Illinois · Public charity
American Dental Association
The ADA is the professional association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science, and professional advancement; leading a unified professional through initiatives in advocacy, education, research, and the development of standards.
- $18M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 59
- Grants FY2024
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $56,835
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $14,099,473
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 46
- Total assets, FY2024
- $287M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations American Dental Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 | 59 | $18M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $4.9M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $6.1M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 50 | $3.6M | 16% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $2.8M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $5.1M | 28% |
| FY2018 | 47 | $5.3M | 45% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $5.3M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADA Forsyth Institute Inc | $14,215,299 | 3 | 42% |
| ADA Foundation | $8,234,012 | 4 | 44% |
| Ada Business Innovation Group | $2,128,539 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State Dental Association | $1,404,008 | 8 | 10% |
| Georgia Dental Association Inc | $1,280,307 | 8 | 10% |
| ADA Forsyth Institute | $1,250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Dental Association | $1,224,964 | 8 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Dental Society | $1,189,652 | 8 | 3% |
| New Mexico Dental Association | $1,064,387 | 8 | 37% |
| North Dakota Dental Association | $1,036,817 | 7 | 74% |
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Where it is load-bearing
American Dental Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 87 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: Patterson Foundation · Henry Schein Cares Foundation Inc · ADA Foundation · CareQuest Institute for Oral Health Inc · Carequest Foundation Inc · Delta Dental Community Care Foundation · Delta Dental Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About American Dental Association
- How much does American Dental Association give?
- American Dental Association reported 59 grants totaling $18,275,917 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Dental Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (93%), Community Improvement (4%), Social Science (2%).
- Who are American Dental Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: ADA Forsyth Institute Inc ($14M), ADA Foundation ($8.2M), Ada Business Innovation Group ($2.1M).
- Does American Dental Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Dental Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patterson Foundation, Henry Schein Cares Foundation Inc, ADA Foundation.
- Where is American Dental Association based?
- American Dental Association is based in IL.
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