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Mds Foundation Inc

The mds foundation is dedicated to directing its charitable resources to improve the oral health of massachusetts residents.

$219k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$713kPublic Safety & Disaster$120kHuman Services$13k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $191,294, the rows itemized in this filing. The $219,477 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $28,183 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $173k
$15,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE BERKSHIRES$20,000
TDA RELIEF FUND$15,000
CDA FOUNDATION$15,000
NCDS FOUNDATION$15,000
DENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK$15,000
FDA FOUNDATION$15,000
TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE$15,000
GEORGIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION$15,000
HILLCREST DENTAL CARE$15,000
BHCHP$12,500
VALLEY DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY$10,000
SMILES FOR SUCCESS FOUNDATION$10,000
CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT$7,000
HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE$6,000
NEIGHBORHEALTH CORPORATION$5,794
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BHCHP: $13k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
CA
CO
TN
NC
HI
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 18% of Mds Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 76% of the giving stays in MA; by stated purpose, 55%.

Mds Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 37% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$460k · 7 repeat orgs$379k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$460k
$259k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+51%

Still filing today

86%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPhilanthropyScience & TechHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • VI
    VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $153k · revenue +282%
  • AF
    ADA Forsyth Institute Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +55%
  • DL
    DENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK
    5× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • D(
    DCD (DOCTORS CARING FOR DOCTORS)
    one grant, 2022 · $48k
  • FD
    FLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue +38%
  • BO
    BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +139%
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.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Dental Affiliates Pc

Operating as an integral part of the nyc health + hospitals ("h+h"), formerly the new york city health and hospitals corporation. nyda will further h+h's tax-exempt charitable, scientific, and educational purposes by enhancing the…

Health
2
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc

Harvard street neighborhood health center serves as the primary health resource to our community, through the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered medical care.

Health
3
Sunset Park Health Council Inc

The mission of the family health centers at nyu langone is to improve the overall health of the communities it serves by delivering high quality, culturally-competent primary car, and related services within community-based settings.

Health
4
Massachusetts Dental Society

Empowering dental health professionals throughout their careers.

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5
Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc

Our vision is to be a constantly growing, financially sound community health center.

Health
6
Dentistry Vcu

Delivery of oral healthcare. the corporation operates principally for the benefit of the school of dentistry of vcu by supporting the education, research, service and care mission of vcu.

—
7
Group Health Inc

Our mission is to improve health and well-being in partnership with our members, patients and community.

Health
8
Hyndman Area Health Center

To promote health and wellness to our patient population, by providing patient centered care that promotes engagement between the patient and the provider, leading to positive health care outcomes.

Health
9
Delta Dental of Washington

See schedule oddwa will revolutionize the oral health industry and improve overall health. this includes, but is not limited to, the following: to secure dental service for employer groups, individuals and their families; provide…

Health
10
Indiana Dental Association

The mission of the indiana dental association is to support dentists, to promote professionalism, and to improve oral health.

—
11
Dental Health Works of Cheshire County

To provide access to dental and oral health services to economically disadvantaged residents of cheshire county.

Health
12
Community Dental

To improve the lives of children and adults in our communities by providing needed, accessible, comprehensive, quality oral health care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Health Center of Franklin County Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is American Student Dental Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $152,566 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INCDENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK: $70,250 · HealthDENTAL LIFELINE NETWORKHILLCREST DENTAL CARE INC: $35,000 · HealthHILLCREST DENTAL CARE INCCOMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC: $32,155 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INCBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $25,000 · HealthBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INCBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $25,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATIONLOWELL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $20,000 · HealthHEALTHFIRST FAMILY CARE CENTER INC: $20,000 · HealthGEORGIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION FOR ORAL HEALTH INC: $15,000 · HealthNORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Health+1 more: $5,794 · HealthDCD (DOCTORS CARING FOR DOCTORS): $48,000 · OtherDCD (DOCTORS CARING FOR DOCTOR…FLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · OtherFLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION INCCAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE: $30,000 · OtherCAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCESPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $16,636 · OtherSPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNIT…FLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · OtherFLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOU…HEALTHCARE OPTIONS INC: $15,000 · OtherHEALTHCARE OPTIONS INCTDA RELIEF FUND: $15,000 · OtherTDA RELIEF FUNDHolyoke Health Center Inc: $12,350 · OtherHolyoke Health Center IncMASSACHUSETTS DENTAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherHARVARD ACTION FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS IN ORAL HEALTH NEED (ACTION) PROGRAM: $10,000 · OtherSMILES FOR SUCCESS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $7,000 · OtherADA Forsyth Institute Inc: $85,000 · PhilanthropyADA Forsyth…Trustees of Tufts College: $55,000 · EducationTrustees o…HAWAII DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationHAWAII DEN…AMERICAN STUDENT DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $7,000 · EducationAMERICAN S…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $6,000 · EducationPresident …CALIFORNIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Science & TechBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $12,500 · Human Services
Health$430,765Other$223,986Philanthropy$85,000Education$78,000Science & Tech$15,000Human Services$12,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $152,566 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetADA Forsyth Institute Inc: $85,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK: $70,250 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLCREST DENTAL CARE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC: $32,155 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWELL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHFIRST FAMILY CARE CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHEALTHCARE OPTIONS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTDA RELIEF FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHolyoke Health Center Inc: $12,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS DENTAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetAMERICAN STUDENT DENTAL ASSOCIATION: $7,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHEALTH CORPORATION: $5,794 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

President and Fellows…Health Resources in A…Reach Out and Read IncMassachusetts League …Upstream USA IncPatterson FoundationDirect ReliefCommunity Care Cooper…Massdevelopment Hefa …Henry Schein Cares Fo…Boston Medical Center…Project Bread-The Wal…
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeMA19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: President and Fellows of Harvard College · Health Resources in Action Inc · Reach Out and Read Inc · Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Inc · Upstream USA Inc · Patterson Foundation · Direct Relief · Community Care Cooperative Inc · Massdevelopment Hefa Trust · Henry Schein Cares Foundation Inc · Boston Medical Center Corporation · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mds Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mds Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Hillcrest Dental Care Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Ada Forsyth Institute Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Holyoke Health Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Lowell Community Health Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Community Health Connections Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Healthfirst Family Care Center Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Community Health Center of Franklin County Incorporated: 21% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Neighborhealth Corporation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Mds Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Mds Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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