Maryam Parman Foundation for Injured Children Inc
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Maryam Parman Foundation for Injured Children provides various forms of aid to injured children and their families. Each child’s needs are assessed before an individualized funding and treatment plan is formed.Our Founder, through her work representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases, sees children who have experienced a catastrophic injury often times not get the compensation they need in order to cover their medical expenses or necessary future medical care. She decided to do something about this problem by founding The Maryam Parman Foundation for Injured Children, a foundation that will solely focus on funding healthcare services and providing mobility accommodations to children in need. The families of these injured children need to make large purchases and life-style adjustments to cope with these injuries, which can put a serious financial strain on families. Our Founder decided to take action and help these families by founding MPFIC in hopes to change children's lives.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Wheelchair Vans
Our foundation provides wheelchair vans to families who have a child suffering from an injury or a disability as a result of an injury.
Medical Devices
Our foundation provides various medical devices to children who have suffered a severe injury or are disabled due to an injury.
Providing Rides
Our foundation provides rides to and from therapy appointments for the children our foundation serves.
Therapy for Injuries
Our foundation provides various forms of therapy for injured children such as; swimming therapy, horseback riding therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, tutoring, and more.
Handicap Accessibilities
Our foundation provides various handicap accessibilities to children suffering from an injury such as; wheelchairs, scooters, ramps, lifts, walkers, and more.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of children receiving medical services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people, People with disabilities, Infants and toddler girls, Low-income people
Related Program
Therapy for Injuries
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Children with severe injuries receive different forms of therapy that are not covered by their insurance.
Number of children who have access to healthcare
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Children and youth, Low-income people, People with disabilities, Victims of crime and abuse
Related Program
Therapy for Injuries
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We provide aid to each child on a case-by-case basis to ensure no child is left without a resource to their healthcare.
Number of children receiving assistance with important legal documents
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, People with disabilities, Low-income people, Victims of crime and abuse
Related Program
Handicap Accessibilities
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We have built stair lifts in homes of children with severe injuries and built various home modifications to accommodate their new disabilities.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Maryam Parman Foundation for Injured Children aims to help children who suffer from catastrophic injuries by taking some of the financial stress off of their families while they help their children heal. We fund healthcare services that insurance doesn't cover, as well as provide families with handicap accessibilities that insurance doesn't cover. Families have enough to worry about when their child is severely injured, and they shouldn't have to struggle to afford some of the treatment and tools the child will need to heal properly. Every child deserves the best, same chance at healing, and that is what our foundation aims to give them.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our foundation aims to help families in California who have a child suffering from a severe injury. We focus primarily on low-income families, but each child is assessed on a case-by-case basis and an individualized plan is developed for them. In order to keep our programs funded, we depend on donations from the general public and income from our fundraisers.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our fundraising covers our expenses and grants at this time. We have a great community of supporters that allows us to keep helping children suffering from severe injuries.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Only founded in December of 2017, we have already provided $62,000 worth of grants in 2018 to children in need. In 2019, we awarded $84,717. In 2020, despite the challenges we faced due to the pandemic, we awarded $89,404.00 in grants. We are currently completing our 2021 taxes, but in 2021 we awarded $90,259.82.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Maryam Parman Foundation for Injured Children Inc
Board of directorsas of 03/07/2022
Maryam Parman
Avrek Law Firm
Term: 2017 - 2022
Taylor Smith
Maryam Parman Foundation for Injured Children
Term: 2017 - 2022
Pamela Algorri
Elmira Najafi
Taylor Smith
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.