Funding search · oral health · Illinois
Who funds oral health work in Illinois
15 funders have a record of paying for oral health work by Illinois recipients: 170 grants totaling $15.9M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation ($1.4M), Illinois Children'S Healthcare ($3.2M) and Illinois Primary Health Care Association ($1.5M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Illinois recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Delta Dental of Illinois FoundationNaperville, ILCharity · may take applications
42 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to YWCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO — ywca metropolitan chicago will use the grant for oral health education and activities to help caregivers understand the importance of pediatric dental care and good oral health hab…
Largest: $305,958 to OSF Healthcare Foundation — osf healthcare saint francis medical center - oral health
Illinois Primary Health Care AssociationSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $107,694 to Heartland Health Centers Tapestry 360 — to improve health insurance marketplace enrollments, oral health care services, and substance use disorder treatment.
Largest: $75,000 to UIC COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY — for an integrated home for enhanced oral health for at-risk pediatric populations (casa program)
Largest: $100,000 to Illinois Primary Health Care Association — 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…
American Academy of PediatricChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $354,000 · through 2024Largest: $77,000 to ERIE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER — access dental care
Largest: $25,000 to St Bernard Hospital — for dental center which provides oral health services to underserved children/families, with special focus on those with special needs
Michael Reese Health TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $754,619 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to HEARTLAND ALLIANCE HEALTH — oral health outreach and dental care integration for medically underserved groups in chicago
Largest: $50,000 to REFUGEEONE — to provide free, quality dental care to refugees of all ages. specifically, we offer comprehensive/preventative care, and also oral health education as many refugees have never vis…
Largest: $1.2M to University of Chicago Medicine — study the effects of oral health on systemic health
Largest: $15,000 to Well Child Center — for the pediatric dental clinic and first tooth program, which seeks to eliminate early childhood caries in the elgin area/northern kane county. funds will be used towards oral hea…
Largest: $60,000 to Mobile CARE Foundation — mobile dental care and patient follow-up services
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