Colorado · Public charity
Colorado Dental Service Inc
Colorado dental services (dba delta dental of colorado) was formed as a 501(c)(4) organization in order to improve the oral health of the communities it serves. Because people with dental insurance over time have better oral health outcomes, delta dental of colorado devotes itself to providing high quality affordable dental insurance to…
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2020
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $4.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $14,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $3,750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 53
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 53% of the organizations Colorado Dental Service Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $226k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 32 | $4.3M | 53% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $5.7M | 43% |
| FY2018 | 53 | $7.1M | 49% |
| FY2017 | 53 | $6.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc | $20,940,000 | 4 | 86% |
| Springrock Dental Inc | $650,000 | 1 | 64% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $234,650 | 4 | 0% |
| Colorado Children's Campaign | $192,000 | 4 | 5% |
| La Clinica Tepeyac | $173,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Mile High United Way Inc | $139,690 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Health Progress | $97,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | $40,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $39,600 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 119 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Colorado Dental Service Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 104 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · The Colorado Trust · Caring for Colorado Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Boettcher Foundation · Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · Daniels Fund
How this is measured
About Colorado Dental Service Inc
- How much does Colorado Dental Service Inc give?
- Colorado Dental Service Inc reported 32 itemized grants totaling $4,259,908, out of $4,411,766 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Colorado Dental Service Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Health (94%), Human Services (1%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Colorado Dental Service Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc ($21M), Springrock Dental Inc ($650k), American Heart Association Inc ($235k).
- Does Colorado Dental Service Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Colorado Dental Service Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Rose Community Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Colorado Dental Service Inc based?
- Colorado Dental Service Inc is based in CO.
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