children who have parental consent. Referrals are also made for those with follow-up dental treatment needs. The Middletown Clinic is operates a three chair dental clinic in conjunction with the Butler County Community Health Consortium in Middletown.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, CincySmiles Foundation's program expenses were:

Program Services	2,490,753
Total Program Expenses:	$2,490,753

Chief Executive : Mr. Lawrence Hill, DDA, MPH, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$8,212

Highest Paid Executive: Mr. Lynda Riddle, DDS,Dentist
Compensation*: $124,419

Chair of the Board: Ms. Cynthia Blocksom
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Not Provided

Board Size: 8

Paid Staff Size: 30

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

invitations to fundraising events, grant proposals, Internet

Fundraising costs were 2% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,569,219, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This charity is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on CincySmiles Foundation's audited financial statements - consolidated for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
Government Grants	840,679
Contributions	819,600
Donated Services	749,619
Medicaid	237,987
Miscellaneous	57,413
Rent	32,154
Patient Fees	29,880
Contract Revenue	15,832
Total Income	$2,783,164

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 88%  Fund Raising: 1%  Administrative: 11%

Total income				$2,783,164
	Program expenses			$2,490,753
	Fund raising expenses			27,307
	Administrative expenses			320,598
Total expenses				$2,838,658
Expenses in Excess of Income				(55,494)
Beginning net assets				664,319
Ending net assets				608,825
Total liabilities				490,686
Total assets				$1,099,511