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Carequest Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 04-3265080 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $14.5M
- Grants reported
- 112
- Median grant
- $125K
- Future commitments
- None reported
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 112 | $14.5M |
Where Carequest Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Catalyst | Boston, MA | 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, as well as provide technical assistance and training around equity-driven community engagement in service of oral health systems change. | 2024 | $546.3K |
| Hispanic Dental Association | New Rochelle, NY | 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. | 2024 | $278.5K |
| Families USA Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 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 issue heading into the 2023 election season. | 2024 | $262.5K |
| Families USA | Washington, DC | 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 coverage as a prominent policy issue heading into the 2024 election season; 3) Prepare for the various alternative legislative and administrative scenarios that may arise in 2025 at the federal and state level. | 2024 | $250K |
| National Rural Health Association | Kansas City, MO | 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 advocacy, communications, education, and research. | 2024 | $245K |
| Community Catalyst Inc | Boston, MA | 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 equity-driven community engagement in service of oral health systems change. | 2024 | $240.3K |
| The American Institute of Dental Public Health | River Forest, IL | 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 the capacity of the oral health workforce for community engagement. | 2024 | $210.9K |
| Hawaii Public Health Institute | Honolulu, HI | 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 community oral health needs assessment, and improve oral healthcare prevention and access for Hawaii children. | 2024 | $206K |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | 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 as the state's ongoing workforce shortage. | 2024 | $200K |
| Texas Health Institute | Austin, TX | 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 activities of this grant will also address access gaps for minority populations in Texas by conducting a landscape scan of current efforts, develop a learning collaboration for providers to advance solutions to these gaps, and engage with academic institutions to advance policies to address care gaps. | 2024 | $184.8K |
| Missouri Coalition for Oral Health | Jefferson City, MO | 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 disabilities (IDD) by testing incentivized payments for dental providers. This is the second year of funding of phase two of their current grant with CareQuest Institute, laying the groundwork for future implementation of an APM in Missouri. | 2024 | $180K |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA | 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 integrated oral health that responds to the unique geographic landscape of the South, beginning with Georgia and North Carolina. | 2024 | $175.5K |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA | 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 integrated oral health that responds to the unique geographic landscape of the South, beginning with Georgia and North Carolina. | 2024 | $175.5K |
| Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy | Albany, NY | 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 workforce laws, improved Medicaid policies, and a strategic workforce pipeline to meet future needs. | 2024 | $175.3K |
| Florida Voices for Health | Gainesville, FL | 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 oral health in Florida. | 2024 | $175K |
| American Children's Campaign | Tallahassee, FL | 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. | 2024 | $175K |
| Colorado Consumer Health Initiative | Denver, CO | 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's essential health benefits benchmark, improving access to key services and minimally invasive care for children, and supporting the growth and direction of the new statewide oral health coalition by ensuring all community voices are heard. | 2024 | $175K |
| The Connecticut Oral Health Initiative Inc | Hartford, CT | 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 oral health care for historically marginalized populations throughout the state. | 2024 | $175K |
| Oral Health Kansas Inc | Topeka, KS | 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 obstacles in accessing sedation dentistry, and advocating for expanded access to dental services for the Kansas Medicaid population. | 2024 | $172.6K |
| Children's Action Alliance | PHOENIX, AZ | 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 continuing to advocate for a comprehensive adult dental benefit in Arizona's Medicaid program. | 2024 | $170.1K |
| Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Boston, MA | 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. | 2024 | $153.1K |
| Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers Inc | Boston, MA | 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 with culturally sensitive communication skills to improve patient-providers relationships and care outcomes. | 2024 | $150K |
| Alabama Arise | Montgomery, AL | 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 and medical-dental integration. | 2024 | $150K |
| ITNAmerica | Westbrook, ME | 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 longitudinal study of the relationship between transportation and access to healthcare. | 2024 | $150K |
| Maryland Dental Action Coalition Inc | Columbia, MD | 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 education, all done in coordination with a diverse statewide network of oral health stakeholders. | 2024 | $150K |
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- TRENA SIMPSON
- Address
- 465 MEDFORD STREET BOSTON, MA, 02129
- Phone
- 6178861700
- Deadlines
- APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AND DECISIONS ARE MADE WITHIN 6 WEEKS OF RECEIPT.
- Application materials
- CAREQUEST FOUNDATION, INC. USES A SPECIFIC ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS CONSISTING OF EASY-TO-FOLLOW STEPS FOR GRANT SEEKERS INCLUDING ONLINE DATA ENTRY, THE PREPARATION OF STANDARDIZED FORMS, ADDING REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS AND SAVING AN UNFINISHED APPLICATION TO RETURN TO IT LATER FOR COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION
- Restrictions
- 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. GRANT REQUESTS FOR THE FOLLOWING WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED: BUILDING OR ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGNS; INDIVIDUALS; DIRECT CARE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL; INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PROJECTS; DIRECT INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIPS; GENERAL OVERHEAD OR INDIRECT COSTS ALONE; PREVIOUSLY INCURRED EXPENSES OR TO ELIMINATE BAD DEBT; CLINICAL OR BIO-MEDICAL LAB RESEARCH; PROMULGATION OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OR PRACTICES; AND POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Carequest Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.