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Carequest Foundation

$25.3M
in grants paid: 197
grants: 154
recipients: 2023–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$546,334
Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Community Catalyst to continue federal and state advocacy for comprehensive health coverage, inclusive of oral health, that is centered on the needs and perspectives of community,…
$278,535
Hispanic Dental Association · New Rochelle, NY · 2024
The purpose of this grant is for the Hispanic Dental Association to inform evidence-based policy decisions and support Hispanic dental providers as equity driven advocates for oral health.
$262,500
Families USA Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to grow and reinforce the infrastructure that ensures community voices and equity are at the center of oral health policymaking and to position oral health coverage as a prominent policy iss…
$250,000
Families USA · Washington, DC · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Families USA to 1) Grow and reinforce the strategic infrastructure that ensures community voices and equity are at the center of oral health policymaking; 2) Position oral health …
$245,000
National Rural Health Association · Kansas City, MO · 2024
The purpose of this grant to support the National Rural Health Association in their work to improve rural oral health equity through the continuation of the National Rural Oral Health Initiative and its key pillars of a…
$240,288
Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Community Catalyst to continue federal and state advocacy for comprehensive health coverage, inclusive of oral health, as well as provide technical assistance and training around …
$210,882
The American Institute of Dental Public Health · River Forest, IL · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support The American Institute of Dental Public Health (AIDPH) use data-driven advocacy to improve veteran oral health through the development of federal policy priorities and to build th…
$205,970
Hawaii Public Health Institute · Honolulu, HI · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Hawaii Public Health Institute (HPHI) and the Hawaii Oral Health Coalition to explore new policy options for expanding functions among existing dental workforce, conduct a com…
$200,000
University of Maryland Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support medical-dental integration pilots, led the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, that respond to the expressed needs of prenatal and post-partum people in Maryland as well a…
$184,848
Texas Health Institute · Austin, TX · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Texas Health Institute in the development of a state level dashboard with population health data that will inform advocacy efforts in the 2025 legislative session. The proposed ac…
$180,000
Missouri Coalition for Oral Health · Jefferson City, MO · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Missouri Coalition for Oral Health in continuing the design and implementation of a dental alternative payment model (APM) for people with intellectual and developmental disab…
$175,500
Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to sustain and expand the Partnership for Southern Equity's engagement of youth leaders, adult allies, and community-based organizations to advocate for improve access to equitable and integ…
$175,292
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy · Albany, NY · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy's efforts to increase availability of oral health care to populations with the greatest need through comprehensive changes to health …
$175,000
Florida Voices for Health · Gainesville, FL · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Florida Voices for Health in their work to support community members and coalition advocacy for a Florida Medicaid adult dental benefit and other policy opportunities that support…
$175,000
Colorado Consumer Health Initiative · Denver, CO · 2024
The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative seeks to advance equitable oral health policy and systems change efforts through advocacy by advancing access to adult dental coverage and care, integrating dental into the state'…
$175,000
American Children'S Campaign · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support American Children's Campaign to carry out an integrated public education and advocacy campaign to authorize and implement dental therapy in Florida.
$175,000
The Connecticut Oral Health Initiative · Hartford, CT · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Connecticut Oral Health Initiative (COHI) to expand its community engagement efforts and continue important oral health advocacy to preserve and expand coverage and access to …
$172,647
Oral Health Kansas · Topeka, KS · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Oral Health Kansas in addressing oral health access issues, continued convening of the "Sedation Dental Care Task Force Lived Experience Advisory Group to identify gaps and obstac…
$170,118
Children'S Action Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
The purpose of this grant is for the Arizona Oral Health Coalition (AZOHC), with support from Children's Action Alliance (CAA), to lead legislative and administrative efforts in pursuit of oral health equity by continui…
$153,056
Harvard School of Dental Medicine · Boston, MA · 2024
The purpose of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine's grant is to inform and engage state legislators as essential stakeholders in oral health policy and to inform OPEN members about state-level oral health policy.
