Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,203 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $39M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $359k
- Net assets
- $28M
What American Dental Education Association does
Mission
To develop a future-ready oral health workforce prepared to improve the health of all people and communities through leadership, education and collaboration.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The adea division of educational pathways offers applicants to dental, allied dental and advanced dental education programs centralized application services (cas) to promote a straightforward and convenient process of applying to dental schools or programs. Each cas streamlines the application process for both applicants and programs by allowing applicants to complete one application for multiple schools or programs. Adea's four cas are:1. Adea aadsas (associated american dental schools application service) for traditional d.d.s. And d.m.d. Programs at all u.s. Dental schools. 2. Adea caapid (centralized application for advanced placement for international dentists) is for foreign educated dental graduates who wish to practice dentistry in the u.s. These programs offer advanced standing programs that are typically shorter in length compared to traditional dental degrees.3. Adea pass (postdoctoral application support service) is for dental students and dentists pursuing advanced dental education programs.4. Adea dhcas (dental hygiene centralized application service) is for dental hygiene programs at all education levels.
$14,960,404 spent$31,276,513 earned by the program49% of program spendingThe adea office of learning (ol) includes the adea departments of professional development (pd) and adea meetings, conferences and educational technology (mcet). Adea ol provides all logistical support, program development, and review for all adea meetings, events, conferences, symposia and workshops; online learning and educational technology services, including adea elearn, adea leade and conference apps and online planners; awards, scholarships and fellowships; leadership and faculty development programming; speaker management and training; ce oversight and management; exhibits and sponsorship support.
$8,345,671 spentof which $129,271 as grants$2,785,587 earned by the program27% of program spendingThe adea division of communications and membership (dcm) is responsible for adea's efforts to advance public understanding and support of academic dental institutions and their contributions to the nation's health. Dcm serves as the organization-wide resource for adea's communications and marketing strategy, messaging, media relations and social media; website content development, strategy and redesign efforts; branding and reputation management; graphic design and advertising; publications, including the adea print and online journal of dental education, bulletin of dental education, adea official guide to dental schools and online dental school explorer; dental education jobs board and adea directory of institutional members; publishing and editorial services; video and photography services; membership services and member engagement, recruitment and retention efforts; product quality control and the development of new and digital technologies and strategies to reach the organization's priority audiences; and development of communications and marketing campaigns to promote adea programs, products, services, meetings and events.
$3,102,152 spentof which $114,970 as grants$2,907,860 earned by the program10% of program spendingAccess, success and impact - adea's office of access, diversity and inclusion is dedicated to promoting supportive dental education environments that embrace differences, foster equity and inclusion for dental and allied dental students, residents, fellows, faculty, staff and administrators at adea member institutions and its constituencies. Adea's commitment to inclusive excellence is demonstrated through programming, meetings, initiatives and resources, awareness efforts and strategic partnerships. Adea asi strives to ensure that success, access, cultural competence, inclusion and belonging are an integral part of dental education and adea's voice as a leader in health professions' education.
$2,146,453 spentof which $150,050 as grants7% of program spendingOffice of educational policy and research - the adea office of educational policy and research (oepr) conducts educational policy research and studies in areas relevant to the needs of dental education, including the study of data analysis, recommendations, packaging and distribution of educational policy relevant for academic dental institutions and the oral health community. Adea oepr produces policy papers and research publications that inform adea members and strengthen dental, allied dental and advanced dental education programs while supporting oral health, public health and health professions' education collaborations and initiatives.
$743,412 spent2% of program spendingAdvocacy and government relations (agr) - adea agr provides information on policy and politics in washington, dc, all 50 states, puerto rico and canada. As the voice of dental education, adea agr works to shape legislation and regulations that support and advance academic dentistry and dental and craniofacial research.
$1,192,301 spent4% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $30,490,393.
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 $32M to $39M (+22%).
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: 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Karen West
President and CEO
Board chair
Susan H Kass
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $160k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION’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 DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 48% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $82k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$39k
- Department of Defense$39k
- Department of Justice$4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
- The William J Gies Foundation for the Advancement of the Adea · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,203 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $359,203 in grants to AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 7 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