New Jersey · Nonprofit
KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC
KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,659,710 to it, the largest being DELTA DENTAL OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC ($626,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Kindersmile Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of kindersmile foundation is to provide underserved children with access to comprehensive dental care and educate children and their families on the importance of dental hygiene.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
KINDERSMILE ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM (KSOHP) KSOHP is the flagship program of our nonprofit foundation. With values of education, intervention, and prevention as methods to combat oral health care inequity, KSOHP increases access to oral health care for underserved children, regardless of insurance status, by bringing dental care to schools or community centers at no cost to caretakers. With parental consent, offsite visits in schools include oral health education, nutritional counseling, dental exams, caries risk assessment, prophylaxis (dental cleaning), topical flouride treatments and sealants where appropriate. In 2025 KSOHP crucially linked 2,999 children to a permanent barrier-free Dental Home at KinderSmile Community Oral Health Centers in Bloomfield, Newark, or Trenton, where they are scheduled for follow-up vists and continuity of care. The oral health education component of KSOHP is developed by KinderSmile Foundation in conjunction with the existing curricula used by participating programs to be age-appropriate, engaging, and long-lasting in developmental impact. Education provided to children, parents, and caregivers addresses the importance of early intervention and…
$2,253,450 spentof which $592,736 as grants$3,261,436 earned by the program90% of program spendingKINDERSMILE PERINATAL HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM (PHWP) PHWP breaks the dangerous cycle of untreated dental diseases by empowering uninsured and Medicaid-insured mothers from pregnancy and up to 3 years postpartum, with informative, personal, and culturally sensitive training about the importance of oral health and its impact on the developing fetus and young children. Upon completion of our training program, qualified mothers can earn free adult dental care to restore their smiles at one of our Dental Homes. Eligible mothers qualify for free dental care including dental exam, cleaning, and follow up treatments proposed by the dentist. Mothers become financially responsible once grant funds are expended, or starting with their recall appointment. Dental care at KinderSmile Foundation is offered at a significantly dicounted rate for families. The program includes a crucial link to a permanent Dental Home for mothers and their children, to ensure continuity of care. The PHWP in Mercer and Essex counties collaborates with more than 80 organizations throughout the state of New Jersey, in order to successfully reach the at-risk perinatal community. Educational sessions are provided to…
$219,153 spentof which $350,936 as grants$350,936 earned by the program9% of program spendingKINDERSMILE COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM (CSLP) CSLP offers mentorship and guidance to students from high school to college and beyond, to acquire leadership skills, and share in the mission and goals of KinderSmile Foundation. CSLP members have the option to participate in internships with the Foundation, to help teach children about oral hygiene at KinderSmile Community Oral Health Centers, and to volunteer at local health fairs and community events such as Give Kids a Smile Day. Students become aware of the importance of Public Health Dentistry and community service in order to bridge the gap in access to care for at-risk families. Dedicated CSLP volunteers may eleveate their roles within the organization and serve as ambassadors for oral health in New Jersey and abroad. Students become cognizant of the lack of access to oral health among at-risk children and families, and the impact on their overall health. Thye gain a greater appreciation for their blessings by having the opportunity to join KinderSmile Foundations annual global outreach trips and visiting countries such as Haiti, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Uganda. In 2025 89 CSLP students donated 2,781…
$37,975 spent$41,323 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,510,578.
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 $1.5M to $3.3M (+115%).
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: 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 6% · 2023 4% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% 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
Nicole Mcgrath Dds
CEO/dentist
Board chair
Ayanna C Bradshaw-Sydnor Dds
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $81k → $579k.
6 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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
KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
77% 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 KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 41% · 2019 41% · 2020 31% · 2021 35% · 2022 22% · 2023 30% — 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
53% of KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
86% of KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $600k 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
KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $628k on record.
- GRANT IN AID$450k
- FEDERAL$178k
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 KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION 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 KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC?
- KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,659,710 to it, the largest being DELTA DENTAL OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC ($626,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $2,659,710 in grants to KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC?
- DELTA DENTAL OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $626,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 35 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