Missouri · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN
AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN (Missouri) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $843,947 to it, the largest being GRABER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($525,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $844k
- Net assets
- $41M
What American Assoc of Orthodontists Fdn does
Mission
To advance the orthodontic specialty by supporting exceptional education and research that leads to excellence in patient care, and by promoting orthodontic charitable giving.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fellowships: the orthodontic faculty development fellowship award is designed to encourage orthodontic students and graduates to pursue careers in orthodontic education and support the development of junior faculty. It is felt that the young clinical investigator and biomedical scientist must be supported to encourage and enable them to develop their teaching, patient care and research activities to their highest potential; this, in great measure, will enable excellence in orthodontic education and progress for the specialty. This award provides support to individuals engaged in orthodontic training leading to a master of science or phd degree, an orthodontic graduate involved in postdoctoral research projects and junior faculty serving as full-time faculty in an orthodontic department. Fellowship awards are intended only for those committed to a career in orthodontic teaching and/or research. Research: biomedical research awards are now focused on helping junior faculty in u.s. And canada develop independent research activities to help complete requirements for tenure and to provide pilot study data for other external funding applications (e.g. Nidcr). Biomedical research awards…
$1,063,358 spentof which $838,941 as grants68% of program spendingGifted smiles is a program of the american association of orthodontists foundation (aao foundation) that provides the conduit to orthodontic treatment. Gifted smiles provides and connects children who cannot afford treatment to a network of volunteer orthodontists who contribute their time and resources to provide orthodontic care.
$433,460 spentof which $422,539 as grants$153,835 earned by the program28% of program spendingAny aao member who is the victim of a natural disaster may apply to the disaster relief fund for a grant (up to $15,000) to assist in restoring, repairing, or reconstructing a practice facility owned by the applicant, or the dental equipment and supplies therein.
$60,000 spentof which $60,000 as grants$46,850 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,556,818.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $34M to $40M (+17%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $40k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $159k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Aao Disaster Relief Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
38% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
31%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Association of Orthodontists · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN?
- AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN (Missouri) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $843,947 to it, the largest being GRABER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($525,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $843,947 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN?
- GRABER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOC OF ORTHODONTISTS FDN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing