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DIENTES COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE

EIN 77-0311752 SANTA CRUZ, CA

Revenue 2024
$17,278,801
Expenses 2024
$16,404,218

Program services were 82.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E32
Classification
1000
Street
9000 SOQUEL AVE STE 101

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

Mission

TO CREATE LASTING ORAL HEALTH FOR THE LOW-INCOME CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES SO THAT EVERYONE HAS THE DIGNITY THAT COMES FROM A HEALTHY SMILE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ORAL HEALTH FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

  • DIENTES PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE FOR 61,345 VISITS TO 17,041 PATIENTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, ADULTS AND SENIORS. THEY SERVE MEDI-CAL RECIPIENTS AND OFFER SLIDING SCALE FEES FOR THOSE WIHTOUT INSURANCE. 97% OF THEIR PATIENTS ARE AT OR BELOW FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. THEY PROVIDE DENTAL EDUCATION AND AFFORDABLE TREATMENT TO IMPROVE ORAL HEALTH.

    Expenses $13,154,832 · Revenue $11,294,386

  • OUR MOBILE OUTREACH PROGRAM ADDRESSES TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FOR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY RESIDENTS AT MANY VENUES INCLUDING SCHOOLS, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, SENIOR CENTERS, DIABETES HEALTH CENTER, REHABILITATION CENTERS, AND SHELTERS INCLUDING OUR 1-CHAIR CLINIC AT HOUSING MATTERS. OUR PARTNERSHIPS BRING HIGH-QUALITY DENTAL CARE TO THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO RECEIVE CARE. WE OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES AT OUR OUTREACH SITES INCLUDING PREVENTATIVE CARE, RESTORATIVE CARE, ORAL SURGERY AND REMOVABLE PROTHODONTICS. IN ADDITION, OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM BRINGS ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION TO RESIDENTS OF OUR COUNTY VIA PRESENTATIONS AND TABLING AT LOCAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE DIABETES FAIR, SCHOOL EVENTS AND MANY MORE.

    Expenses $434,503 · Revenue $387,113

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.

  • STEPIDEH TAGHVAEI

    EXEC VP OF OPS

    Total calculated
    $309,658
    From this org
    $298,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,300
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,358
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,300
    Filer's total
    $309,658

  • LAURA MARCUS

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $298,637
    From this org
    $286,321
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,316
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,321
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,316
    Filer's total
    $298,637

  • DAVID WISTROM

    LEAD DENTIST

    Total calculated
    $244,224
    From this org
    $220,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,321
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,903
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,321
    Filer's total
    $244,224

  • JESSE NAVARRO

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $234,379
    From this org
    $192,174
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,205
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,174
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,205
    Filer's total
    $234,379

  • CATHERINE MODJESKI

    LEAD DENTIST

    Total calculated
    $219,118
    From this org
    $190,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,340
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,778
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,340
    Filer's total
    $219,118

  • SAFIYAH SALIH

    DENTIST

    Total calculated
    $209,805
    From this org
    $181,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,305
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,500
    Filer's total
    $209,805

  • ILANA VAYNSHTEYN

    LEAD DENTIST

    Total calculated
    $188,860
    From this org
    $182,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,398
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,462
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,398
    Filer's total
    $188,860

  • SHEREE STORM

    CSO

    Total calculated
    $158,445
    From this org
    $158,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,392
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53
    Filer's total
    $158,445

  • KRISTYN GLENN

    DEVELOPMENT DIR

    Total calculated
    $155,838
    From this org
    $149,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,250
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,588
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,250
    Filer's total
    $155,838

  • CHRISTIE DUONG

    ENDODONTIST

    Total calculated
    $133,109
    From this org
    $108,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,867
    Hours/week
    32

  • GARY BENCOMO

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MASINA HUNNICUTT

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER MARTINEZ

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANIS BOLT

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARCO MARTINEZ-GALARCE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL MOORE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALICIA MOODY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHANIE VILLA-LOPEZ

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN DEL CORE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARSHALL DELK

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NADA KHORCHID

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVEN ROBINS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $17,278,801
    Expenses
    $16,404,218
    Contributions
    $3,282,823
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,384,957
    Expenses
    $15,370,764
    Contributions
    $3,255,760
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,710,357
    Expenses
    $12,573,789
    Contributions
    $3,836,275
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $14,712,538
    Expenses
    $10,633,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,404,361

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,062,065
    Expenses
    $9,383,772
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,352,135

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,132,637
    Expenses
    $8,183,870
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,990,656

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,960,377
    Expenses
    $8,450,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,756,734

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,434,492
    Expenses
    $7,559,208
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,543,280

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,701,716
    Expenses
    $6,971,068
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,870,090

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,808,868
    Expenses
    $5,994,097
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,132,516

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,553,890
    Expenses
    $4,942,072
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,454,037

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,589,460
    Expenses
    $4,134,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,772,542

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,604,476
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,481,865

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.