Minnesota · Public charity
Minnesota Dental Foundation
MINNESOTA DENTAL FOUNDATION's mission is to initiate and support programs that provide dental services to underserved populations and communities; encourage and support volunteerism within the profession; and promote careers in dentistry, especially in underserved areas.
- $256k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $130k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $90,703
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Minnesota Dental Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 5 | $130k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $145k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $106k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $97k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $131k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $108k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $103k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Lifeline Network | $706,720 | 8 | 11% |
| Minnesota Dental Association | $95,595 | 8 | 1% |
| Hope Dental Clinic | $43,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Free Clinic of Steele County | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| C A R E Clinic | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Dental Care | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Headwaters Area Dental Dba Northern Dental Access Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakewood Health System | $5,228 | 1 | 0% |
| Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Doorstep Healthcare Services | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Lifeline Network | $706,720 | 8 | 11% |
| Minnesota Dental Association | $95,595 | 8 | 1% |
| Hope Dental Clinic | $43,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Free Clinic of Steele County | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| C A R E Clinic | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Dental Care | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Headwaters Area Dental Dba Northern Dental Access Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakewood Health System | $5,228 | 1 | 0% |
| Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Doorstep Healthcare Services | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Childrens Dental Health Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Minnesota Dental Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 of Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · America's Toothfairy National Children's Oral Health Foundation · Medica Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Minnesota Dental Foundation
- How much does Minnesota Dental Foundation give?
- Minnesota Dental Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $129,778, out of $256,230 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Minnesota Dental Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (99%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
- Who are Minnesota Dental Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dental Lifeline Network ($707k), Minnesota Dental Association ($96k), Hope Dental Clinic ($43k).
- Does Minnesota Dental Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Dental Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, America's Toothfairy National Children's Oral Health Foundation.
- Where is Minnesota Dental Foundation based?
- Minnesota Dental Foundation is based in MN.
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