$150,000
Maryland Dental Action Coalition · Columbia, MD · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Maryland Dental Action Coalition's expanded Medicaid implementation efforts, which include advocacy and legislation, interprofessional collaboration, and oral health literacy and …
$150,000
Asian Resources Inc (Ari) · Sacramento, CA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Asian Resources, Inc. drive systemic changes that improve oral health outcomes for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders communities by advocating for policy chang…
$150,000
Heart Ministry Center · Omaha, NE · 2024
The purpose of this proposal is to support Heart Ministry Center as they determine their oral health policy and advocacy priorities through trauma-informed story gathering of community members impacted by oral health ch…
$150,000
Health Care for All · Boston, MA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Health Care for All in its efforts to enhance oral health integration and promote teledentistry, protect and defend adult dental Medicaid benefits, advocate for state and federal …
$150,000
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the establishment of the Pipeline Dental Champions for Diversity and Mentorship between the Medical University of South Carolina and five historically black colleges and universit…
$150,000
Alabama Arise · Montgomery, AL · 2024
The purpose of this proposal is to continue support of Alabama Arise's work to advocate for expanded Medicaid coverage including educational advocacy efforts around oral health, opportunities to advance teledentistry an…
$150,000
Children Now · Oakland, CA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is for Children Now to ensure effective and widespread implementation of policies related to the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Initiative, specifically the Community Hea…
$150,000
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers · Boston, MA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers to expand and pilot a four-part curriculum developed to equip oral health staff within community health center dental clinics …
$150,000
Itnamerica · Westbrook, ME · 2024
The purpose of the proposed work is to support ITNAmerica to study the relationship between transportation and access to healthcare, focusing on oral health and develop a research design for a cost-effective longitudina…
$150,000
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board · Portland, OR · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board in creating a sustainable, culturally centered oral healthcare workforce that addresses social determinants of health and reduces i…
$150,000
Society of American Indian Dentists · Carson City, NV · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Society of American Indian Dentists (SAID) implement a call to action in their 2023 white paper ("American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Face a 'Disproportionate Burden…
$150,000
Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support SCOPE to build grassroots power and mobilize for a community-driven solution to address oral health inequities in BIPOC, rural, and tribal communities in California.
$150,000
University of Colorado Denver · Aurora, CO · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine to strengthen the community voices of the American Indian community on Pine Ridge, in South Dakota, through authentic partners…
$150,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to integrate oral health and overall health through medical/dental collaboration and community input at the University of Texas Health Houston School of Dentistry's Center for Health Promoti…
$150,000
Utah Health Policy Project · West Valley City, UT · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Utah Health Policy Project (UHPP) in the expansion of the Oral Health Consumer Coalition, ensure Utah's newly passed adult dental Medicaid benefit is implemented properly, create …
$150,000
West Virginians for Affordable Health Care · Charleston, WV · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to build a grassroots advocacy base for West Virginians for Affordable Health Care's Medicaid Buy-In Proposal which will protect Medicaid beneficiaries from losing coverage due to modest inc…
$149,950
Smiles Across Montana · Bozeman, MT · 2024
The purpose of this grant to Smiles Across Montana is to develop a pilot program to deploy non-dental professionals as Community Health Care Workers who will provide education, preventive measures, and referrals to the …
$149,740
Achievathe Arc of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Achieva's advocacy efforts to designate people with disabilities as a Medically Underserved Population on a state-wide and national scale, which would increase access to primary, …
$145,000
Center for Medicare Advocacy · Willimantic, CT · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Center for Medicare Advocacy's work to expand oral health coverage for Medicare beneficiaries
$143,000
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the University of Florida in conducting a comparative study to provide evidence-based data to help authorize dental therapy in Florida. Authorization of dental therapy will improv…
$142,600
Alliance for a Healthier Generation · Portland, OR · 2024
The purpose of this proposal is to support the Alliance for a Healthier Generation in the creation of a community-informed pathway to update the Model Local School Wellness Policy to include oral health, creating increa…
$135,000
Virginia Health Catalyst · Glen Allen, VA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Virginia Health Catalyst to provide guidance and technical assistance to safety net clinics expanding the use of patient-centered, culturally humble care coordination techniques a…
$134,000
Dignity Health Foundation - East Valley · Chandler, AZ · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Dignity Health in the expansion their ICU Oral Care project. This project will embed Registered Dental Hygienists into the Medical and Trauma Intensive CareUnits at Dignity Health…
$130,000
Nebraska Appleseed · Lincoln, NE · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Nebraska Appleseed in their efforts to continue collaborating with underserved communities to advance systemic change that improves health and increases equity in their state. Neb…
$130,000
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Medical University of South Carolina to conduct and evaluation of its Dental Pathways for Faculty Campions for Diversity and Mentorship project phase one and develop course ma…
$125,000
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
This grant, through the Disability Justice and Inclusion in Oral Health Request for Proposals, will support the UCLA School of Dentistry to address culturally relevant and accessible oral health education and advocacy f…
$125,000
Kentucky Voices for Health · Louisville, KY · 2024
The purpose of this proposal is to support the efforts of Kentucky Voices for Health as they advocate to prevent the unraveling of Medicaid expansion including expanded dental benefits through the leveraging of communit…
