California · Public charity
Delta Dental of California
To advance dental health and access through exceptional dental benefits, service, technology and professional support.
- $18M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $17,238,530
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Delta Dental of California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k 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 | 26 | $18M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $22M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $27M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $26M | 52% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $18M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $14M | 44% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $13M | 56% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $8.0M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Dental Community Care Foundation | $141,508,337 | 8 | 75% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $855,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County | $185,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Richmond Ermet Aid Foundation | $173,500 | 7 | 14% |
| University of the Pacific | $155,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Disabled American Veterans | $155,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Blue Star Families Inc | $144,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Triumph Cancer Foundation | $136,250 | 7 | 10% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $135,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Military Family Association | $134,000 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 107 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($348k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Delta Dental of California supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 88 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: Delta Dental Community Care Foundation · California Healthcare Foundation · Carequest Foundation Inc · The California Endowment · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · McNabb Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn · The California Wellness Foundation · Dignity Health · East Bay Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Delta Dental of California
- How much does Delta Dental of California give?
- Delta Dental of California reported 27 grants totaling $18,229,672 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Delta Dental of California fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (97%), Philanthropy (1%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
- Who are Delta Dental of California's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Delta Dental Community Care Foundation ($142M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($855k), Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County ($185k).
- Does Delta Dental of California fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Delta Dental of California?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delta Dental Community Care Foundation, California Healthcare Foundation, Carequest Foundation Inc.
- Where is Delta Dental of California based?
- Delta Dental of California is based in CA.
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