California · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH
CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $935,882 to it, the largest being Carequest Foundation Inc ($380,630). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $936k
- Net assets
- $391k
What Center for Oral Health does
Mission
Center for Oral Health's mission is to improve oral health, especially of vulnerable populations, through innovation, research, education and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Developing sustainable school-based oral health care delivery models; providing professional continuing education for healthcare providers,and oral health education to the general public to prevent and treat dental disease in children of low-income families, and underservedcommunities.
$1,034,404 spent58% of program spendingTo improve the oral health of vulnerable populations throughinnovation, research, education and advocacy. Center for Oral Healthdelivers dental care for low-income children and families to preventthe onset of dental disease and promote good oral health outcomes.
$186,077 spent10% of program spendingCenter for Oral Health provides workshops, education and consulting, tohealth departments, government entities, healthcare providers, and thegeneral public to ensure vulnerable populations have access to highquality oral healthcare.
$559,407 spent31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,779,888.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $682k (−55%).
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: 2017 39% · 2018 42% · 2019 43% · 2020 95% · 2021 94% · 2022 94% · 2023 84% · 2024 31% · 2025 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Brendan John
Chairperson
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 $338k → $100k.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH’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
CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 39% · 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
54% of CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Organizations like CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH?
- CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $935,882 to it, the largest being Carequest Foundation Inc ($380,630). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $935,882 in grants to CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH?
- Carequest Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $380,630 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 11 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