$125,000
Kentucky Youth Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2024
The purpose of this grant is for the Kentucky Oral Health Coalition, supported by Kentucky Youth Advocates (KYA), to develop regional workgroups to ensure successful implementation of expanded benefits, build on their l…
$125,000
Marshall University Research Corporation · Huntington, WV · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Marshall University to assess the knowledge gaps around veteransal health access and capture veteran perspectives on care in West Virginia to inform statewide and national oral he…
$125,000
McD Global Health · Hallowell, ME · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support MCD Global Health in the integration of oral health with health, dental, and school partners, and increased acc…
$125,000
Mercy Foundation · Roseburg, OR · 2024
This grant, through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support Mercy Foundation to address the oral health needs of local veterans admitted to Mercy Medical Center. The Foundation seeks t…
$125,000
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services · Jefferson City, MO · 2024
This grant, through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support the Missouri Office of Dental Health (MODH) in evaluating their current work with A.T. Still University's dental clinic (led…
$125,000
Montana State University Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
This grant, through the school-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will launch the Youth Voice Project, which will conduct focus groups with 7th-12th grade students to identify their percepti…
$125,000
More Smiles Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support More Smiles Wisconsin in the expansion of oral health collaborations between schools, school-based prevention p…
$125,000
New Mainers Public Health Initiative · Lewiston, ME · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the New Mainers Public Health Initiative to host health literacy groups, educate and train community members in advocacy toward expanded access to oral health care, and conduct fu…
$125,000
Nicklaus Children'S Hospital Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support Nicklaus Children's Hospital Pediatric Dentistry Department (NCHPDD) in partnership with Borinquen Medical Cent…
$125,000
Missouri Coalition for Oral Health · Jefferson City, MO · 2024
This grant, through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support the Missouri Coalition for Oral Health (MCOH) in their efforts to gather and apply data-driven and lived experience insights…
$125,000
Oral Health Unit at Cdphe · Denver, CO · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Oral Health Unit, in collaboration with Youth Health…
$125,000
Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics · King of Prussia, PA · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics in the education and empowerment of school nurse…
$125,000
Poverty Action Co Solid Ground · Seattle, WA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Poverty Action c/o Solid Ground in the coordination of the Washington Dental Access Campaign (WDAC) to create a sustainable and equitable oral healthcare system in Washington Stat…
$125,000
Ready Set Smile · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Ready Set Smile's design of a dental home network of community clinics and private/pediatric practitioners and a referral system with follow up policies and procedures to ensure c…
$125,000
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board to establish and maintain a racial misclassification advisory group (RMAG), made up of tribal and clinical oral health stakeholders, to map…
$125,000
Vista Community Clinic · Vista, CA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Vista Community Clinic in the expansion and enhancement of its pediatric-focused medical-dental integration project at its current location and four additional clinics.
$125,000
The American Institute of Dental Public Health · San Antonio, TX · 2024
This grant, through the Disability Justice and Inclusion in Oral Health Request for Proposals, will support AIDPH and Coalition of Texans with Disabilities to develop tools and resources for state advocates to advance a…
$125,000
The Arc of the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
This purpose of this grant is to support The Arc of the United State in raising awareness about oral health disparities within the disability community, advocating for legislative improvements to service access, and est…
$125,000
Family Medicine Education Consortium · Dayton, OH · 2024
This grant, through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support the Family Medicine Education Consortium to work with the academic family medicine system to affect change in how primary ca…
$125,000
Voices for Vermont'S Children · Montpelier, VT · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Voices for Vermont's Children's creation of an outreach and awareness campaign that reflects community-identified oral health policy priorities, promotes the use of medical manage…
$125,000
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the University of Florida Foundation continued implementation of the D-CARE project. Grant funding will help establish a sustainable and scalable model for mobile dental clinics t…
$125,000
Well Child Center · Elgin, IL · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support Well Child Center in forming and convening a Community of Practice to improve oral health in the second largest…
$125,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
This grant, through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support the University of Texas Health and Science Center at Houston to pilot a study to investigate the impact of dental care in be…
$125,000
Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress · Escanaba, MI · 2024
This grant, through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support work by the Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress (UPCAP) to conduct community forums in multiple locations across a …
$125,000
American Academy of Pediatrics · Chicago, IL · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in the adaption of their Training, Education, Assistance, Mentorship, …
$125,000
Boston Childrens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
This grant, through the Community and Care Transformation Request for Proposals, will support Boston Children's Hospital to advance tele-dentistry, value-based care, and medical-dental integration and, in partnership wi…
$125,000
Center for Oral Health · Sacramento, CA · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support Center for Oral Health to harness the success of the Early Smiles Program to advocate for critical policy refor…
$125,000
Dentistry 4 Vets · Marina, CA · 2024
This grant, through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support Dentistry4Vets to address system-level barriers to oral health for veterans and spotlight their care delivery model that del…
