AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

06

Classification

1000

Street

401 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 330

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• Build a community for a professional association of over 169,500 dentists by developing and promoting member value, recruiting and retaining members, fostering collaborative tripartite network (national, state, local), provide leadership development, advance diversity and inclusion, and position ADA as America's leading advocate for oral health.

• Promoting high quality and effective processes for dental education, dental licensure and credentialing. This is accomplished through monitoring and disseminating information on dental education and licensure issues and conducting studies. There are also ongoing liaison activities with related organizations which also serve dental education and licensure including the recognized dental specialty certifying boards, sponsoring organizations, and allied dental organizations. ADA seeks to improve the quality of continuing education available for dentists. ADA accredited 1,425 education programs and nearly 44,417 individuals sat for certifying exams.

• Develop and produce ADA's annual meeting which includes scientific programs, general audience programs, and hands-on workshops for dentists and their staff. There are also special events such as the distinguished speaker series and keynote address for attendees of the annual session. There is a technical exhibition (ADA World Marketplace) for attendees to experience and test dental products and services for use in their dental practice. In 2024, there were 8,064 attendees, receiving 20,108 hours of continuing education, and 356 booths/exhibits in the ADA World Marketplace. Also included is ADA as the premier dental education provider by providing a continuing education program throughout the year that is comprehensive and integrated.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $237,080,024

  Expenses

  $184,889,905

  Contributions

  $1,130,694

  Grants paid

  $18,275,917

• 2023

  Revenue

  $141,292,048

  Expenses

  $157,217,505

  Contributions

  $1,236,601

  Grants paid

  $5,033,873

• 2022

  Revenue

  $138,775,843

  Expenses

  $142,240,528

  Contributions

  $2,195,053

  Grants paid

  $8,409,119

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $138,597,450

  Expenses

  $124,946,318

  Assets (EOY)

  $257,052,700

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $124,074,848

  Expenses

  $114,649,855

  Assets (EOY)

  $235,906,148

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $134,829,296

  Expenses

  $135,280,587

  Assets (EOY)

  $219,930,318

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $133,779,303

  Expenses

  $123,824,598

  Assets (EOY)

  $204,160,708

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $133,134,275

  Expenses

  $130,107,759

  Assets (EOY)

  $208,742,771

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $123,481,088

  Expenses

  $117,088,813

  Assets (EOY)

  $197,730,425

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $124,078,660

  Expenses

  $114,016,614

  Assets (EOY)

  $184,112,065

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $132,884,560

  Expenses

  $108,412,176

  Assets (EOY)

  $182,054,834

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $125,270,442

  Expenses

  $108,410,223

  Assets (EOY)

  $169,801,605

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $113,301,135

  Assets (EOY)

  $146,186,572

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• ADA Forsyth Institute

  $14,099,473

  2024 · Public Support

• ADA BUSINESS INNOVATION GROUP

  $2,128,539

  2022 · public support

• ADA Forsyth Institute

  $1,250,000

  2023 · Public Support

• RHODE ISLAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION

  $504,000

  2024 · public support

• ADA Foundation

  $357,012

  2022 · public support

• GEORGIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION

  $277,767

  2022 · public support

• MASSACHUSETTS DENTAL SOCIETY

  $250,250

  2023 · public support

• NORTH DAKOTA DENTAL ASSOCIATION

  $234,000

  2022 · public support

• NEVADA DENTAL ASSOCIATION

  $220,912

  2022 · public support

• WASHINGTON STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION

  $218,254

  2022 · public support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• ADA FOUNDATION

  $658,345

  2022 · PUBLIC SUPPORT

• GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

  $140,516

  2022 · Subaward

• AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

  $101,750

  2023 · 2023 GRANT FOR THE COALITION TO MODERNIZE DENTAL LICENSURE

• GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

  $97,229

  2023 · Subaward

• MICHAEL REESE HEALTH TRUST

  $71,794

  2023 · PROMISING PRACTICES FOR INTEGRATING ORAL HEALTH INTO PRIMARY CARE

• AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

  $67,825

  2024 · 2024 GRANT FOR THE COALITION TO MODERNIZE DENTAL LICENSURE

• ADA FOUNDATION

  $43,187

  2024 · Public Support

• ADA FOUNDATION

  $40,521

  2023 · PUBLIC SUPPORT

• DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF MICHIGAN

  $11,248

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS

  $7,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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