Eligibility Requirements

The Foundation invites grant applications from non-profit organizations that qualify as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are categorized as public charities or  governmental programs.  All Oral Health Foundation funded programs will need to serve residents of Massachusetts only.

Grant requests for the following will not be considered:

• New building and endowment campaigns
• Free care clinics
• Individually owned projects
• Direct individual scholarships
• Lobbying or influencing the outcome of elections
• Expenses already incurred/eliminating bad debt
• Fundraising plan
• Replacement of public, private, indirect funding
• Clinical research
• Endowments
• Mobile programs which do not provide dental homes (i.e., ongoing and regular care for a patient population)