Grant History

From 2000 to 2009, the Foundation has supported better oral health with $20.9 million in grants to increase public awareness, enhance access, promote prevention, and replicate effective programs. The DentaQuest Foundation's grantmaking works to identify, cultivate and disseminate promising models and effective policy initiatives that address pressing oral health problems. The Foundation supports the work of local groups with good ideas for solving oral health problems. The approach the Foundation takes is to engage health and community leaders and philanthropies across the nation to strategically focus resources to impact oral health and therefore the overall health of the communities we serve.

Summaries of past grants:

Lessons Learned from Eight Years of Oral Health Grantmaking

NEW: After completing eight years of grantmaking, the Foundation took time to look back at our strategies and what we accomplished. In the process, we learned valuable lessons that are shaping our current work and strategic directions. Other foundations seeking to make a difference in disease prevention and systems change may also find these lessons useful.