Funding search · oral health · Colorado
Who funds oral health work in Colorado
15 funders have a record of paying for oral health work by Colorado recipients: 87 grants totaling $3.3M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Rudy Balke Trust ($177,413), Carequest Foundation ($1.5M) and Carequest Institute for Oral Health ($644,360).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Colorado recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Rudy Balke TrustColorado Springs, CO
32 matching grants · $177,413 · through 2025Largest: $3,304 to FOREST EDGE DENTAL CARE — dental care for indigent members of the community
Largest: $125,000 to Oral Health Unit at CDPHE — 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 u…
Carequest Institute for Oral HealthBoston, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $644,360 · through 2022Largest: $146,215 to NATIONAL NETWORK FOR ORAL HEALTH ACCESS — this grant will support the national network of oral health access in organizing and implementing a network approach to strengthening the capacity of the primary care associations …
Delta Dental of WashingtonSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $333,243 · through 2024Largest: $71,800 to NATIONAL NETWORK FOR ORAL HEALTH ACCESS — funding for oral health support
American Academy of PediatricChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $262,500 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to DENTAL AID INC — access dental care
Largest: $40,000 to NATIONAL NETWORK FOR ORAL HEALTH ACCESS — oral health education fund
Largest: $25,000 to Colorado Mission of Mercy — to provide quality dental services at not cost to individuals of all ages who cannot afford and access dental care at the 2023 comom dental clinic in greeley, co.
Largest: $5,500 to NORTHEAST CO HEALTH DEPARTMENT — phillips co oral health grant
Largest: $8,500 to Kids in Need of Dentistry — general operating support for dental care services for children from low-income families.
Delta Dental of Oklahoma FoundationOklahoma City, OKCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to DENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK — dental care program
Largest: $5,500 to NE Colorado Health Dept — oral health project
Largest: $20,000 to KIDS IN NEED OF DENTISTRY — kind oral health centers
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