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DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC

DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000,000 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1.0M
Net assets
$29M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Delta Dental Plan of Colorado Foundation Inc does

Mission

To elevate the well-being of all coloradans by advancing oral health equity. Our strategic focus areas are access to care, prevention, and connections to overall health.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Workforce: our workforce initative focuses on ensuring the oral health of the workforce relfects and equitably serves colorado's diverse residents.

    $1,726,641 spentof which $1,726,641 as grants
    32% of program spending
  2. Prevention: increased preventive care utilization, improving oral health, and tangibly integrating oral health within early childhood and maternal child health settings.

    $1,409,015 spentof which $1,409,015 as grants
    26% of program spending
  3. Access to health: creating systemic change and equitable advancement in the community. Influenced and informed policies that increase access to oral health care for community members. Developed a blueprint for future programs that can be replicated by other regions in colorado.

    $899,314 spentof which $899,314 as grants
    16% of program spending
  4. With the recent launch of our new strategic plan, we find ourselves in a moment of reflection-looking forward while celebrating the achievements of the past. Over the last five years, our previous strategic plan guided us through transformative initiatives in workforce development, access to oral health care, and prevention. From 2021-2025, delta dental of colorado foundation (ddcof) committed more than 23m in contributions and supported 167 grants and mission-related investments (mris) to address systemic challenges and the root causes of oral health disparities. This was a marked shift in our strategy, focusing our efforts on upstream solutions. Below, we highlight some of the accomplishments achieved during this time. As we turn the page to a new chapter, we take pride in the progress we've made together in our mission to elevate the well-being of all coloradans by advancing oral health equity. Expanding and diversifying dental hygiene programs across the state in partnership with colorado's higher education system: while our workforce development initiative encompassed various strategies including scholarships and career pathways, ddcof dedicated nearly 5m in grants to…

    $1,432,873 spentof which $644,600 as grants
    26% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,467,843.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.6M) Expenses 100 ($3.9M) Net assets 100 ($34M)2018 Revenue 101 ($7.6M) Expenses 142 ($5.6M) Net assets 97 ($33M)2019 Revenue 77 ($5.8M) Expenses 145 ($5.7M) Net assets 109 ($37M)2020 Revenue 140 ($11M) Expenses 152 ($6.0M) Net assets 130 ($44M)2021 Revenue 97 ($7.4M) Expenses 136 ($5.3M) Net assets 145 ($49M)2022 Revenue 36 ($2.7M) Expenses 191 ($7.5M) Net assets 103 ($35M)2023 Revenue -42 ($-3154825) Expenses 204 ($8.0M) Net assets 91 ($31M)2024 Revenue 49 ($3.7M) Expenses 161 ($6.3M) Net assets 85 ($29M)
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Revenue (49)Expenses (161)Net assets (85)Peer revenue range

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 $49M to $36M (−26%).

$35M
$33M
$38M
$44M
$49M
$36M
$31M
$29M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

61% of DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$3.6M
’17
$2.1M
’18
$111k
’19
$4.6M
’20
$2.0M
’21
−$4.8M
’22
−$11M
’23
−$2.6M
’24
1.5
months of
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

Tamanna Tiwari

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1111111111131313
Joined·+4+2+2+3+4+5+3
No longer listed·4223253
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
'24*
total
funders
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $34M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Colorado Dental Service Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC raised.

From the IRS filings of DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC’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.

Where its funders are

100% of DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

CO

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 51% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−72% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−10% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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In Colorado

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 14%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
89%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Delta Dental of Colorado · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC?
DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000,000 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000,000 in grants to DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC?
THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 1 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