Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA
THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,050,779 to it, the largest being AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ($1,041,779). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $411k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What The William J Gies Foundation for the Advancement of Dentistry of the Adea does
Mission
To lead and support the health professions community in preparing future-ready oral health professionals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The william j. Gies foundation for the advancement of dentistry of the adea provides grants to improve the oral health of the public through the support of dental education institutions; the encouragement of lifelong learning; and the recognition of scholarly achievement, professional ethics and values, and publications in dental education and research.
$236,069 spentof which $235,926 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $236,069.
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 $5.3M to $4.1M (−23%).
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.
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.
Chief executive
Dr Karen West
President and CEO, adea
Board chair
Dr Lisa Tedesco
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $18k.
From the IRS filings of THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA’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
THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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
99% of THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. 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 THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Dental Education Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA: 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 THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA?
- THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,050,779 to it, the largest being AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ($1,041,779). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,050,779 in grants to THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA?
- AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,041,779 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DENTISTRY OF THE ADEA 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 2 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