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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 FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$3.3MScience & Tech$682kEducation$147kInternational$66kArts & Culture$63kPublic Benefit$10k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $101,593, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,507,290 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,405,697 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $97k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Dental Association$43,187
ADA Forsyth Institute$28,406
Howard University$15,000
Disable Veterans National Foundation$10,000
National Council of Dentist Health Programs$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KinderSmile Foundation: $15k → 16%The Kindersmile Foundation: $10k → 16%United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago: $40k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
WV
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 9 repeat orgs$836k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
41

Total granted

$3.4M
$778k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
+43%

Still filing today

78%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AD
    American Dental Association
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +91%
  • KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $25k · revenue +418%
  • CD
    CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VISCARDI CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $80k · revenue +43%
  • ED
    Eastman Dental Center Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $75k · revenue -53%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
    one grant, 2018 · $75k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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New York Dental Affiliates Pc

Operating as an integral part of the nyc health + hospitals ("h+h"), formerly the new york city health and hospitals corporation. nyda will further h+h's tax-exempt charitable, scientific, and educational purposes by enhancing the…

Health
2
Dentistry Vcu

Delivery of oral healthcare. the corporation operates principally for the benefit of the school of dentistry of vcu by supporting the education, research, service and care mission of vcu.

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3
Delta Dental Fund

Delta dental fund's mission is to improve the oral health of the public and to advance dental science and the dental profession through research and education.

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4
Indiana Dental Association

The mission of the indiana dental association is to support dentists, to promote professionalism, and to improve oral health.

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5
America's Dentists Care Foundation

The organization provides dental equipment and technical assistance for free dental clinics. the clinics are available to the general public. these are typically two to four day clinics, conducted at locations throughout the usa.

Health
6
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology Inc

The organization provides peer reviewed scientific research and education in the field of biological dentistry.

Health
7
American Dental Hygienists' Association

To improve the public's total health; to advance the art and science of dental hygiene by ensuring access to quality health care; increasing awareness of the cost-effective benefits of prevention; promoting the highest standards of dental…

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8
Dade County Dental Research Clinic

Providing oral health education and improving access to dental care for the uninsured, low-income children and families of miami-dade county.

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9
Massachusetts Dental Society

Empowering dental health professionals throughout their careers.

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10
Michigan Dental Association

To encourage the improvement of the oral health of the public; to enhance members' ability to provide ethical care to the public through education, training and service; and to promote the science of dentistry.

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11
Delta Dental of Washington

See schedule oddwa will revolutionize the oral health industry and improve overall health. this includes, but is not limited to, the following: to secure dental service for employer groups, individuals and their families; provide…

Health
12
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dental Health Programs Inc; the most unlike its peers is A T Still University of Health Sciences. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/44
Grantees still filing
29/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American Dental Association: $1,970,561 · OtherAmerican Dental AssociationADA Science and Research Institute LLC: $648,552 · OtherADA Science and Research Institute LLC+14 more: $318,548 · Other+14 moreADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $375,000 · HealthADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOU…DENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK: $233,804 · HealthDENTAL LIFELINE NETWORKEastman Dental Center Foundation Inc: $75,000 · HealthEastman Dental Center F…CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $35,000 · Health+12 more: $159,290 · Health+12 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL FOUNDATION INC: $26,418 · EducationJ S M C DENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM INC CO DENTAL CLINIC ATTN DR CONDELLO: $25,000 · EducationHAWAII DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $17,550 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $15,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $12,396 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $11,418 · EducationNew York University: $11,418 · EducationA T Still University of Health Sciences: $11,418 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $11,418 · EducationMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE: $11,418 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College: $11,418 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationTEXAS DENTAL ASSOCIATION SMILES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMINNESOTA DENTAL FOUNDATION: $9,929 · EducationTHE VISCARDI CENTER INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY SEGUIN OF GREATER CHICAGO: $40,022 · Human ServicesKINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHEALTH VOLUNTEERS OVERSEAS INC: $38,000 · InternationalADA Forsyth Institute Inc: $28,406 · PhilanthropyCHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $5,729 · PhilanthropyDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$2,937,661Health$878,094Education$219,801Human Services$145,022International$38,000Philanthropy$34,135Public Benefit$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Dental Association: $1,970,561 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK: $233,804 over 2y, 13% of budgetEastman Dental Center Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY SEGUIN OF GREATER CHICAGO: $40,022 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH VOLUNTEERS OVERSEAS INC: $38,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCENTRAL OKLAHOMA AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADA Forsyth Institute Inc: $28,406 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RELIEF: $27,916 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL FOUNDATION INC: $26,418 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAPPLE TREE DENTAL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPortland Community Health Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJ S M C DENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM INC CO DENTAL CLINIC ATTN DR CONDELLO: $25,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWAIKIKI HEALTH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $17,550 over 1y, 46% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $12,396 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD MINISTRIES OF OKLAHOMA INC: $12,396 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $11,418 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $11,418 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA T Still University of Health Sciences: $11,418 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $11,418 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE: $11,418 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $11,418 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS COMMUNITY CLINIC OF BURBANK: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS DENTAL ASSOCIATION SMILES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMINNESOTA DENTAL FOUNDATION: $9,929 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetOKLAHOMA DENTAL FOUNDATION: $5,729 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $5,729 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $5,478 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Dental Trade Alliance…America's Toothfairy …American Academy of P…American Dental Assoc…Patterson FoundationCarequest Foundation …Delta Dental Communit…Charities Aid Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Dental Trade Alliance FoundationVA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization ADA Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from ADA Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Ada Forsyth Institute Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Central Oklahoma American Indian Health Council Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Kindersmile Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to ADA Foundation?

Find your warmest path to ADA Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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