· Public charity
Chicago Dental Society
The health of the public, to promote the art and science of dentistry and to represent the interest of the members of the profession and the public which it serves.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHSIDE CDS BRANCH | $14,115 |
| NORTH SUBURBAN CDS BRANCH | $12,802 |
| NORTHWEST SUBURBAN CDS BRANCH | $11,620 |
| WEST SUBURBAN CDS BRANCH | $10,835 |
| WEST SIDE CDS BRANCH | $10,545 |
| NORTHWEST SIDE CDS BRANCH | $8,418 |
| SOUTH SUBURBAN CDS BRANCH | $5,750 |
| KENWOOD HYDE PARK CDS BRANCH | $5,150 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CDCHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $7.5M · revenue +71% · 89% of their budget
- CDCHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY7× · 2017–2024 · $444k · revenue +1%
- ISIllinois State Dental Society5× · 2017–2023 · $373k · revenue -7%
Funded once
- CDCHICAGO DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $167k
- IMISDS - MISSION OF MERCYone grant, 2018 · $25k
- DDENT-IL-PACone grant, 2022 · $15k
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.
3 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.
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 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 3 of the 9 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Chicago Dental Society funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chicago Dental Society. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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