Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$38,833,967

Total expenses

$41,271,111

Contributions and grants received

$448,770

Grants paid

$394,291

Program service revenue

$36,969,960

Investment income

$1,132,865

Other revenue

$282,372

Total assets, end of year

$36,291,367

Total liabilities, end of year

$8,541,404

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$27,749,963

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$30,490,393

Management and general expenses

$10,115,461

Fundraising expenses

$665,257

Program service expenses (Part III)

$30,490,393

Program services were 73.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE ADEA DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS OFFERS APPLICANTS TO DENTAL, ALLIED DENTAL AND ADVANCED DENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS CENTRALIZED APPLICATION SERVICES (CAS) TO PROMOTE A STRAIGHTFORWARD AND CONVENIENT PROCESS OF APPLYING TO DENTAL SCHOOLS OR PROGRAMS. EACH CAS STREAMLINES THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR BOTH APPLICANTS AND PROGRAMS BY ALLOWING APPLICANTS TO COMPLETE ONE APPLICATION FOR MULTIPLE SCHOOLS OR PROGRAMS. ADEA'S FOUR CAS ARE:1. ADEA AADSAS (ASSOCIATED AMERICAN DENTAL SCHOOLS APPLICATION SERVICE) FOR TRADITIONAL D.D.S. AND D.M.D. PROGRAMS AT ALL U.S. DENTAL SCHOOLS. 2. ADEA CAAPID (CENTRALIZED APPLICATION FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DENTISTS) IS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATED DENTAL GRADUATES WHO WISH TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY IN THE U.S. THESE PROGRAMS OFFER ADVANCED STANDING PROGRAMS THAT ARE TYPICALLY SHORTER IN LENGTH COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL DENTAL DEGREES.3. ADEA PASS (POSTDOCTORAL APPLICATION SUPPORT SERVICE) IS FOR DENTAL STUDENTS AND DENTISTS PURSUING ADVANCED DENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.4. ADEA DHCAS (DENTAL HYGIENE CENTRALIZED APPLICATION SERVICE) IS FOR DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAMS AT ALL EDUCATION LEVELS.

  Expenses $14,960,404 · Revenue $31,276,513

• THE ADEA OFFICE OF LEARNING (OL) INCLUDES THE ADEA DEPARTMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PD) AND ADEA MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (MCET). ADEA OL PROVIDES ALL LOGISTICAL SUPPORT, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND REVIEW FOR ALL ADEA MEETINGS, EVENTS, CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS; ONLINE LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INCLUDING ADEA ELEARN, ADEA LEADE AND CONFERENCE APPS AND ONLINE PLANNERS; AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS; LEADERSHIP AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING; SPEAKER MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING; CE OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT; EXHIBITS AND SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT.

  Expenses $8,345,671 · Grants $129,271 · Revenue $2,785,587

• THE ADEA DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP (DCM) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADEA'S EFFORTS TO ADVANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT OF ACADEMIC DENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATION'S HEALTH. DCM SERVES AS THE ORGANIZATION-WIDE RESOURCE FOR ADEA'S COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING STRATEGY, MESSAGING, MEDIA RELATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA; WEBSITE CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGY AND REDESIGN EFFORTS; BRANDING AND REPUTATION MANAGEMENT; GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ADVERTISING; PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE ADEA PRINT AND ONLINE JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION, BULLETIN OF DENTAL EDUCATION, ADEA OFFICIAL GUIDE TO DENTAL SCHOOLS AND ONLINE DENTAL SCHOOL EXPLORER; DENTAL EDUCATION JOBS BOARD AND ADEA DIRECTORY OF INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS; PUBLISHING AND EDITORIAL SERVICES; VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES; MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AND MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS; PRODUCT QUALITY CONTROL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES TO REACH THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIORITY AUDIENCES; AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING CAMPAIGNS TO PROMOTE ADEA PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, MEETINGS AND EVENTS.

  Expenses $3,102,152 · Grants $114,970 · Revenue $2,907,860

• ACCESS, SUCCESS AND IMPACT - ADEA'S OFFICE OF ACCESS, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING SUPPORTIVE DENTAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS THAT EMBRACE DIFFERENCES, FOSTER EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR DENTAL AND ALLIED DENTAL STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS AT ADEA MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AND ITS CONSTITUENCIES. ADEA'S COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE IS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH PROGRAMMING, MEETINGS, INITIATIVES AND RESOURCES, AWARENESS EFFORTS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. ADEA ASI STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT SUCCESS, ACCESS, CULTURAL COMPETENCE, INCLUSION AND BELONGING ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF DENTAL EDUCATION AND ADEA'S VOICE AS A LEADER IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS' EDUCATION.

  Expenses $2,146,453 · Grants $150,050

• OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND RESEARCH - THE ADEA OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND RESEARCH (OEPR) CONDUCTS EDUCATIONAL POLICY RESEARCH AND STUDIES IN AREAS RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF DENTAL EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE STUDY OF DATA ANALYSIS, RECOMMENDATIONS, PACKAGING AND DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY RELEVANT FOR ACADEMIC DENTAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE ORAL HEALTH COMMUNITY. ADEA OEPR PRODUCES POLICY PAPERS AND RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS THAT INFORM ADEA MEMBERS AND STRENGTHEN DENTAL, ALLIED DENTAL AND ADVANCED DENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHILE SUPPORTING ORAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS' EDUCATION COLLABORATIONS AND INITIATIVES.

  Expenses $743,412

• ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS (AGR) - ADEA AGR PROVIDES INFORMATION ON POLICY AND POLITICS IN WASHINGTON, DC, ALL 50 STATES, PUERTO RICO AND CANADA. AS THE VOICE OF DENTAL EDUCATION, ADEA AGR WORKS TO SHAPE LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS THAT SUPPORT AND ADVANCE ACADEMIC DENTISTRY AND DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH.

  Expenses $1,192,301

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION

  $67,825

  2024 GRANT FOR THE COALITION TO MODERNIZE DENTAL LICENSURE

• DREXEL UNIVERSITY

  $10,000

  ELAM 30TH ANNIVERSARY SUPPORT

• NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

  $7,500

  ANNUAL SUPPORT FOR NAS GLOBAL FORUM ON IHP

• STUDENT NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION

  $6,000

  SNDA NATIONAL CONVENTION SPONSORSHIP

• CENTER FOR ORAL HEALTH

  $5,145

  ORAL HEALTH & QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG OLDER ADULTS

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• THE WILLIAM J GIES FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ADEA

  501(C)(3) · DENTAL EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP AND RECOGNITION · NY · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

30 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202621289349301122

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