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American Association of Endodontists Foundation

The foundation for endodontics is committed to improving oral health by increasing engagement and resources for endodontic research, education, and access to care.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$118k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 60% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 12 grants below total $394,052 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,227,630 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $833,578 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $183k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $199k
$19,791
Median grant
5
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS$118,275
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO$80,358
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$45,434
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO$35,255
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GRAD ENDO DIVISION$19,791
TEXAS A&M COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY DEPT OF ENDODONTICS$16,764
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$15,176
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND$13,760
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO$11,375
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO$7,500
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$5,364
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–23, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%URRP-UKRANIAN REFUGEE: $15k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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MN
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CA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 8% of American Association of Endodontists Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

American Association of Endodontists Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.0M · 20 repeat orgs$379k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
15

Total granted

$3.0M
$360k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+13%

Still filing today

40%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
EducationHealthCommunity ImprovementInternationalHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS
    5× · 2019–2024 · $653k · revenue +24%
  • AD
    AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $150k · revenue +48%
  • NY
    New York University
    4× · 2017–2022 · $104k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of the Pacificgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +37%
  • AB
    AMERICAN BOARD OF ENDODONTICSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $59k · revenue +41%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2017 · $57k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
2
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
3
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
4
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
5
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
6
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
7
A T Still University of Health Sciences

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences serves as a learning-centered university dedicated to preparing highly competent professionals through innovative academic programs. The University is committed to continuing its osteopathic…

Education
8
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
9
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
10
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
11
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
12
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford

The principal objects of the University are the advancement of learning by teaching and research, and its dissemination by every means. We work as one Oxford bringing together our staff, students and alumni, our colleges, faculties,…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of the Pacific and the most unlike its peers is Smile Unto Him. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 59 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr16%12%20–35yr13%19%35–55yr16%50%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr16%8%20–35yr13%10%35–55yr16%44%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,524

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CTR OF SA — $681,154 · OtherTHE UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CTR OF SAUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL — $269,395 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLBOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA — $200,626 · OtherBOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMAUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTON — $136,848 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER HOUSTONState University of Iowa — $123,421 · OtherState University of IowaREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — $109,850 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIALOMA LINDA UNVIERSITY — $87,256 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $77,348 · Other+12 more — $367,622 · Other+12 moreAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS — $653,041 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN ASSOCIATION …AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — $150,000 · EducationAMERICAN DENTAL EDU…New York University — $103,731 · EducationNew York UniversityUniversity of the Pacific — $100,000 · EducationUniversity of the P…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $91,051 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTS…The Research Foundation for The State University of New York — $46,543 · EducationThe Research Founda…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC — $42,306 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYL…+7 more — $67,340 · Education+7 moreLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER — $85,500 · HealthRALEIGH-WAKE COUNTY DENTAL SOCIETY COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM INC — $10,000 · HealthPHILADELPHIA FIGHT — $7,510 · HealthSMILE UNTO HIM — $6,891 · HealthUKRAINIAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROJECT INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN DENTAL SOCIETY — $7,650 · International
Other$2,053,520Community Improvement$653,041Education$600,971Health$109,901Human Services$15,000International$7,650

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS — $653,041 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — $150,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University — $103,731 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $91,051 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER — $85,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $77,348 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BOARD OF ENDODONTICS — $59,292 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York — $46,543 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC — $42,306 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $19,540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINIAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROJECT INC — $15,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $12,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRALEIGH-WAKE COUNTY DENTAL SOCIETY COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN DENTAL SOCIETY — $7,650 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA FIGHT — $7,510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE UNTO HIM — $6,891 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA2.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization American Association of Endodontists Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2025
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no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College — 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 5% of income from government
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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