The Minnesota Dental Foundation Grant Program offers financial support to Minnesota not-for-profit organizations whose projects and programs provide dental care to the underserved and other philanthropic endeavors related to oral healthcare in Minnesota.
Donor Name: Minnesota Dental Foundation
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/09/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Mission of the Minnesota Dental Foundation is to:
- Initiate and support programs that provide dental services to underserved populations and communities;
- Encourage and support volunteerism within the profession; and
- Promote careers in dentistry, especially in underserved areas.
The Minnesota Dental Foundation Grant Program seeks to provide grants to organizations that address one or more of the following objectives:
- Access to Care
- To support programs that increase access to oral health care for underserved children and adults.
- Prevention Education/Intervention
- To support programs that promote improved oral health, disease prevention and risk assessment.
- Treatment Programs
- To support not-for-profit organizations and clinics providing direct oral health treatment.
The Minnesota Dental Foundation (MDF) offers financial support for outreach programs that meet the mission of the MDF by providing dental services to underserved populations, by promoting dental health initiatives, or by supporting dental profession career and volunteer opportunities. The focus is on providing resources that will make lasting improvements in the oral health of Minnesotans and enhance the dental profession in the state.
Eligibility Criteria
Funding generally does not exceed $10,000 and is given to not-for-profit organizations whose projects are located in the state of Minnesota.
- Examples of qualified oral health proposals include:
- Dental supplies, small equipment and other operating expenses for low-income dental clinics
- Dental health education conducted at schools, health fairs and social agencies, via mobile dental clinics or outreach programs for those underserved children and adults in Minnesota
- Dental health education efforts in conjunction with preventive programs, such as fluoride and dental sealant application projects for the underserved in Minnesota
- Other philanthropic endeavors related to providing dentistry to the underserved in Minnesota
- Grants will not be awarded to support:
- Grants to individuals
- For-profit entities
- Salary and other staff/volunteer compensation
- Travel
- Endowments, fundraising campaigns or general operating expenses
- Capital costs (purchasing, remodeling or furnishing of facilities)
- Financial support for political candidates
- Lobbying of any kind
- Grants to organizations located outside of Minnesota, unless the event takes place in Minnesota.
Evaluation of Proposals
The entire MDF Board of Directors evaluates all of the proposals.
Grants will be awarded based on:
- Originality, creativity and innovation of program/project
- Potential for, or history of, continuous program operation
- Community involvement including volunteer support
- Provision of actual restorative and preventive services
- Oral health awareness education and promotion
- Potential impact on the target audience and/or community.
For more information, visit MDF.