$125,000
East Carolina University · Greenville, NC · 2024
This grant, provided through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support East Carolina University in its aims to inform policy changes that improve veteransal health by creating a care mod…
$125,000
Everyone for Veterans · Issaquah, WA · 2024
This grant, through the Expanding Access and Equity for Veterans Oral Health RFP, will support Everyone for Veterans in training dental schools and students on veteran-specific oral care, speaking engagements that focus…
$125,000
Excelth · New Orleans, LA · 2024
This grant, through the School-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will support EXCELth in the implementation of the Louisiana Smile Krewe School-Linked Initiative with the goal of increasing…
$124,991
Children'S Hospital and Health System · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to implement and strengthen community engagement within Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin's Wisconsin Medical-Dental Integration initiative, and further utilize this group to address b…
$123,000
Refugee Community Partnership · Carrboro, NC · 2024
This grant is to support the Refugee Community Partnership to counter language-based exclusion in oral and medical healthcare settings through the deployment of Language Navigators from the refugee and migrant community…
$121,504
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry (UMSD) determine how social and economic determinants of health (SoDH) intersect with health literacy and selected health condition…
$120,000
Justice in Aging · Washington, DC · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to influence the Medicare system to expand dental coverage in Medicare, influence the Medicaid system to expand dental services through Medicaid waivers, and engage the Aging and Disability …
$112,488
Suwannee River Area Health Education Center · Alachua, FL · 2024
This proposal is to support Suwannee River Area Health Education Center as the fiscal sponsor for Floridians for Dental Access (FLDA), to advocate for the passage of dental therapy legislation in Florida. Additionally, …
$100,000
Harvard School of Dental Medicine · Cambridge, MA · 2024
This grant will support the Center for the Integration of Primary Care and Oral Health (CIPCOH), as a part of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, implement the fourth year of the 100 Million Mouths Campaign, expanding th…
$100,000
Illinois Primary Health Care Association · Springfield, IL · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Illinois Primary Health Care Association's work in three key areas: developing an oral health policy strategic plan to inform their work over the next few years, improving the…
$100,000
Advocates Building Lasting Equality in Nh · Concord, NH · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support ABLE NH to champion better access to appropriate and inclusive oral healthcare services for individuals with disabilities and provides leadership to the New Hampshire Oral Health …
$100,000
The Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine (Lunder-Dineen) adapt and scale its MOTIVATE at Home online learning curriculum for use beyond care settings, such as Area Age…
$100,000
New Hampshire Oral Health Coalition · Concord, NH · 2024
This funding will support New Hampshire Oral Health Coalition (NHOHC) to conduct a landscape analysis of current school-based oral health programs (SBOHP) to determine the key factors and efforts needed to re-establish …
$99,176
The Fund for a Healthier Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support The Fund for a Healthier Colorado to initiate dental therapy training programs at institutions of higher education to support the legislative and regulatory steps completed in 202…
$98,552
Maine Equal Justice Partners · Augusta, ME · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Maine Equal Justice Partners to gather and integrate consumer input in the implementation of Maine's Medicaid adult dental benefit and advocacy for expansion of Medicaid to all Ma…
$98,000
Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health · Delmont, PA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health (PCOH) to address oral health disparities through advocacy for expanded Medicaid dental benefits for adults and those with disabilities …
$95,000
Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation · Malden, MA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support Cambridge Health Alliance to pilot the integration of a dental hygienist into primary care within one of Massachusetts' Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) with the goals of inc…
$90,000
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Penn Dental Medicine's Center for Integrative Global Oral Health will use the $90,000 grant to support a student in our Master of Oral and Population Health program, support being tuition and fee remission. MOPH tuition…
$80,000
Curators of the Univeristy of Missouri Kansas City · Columbia, MO · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Institute for Human Development perform a needs assessment to inform the design of a community-based intervention that addresses barriers…
$78,500
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences · Yakima, WA · 2024
The purpose of this proposal is to support the teams at PNWU-SDM and NIHC to develop, implement, measure, and share a comprehensive, multi-year interprofessional education (IPE) curriculum for DMD students and professio…
$70,000
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia · Atlanta, GA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support the capacity of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia's Working Group to continue to bring together key decision makers, perinatal and oral health professionals, pr…
$70,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to organize and support a public workshop to engage leaders of oral health demonstration projects that cater to underserved populations, with the aim of sharing available data and metrics fo…
$70,000
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2024
The purpose of the National Conference of State Legislature's grant is to inform and engage state legislators as essential stakeholders in oral health policy and to inform OPEN members about state-level oral health poli…
$56,364
University of Massachusetts Foundation · Newton, MA · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to support research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to determine the prevalence of oral and dental problems, as well as potential solutions, for and with older adults living in lo…
$50,000
Banner Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
The purpose of this grant is to continue the work of the Hospital Oral Care and Proactive Education (HOPE) program to gather patient feedback to inform outcomes, prove program efficacy by capturing data for analysis, bu…

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