Grants Awarded
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Scholarship America (Minneapolis, MN)
$157,000
Scholarships for dependents of Patterson Companies employees
America's Dentists Care Foundation (Wichita, KS)
$125,000
Purchase of non-dental equipment for events providing free dental care to thousands
American Occupational Therapy Foundation (Bethesda, MD)
$15,500
Awards for five outstanding OT volunteers and a survey of volunteering by OTs
National Children's Oral Health Foundation (Charlotte, NC)
$70,000
Expand dental programs for children and teens
Oral Health America (Chicago, IL)
$53,500
Start school-based dental programs in two additional communities
COMMUNITY-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS
CARE Clinic (Red Wing, MN)
$18,000
Start-up costs for new dental clinic with care provided by volunteers
The Children's Dental Center of Greater Los Angeles (Inglewood, CA)
$20,000
Support of dental students from five schools serving in the programs
Dade County Dental Research Clinic – Community Smiles (Miami, FL)
$9,500
Efforts to recruit more volunteer dentists at clinic for low-income people
Dental Foundation of Oregon (Wilsonville, OR)
$4,000
Recruit dental volunteers for mobile Tooth Taxi
Genesis World Mission, Inc. (Garden City, ID)
$6,000
Efforts to recruit more dental volunteers for community clinic
Interfaith Dental Clinic (Nashville, TN)
$12,000
Staff support for volunteer dentists and software to manage volunteers
Iowa Dental Foundation, Mission of Mercy (Johnston, IA)
$10,000
Support dental volunteers at event providing free dental care to hundreds
Kids in Distress (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
$10,000
Start-up costs for children's dental clinic where dental students provide care
Los Angeles Education Partnership (Los Angeles, CA)
$10,000
Community dental fairs with screenings by dental students
Red River Dental Access Project (Fargo, ND)
$4,000
Recruitment of more dental volunteers and meals for volunteers
St. Luke's Health Care Foundation (Cedar Rapids, IA)
$15,000
Expand clinic where dental students serve low-income kids and the disabled
Texas A&M Foundation (College Station, TX)
$12,000
Partial funding for minority veterinary medicine fellow
University of California, Koret Shelter Medicine Program (Davis, CA)
$14,555
Develop and pilot modules for online assessment by animal shelters in the U.S.
Union Gospel Mission (St. Paul, MN)
$5,500
Pilot and assess providing meals for dental volunteers and students at free clinic
Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires (Great Barrington, MA)
$6,500
Software to assist dental volunteers in providing care at community clinic