Illinois · Public charity
ADA Foundation
The ADA Foundation provides charitable assistance for the dental community and works to improve oral health by supporting access to care, research and education programs.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $102k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $43,187
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations ADA Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $102k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $46k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $997k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $702k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $737k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $421k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $122k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Dental Association | $1,970,561 | 5 | 0% |
| ADA Science and Research Institute LLC | $648,552 | 2 | n/a |
| Advocate Charitable Foundation | $375,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dental Lifeline Network | $233,804 | 2 | 13% |
| The Viscardi Center Inc | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $78,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eastman Dental Center Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Puerto Rico | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago | $40,022 | 1 | 0% |
| Health Volunteers Overseas Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
ADA Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Dental Trade Alliance Foundation · America's Toothfairy National Children's Oral Health Foundation · American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation · American Dental Association · Patterson Foundation · Carequest Foundation Inc · Delta Dental Community Care Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About ADA Foundation
- How much does ADA Foundation give?
- ADA Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $101,593, out of $1,507,290 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does ADA Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (77%), Science & Tech (16%), Education (3%).
- Who are ADA Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Dental Association ($2.0M), ADA Science and Research Institute LLC ($649k), Advocate Charitable Foundation ($375k).
- Does ADA Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as ADA Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dental Trade Alliance Foundation, America's Toothfairy National Children's Oral Health Foundation, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation.
- Where is ADA Foundation based?
- ADA Foundation is based in IL.
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