Minnesota · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC
CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,361,016 to it, the largest being DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($3,108,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Children's Dental Services Inc does
Mission
Since 1919, childrens dental services has been dedicated to improving the oral health of children from families with low incomes by providing accessible treatment and education in our diverse community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Over 39,000 low-income children and pregnant women were provided dental treatment and prevention education in 72 underserved minnesota counties, targeting disadvantaged and high-risk communities with interventions including culturally-focused care, opioid prevention, medical-dental integration, telehealth and novel use of workforce. Cds operated two robust clinics out of the twin cities region and opened its new 10-operatory clinic in a building it renovated in the duluth historic commercial district. Dental care was provided monday through saturday each week, except during 9 holidays. Dental outreach and education was provided at over 700 community-based locations across minnesota.
$8,360,092 spentof which $865,151 as grants$8,353,218 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,360,092.
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 $17M to $20M (+16%).
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 17% · 2018 13% · 2019 13% · 2020 17% · 2021 27% · 2022 19% · 2023 15% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Sarah Wovcha
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $854k → $1.1M.
10 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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
CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 16% · 2019 60% · 2020 35% · 2021 47% · 2022 42% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
90% of CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $397k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$6.4M
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 CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC: 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 CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC?
- CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,361,016 to it, the largest being DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($3,108,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $7,361,016 in grants to CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC?
- DELTA DENTAL OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,108,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 49 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