Illinois · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $40M
What American Association of Endodontists Foundation does
Mission
The foundation for endodontics is committed to improving oral health by increasing engagement and resources for endodontic research, education, and access to care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research - groundbreaking research fuels the specialty and gives both established and developing endodontists the tools to achieve excellence in patient care, saving natural teeth whenever possible. In order to help define endodontics as a specialty, the foundation strives to fund impactful research studies, ranging in scale and complexity.
$464,451 spentof which $372,623 as grants32% of program spendingEducation - supporting endodontic education and faculty is critical to the growth and future success of the specialty. It is the foundation's mission to ensure that dental students are taught endodontics by highly qualified specialists in the field who remain passionate about endodontics and are at the forefront of research and technology. Strong academic and scientific agendas equal a strong and productivity future for the specialty.
$884,295 spentof which $819,081 as grants61% of program spendingAccess to care - the foundation funds a variety of access to care initiatives - assisting patients in underserved communities, highlighting the role endodontics play in the dental community, providing mentorship and hands-on opportunities for dental students to work alongside specialists, and engaging younger members.
$94,549 spentof which $28,616 as grants7% of program spendingSponsorship of the advanced program in clinical endodontics for residents (apices)
$9,297 spentof which $7,310 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,452,592.
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 2021 to 2022, from $41M to $33M (−21%).
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 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
40% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION’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. 5 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Ken Widelka
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $15k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION’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 ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
63% 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 ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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
63% of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Association of Endodontists · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $40,000 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION?
- JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing