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The Harry E Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Health

The Children's Oral Health Network is a network of organizations and individuals united by a shared mission: to make Maine a place where all children can grow up free from preventable dental disease.

$924k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$211k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$2.8MHuman Services$39kCommunity Improvement$27kCrime & Legal$18kEmployment$11kReligion$10kCivil Rights$5k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $889,346, the rows itemized in this filing. The $923,973 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $34,627 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $780k
$72,233
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mainely Smiles dba Mainely Teeth$210,802
MaineHealth$189,922
MCD Global Health$186,952
Greater Portland Health$119,812
Northern Light Health$72,233
University of New England$31,071
Maine AAP$29,000
Maine Access immigrant Network$28,345
University of Maine Augusta$21,209
02The need
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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 (FY19–24, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Maine Access immigrant Network: $28k → 7%Maine Access immigrant Network: $26k → 7%Maine Access Immigrant Network: $7k → 7%Maine Parent Federation: $10k → 12%Opportunity Alliance: $12k → 7%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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 9% of The Harry E Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Health’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in ME; by stated purpose, 75%.

The Harry E Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Healthlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 25% 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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 13 repeat orgs$608k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +106% since the first grant, against +66% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
23

Total granted

$2.1M
$505k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+106%
+66%

Still filing today

92%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalEmploymentEducationOther
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

  • M
    MaineHealth
    6× · 2019–2024 · $963k · revenue +106%
  • MS
    MAINELY SMILES
    2× · 2022–2024 · $241k · revenue +298%
  • PC
    Portland Community Health Center
    2× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • MS
    MaineHealth Services
    one grant, 2018 · $288k · revenue -71%
  • KV
    KENNEBEC VALLEY DENTAL COALITIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue +80%
  • KV
    KENNEBEC VALLEY FAMILY DENTISTRYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +131%
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
Maine Health Access Foundation Inc
Health
2
Mainely Teeth Llc

Providing Dental services to low-income individuals who are uninsured,underinsured, or have other significant financial barriers to accessing care.

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3
Penobscot Community Health Center

Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1997 that is governed by a Board of community volunteers and is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine. PCHC is driven by its mission…

Health
4
Maine Behavioral Healthcare

Maine Behavioral Healthcare provides a seamless and compassionate continuum of care through a community of providers collaborating to promote recovery and the overall mental and physical well-being of those we are privileged to serve.

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5
Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Penobscot Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is an acute care hospital that offers inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, patient and community education, and a full range of specialty services through…

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6
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
7
Western Maine Health Care Corp

Ensured a high quality, accessible, affordable and appropriate integrated health care system to improve the health and well being of the community.

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8
Maine Medical Association

To support maine physicians, advance the quality of medicine in maine, and promote the health of all maine people.

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9
Maine Dental Association

The maine dental association's mission is to support members in achieving excellence in dentistry. we provide continuing education, advocacy, and support to the membership. we are leaders in oral health care in maine.

—
10
Oasis Health Network Inc

To provide health, dental care and prescription assistance to uninsured, low income residents of southern midcoast maine

Health
11
Southern Maine Health Care

Southern Maine Health Care exists to improve the health and health care of the communities we serve.

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12
Waldo County General Hospital

Waldo County General Hospital's mission is to be the BEST - Better, Empathy, Service and Teamwork. Our goal is to ensure quality, accessible and affordable health care services and to improve the health and well-being of our community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Maine; the most unlike its peers is American Academy of Pediatrics Maine Chapter Inc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 39 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/36
Grantees still filing
30/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MaineHealth: $963,457 · HealthMaineHealthMedical Care Development Inc: $414,119 · HealthMedical Care Development IncMaineHealth Services: $287,933 · HealthMaineHealth ServicesMAINELY SMILES: $240,802 · HealthMAINELY SMILESPortland Community Health Center: $129,812 · HealthPortland Community Health CenterAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS MAINE CHAPTER INC: $110,786 · Health+13 more: $256,612 · Health+13 moreMaine Community Foundation Inc: $186,653 · PhilanthropyNorthern Light Health: $72,233 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM INC: $26,570 · OtherTHE ROOT CELLAR: $10,000 · OtherMAINE DENTAL HEALTH OUT-REACH INC: $10,000 · OtherCity of Portland: $7,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATION IN QUALIDIGM: $5,000 · OtherMAINE TRANSGENDER NETWORK INC: $5,000 · OtherMAINE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $5,000 · OtherMaine Council on Aging: $5,000 · OtherMaine Access Immigrant Network: $60,885 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities Maine: $20,250 · Human ServicesThe Opportunity Alliance: $12,000 · Human ServicesMAINE PARENT FEDERATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesUniversity of New England: $31,071 · EducationAROOSTOOK COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM: $23,247 · Crime & LegalMaine Equal Justice Partners: $5,000 · Crime & LegalIn Her Presence: $17,000 · Community ImprovementPiscataquis County Economic Development Council: $11,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHERN MAINE WORKERS CENTER: $5,000 · Employment
Health$2,403,521Philanthropy$186,653Other$145,803Human Services$103,135Education$31,071Crime & Legal$28,247Community Improvement$28,000Employment$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMaineHealth: $963,457 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Care Development Inc: $414,119 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMaineHealth Services: $287,933 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAINELY SMILES: $240,802 over 2y, 11% of budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $186,653 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPortland Community Health Center: $129,812 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS MAINE CHAPTER INC: $110,786 over 5y, 17% of budgetCOMMUNITY DENTAL: $71,250 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMaine Access Immigrant Network: $60,885 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetAROOSTOOK DENTAL CLINIC: $38,550 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetKENNEBEC VALLEY DENTAL COALITION: $34,750 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetUniversity of New England: $31,071 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENNEBEC VALLEY FAMILY DENTISTRY: $25,250 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAROOSTOOK COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM: $23,247 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Maine: $20,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MAINERS PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE: $19,812 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetIn Her Presence: $17,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetHANLEY CENTER FOR HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION: $16,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPiscataquis County Economic Development Council: $11,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE ROOT CELLAR: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSunrise Opportunities: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAVING SMILES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMAINE DENTAL HEALTH OUT-REACH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetMAINE PARENT FEDERATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCross Cultural Community Services: $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATION IN QUALIDIGM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Public Health Association: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMAINE TRANSGENDER NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMAINE PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAINE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCONSUMERS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN MAINE WORKERS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMaine Council on Aging: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMaine Equal Justice Partners: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Maine Health Access F…Maine Community Found…Northeast Delta Denta…Elmina B Sewall Found…John T Gorman Foundat…Sam L Cohen FoundationMaine Cancer Foundati…Davis Family Foundati…Maine InitiativesincUnited Way IncGood Shepherd Food Ba…Stephen & Tabitha Kin…
Maine Health Access Foundation IncME59.4× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Northeast Delta Dental Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Maine Cancer Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Maine Initiativesinc · United Way Inc · Good Shepherd Food Bank · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation 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 The Harry E Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Health funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harry E Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Health. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 The Harry E Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Health?

    Find your warmest path to The Harry E Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Health 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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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