Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,137,481

Total expenses

$2,453,256

Contributions and grants received

$129,164

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,905,241

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$103,076

Total assets, end of year

$1,420,618

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,750,143

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$329,525

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

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 · 2023

• ANNUAL MEETING - THE ANNUAL MEETING OF MSDA IS THE ANNUAL CHESAPEAKE DENTAL CONFERENCE ("CDC") HELD EACH FALL. THE CDC PROVIDES A VENUE FOR MEMBERS TO EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS THROUGH THE ROBUST LINEUP OF COURSES. THE CDC ALSO PROVIDES AMPLE TIME FOR MEMBERS TO NETWORK AND ATTEND SOCIAL EVENTS WITH THEIR PEERS.

• MEMBERSHIP - MEMBERS OF THE MSDA ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LICENSED DENTISTS IN MARYLAND. MSDA REPRESENTS THE DENTAL PROFESSION'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY AND ETHICAL ORAL HEALTH CARE TO THE PUBLIC. IT IS THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DENTISTS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND A CONSTITUENT OF THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION ("ADA"). THERE ARE TWELVE COMPONENT DENTAL SOCIETIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT MARYLAND AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY. THESE THREE ENTITIES MAKE UP THE TRIPARTITE MEMBERSHIP SYSTEM OF THE ADA: THE NATIONAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL, AND LOCAL LEVEL. AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP IS AVAILABLE TO DENTISTS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE TRIPARTITE THROUGH ANOTHER STATE CONSTITUENT SOCIETY. ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES THAT ARE NOT DENTISTS BUT ARE CONNECTED TO THE PROFESSION AND WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OF MSDA.

• CLASSROOM AND CONTINUING EDUCATION - COORDINATES AND MARKETS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SEMINARS FOR DENTISTS, HYGIENISTS, AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS; IDENTIFYING TOPICS, ARRANGING FOR SPEAKERS, AND IDENTIFYING SITE LOCATIONS. PREPARING INITIAL DRAFTS OF ALL FLYERS, AND BROCHURES FOR ALL MSDA EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. MSDA OFFERS CONTINUING EDUCATION IN-PERSON AT OUR OFFICE CLASSROOM, THE CHESAPEAKE DENTAL CONFERENCE, AND THE MEMBER PERKS CE RETREAT. THE MSDA ALSO OFFERS CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES VIRTUALLY.

• ADVOCACY - MSDA LOBBIES ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS AND THE PROFESSION ON ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF DENTISTRY. MSDA PRIMARILY LOBBIES/ADVOCATES FOR DENTAL ISSUES ON THE STATE LEVEL AND PARTNERS WITH THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION ("ADA") FOR NATIONAL ISSUES.PEER REVIEW / PATIENT RELATIONS - THE PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE SUPPORTS THE PROFESSION BY PROVIDING PEER MEDIATION SERVICES BETWEEN PROVIDER AND PATIENT IN CASES FOCUSED ON QUALITY OF CARE AND OTHER CLINICAL PROCEDURES. THE MSDA HAS A DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER TO SUPPORT THE PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE. THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL ANSWER AND RESOLVE AS MANY QUESTIONS/ISSUES AS POSSIBLE AND WILL TRIAGE AND SUPPORT THE CASES THAT REQUIRE ACTUAL MEDIATION. PUBLICATIONS / NEWSLETTER - ELEVEN TIMES A YEAR, THE MSDA PUBLISHES A MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTER. THE NEWSLETTER IS AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS DIGITALLY AND IN PRINT ON AN OPT-IN BASIS. THE MSDA SENDS REGULAR E-BLASTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, TEXT MESSAGING, AND UPDATES THROUGH THE WEBSITE ON VARIOUS EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION.

As filed on the 2023 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

• MSDA CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · MD · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by MSDA

• MARYLAND STATE DENTAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

  527 · LOBBYING ACTIVITIES · MD · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by MSDA

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 August 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202522259349300222

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