ADA Foundation Charitable Assistance Grants
ADA Foundation Charitable Assistance Grants support dentists and family members with financial relief for essential daily expenses and urgent living needs, helping address hardship and emergencies.
Funder: ADA Foundation
Due Dates: No deadline specified
Funding Amounts: Amounts vary; grants last up to 12 months; emergency grants up to $5,000
Summary: Needs-based assistance helps dentists and qualifying family members meet essential daily living expenses and emergency living needs.
Key Information: Applicants must seek all eligible federal, state, and local government funding resources before applying.
Description
The ADA Foundation Charitable Assistance Grant Program provides financial relief to dentists and qualifying family members who cannot meet essential daily living expenses or emergency living needs. It addresses hardship caused by accidental injury, advanced age, physically debilitating illness, another medical condition, or a combination of these circumstances that prevents gainful employment within or outside dentistry. Qualifying family members include current spouses, children under 18, and eligible surviving family members of deceased dentists.
This is charitable assistance for individuals, not funding for research or project work. The ADA Foundation Charitable Grants Committee determines awards based on applicants’ circumstances and available funds. Assistance may cover routine medical care and everyday living needs, while emergency grants address serious, sudden situations demanding immediate attention, such as eviction, foreclosure, or limited resources for food, clothing, and shelter.
