Community Grants

The Illinois State Dental Society Foundation will be accepting applications for its 2012 round of community grants. In 2012, the ISDS Foundation expects to award at least $50,000 in grants to organizations that promote and encourage improved oral health in Illinois. All applications must be postmarked by Friday, June 1, 2012. For further information and to obtain a grant application click on the links below:

  • 2012 Grant Guidelines and Applications are under revision and will be posted soon.


In 2011, the Community Grant Awards Committee selected the following 10 recipients and awarded a total of $50,000. These were chosen from a field of 23 applicants requesting a total of $150,000. Those projects that have received grant monies are:

  • Well Child Center, Elgin – Fox River Valley Dental Society - $5,000 to increase access to oral health care to children in Kane County.

  • Dental Lifeline Network, Northbrook – Peoria Dental Society - $5,000 to support the Illinois Donated Dental Services serving disabled, aged or medically at risk individuals who cannot afford treatment.

  • Bethany for Children & Families, Moline – Rock Island Dental Society - $4,000 to provide oral health education and screenings to underserved, low-income children in the Quad Cities area for Give Kids A Smile Day.

  • Hancock County Health & Wellness Coalition, Carthage – T.L. Gilmer Dental Society - $5,000 to purchase clinical supplies, tooth brushes, and tooth paste, floss and educational materials to be available for distribution to grade school children K-8.

  • Blue CAP / Blue Island Citizens for Persons with Development Disabilities, Blue Island – Chicago Dental Society - $7,000 to acquire supplies and educational materials for distribution to caretakers of participants on proper use for oral hygiene with follow-up evaluation on the participants’ use of Waterpik water floss.

  • Community Health Care, Inc., Davenport, IA – Rock Island Dental Society - $5,000 to purchase an intra-oral camera to provide patients the opportunity to understand their oral condition.

  • Fulton County Health Department, Canton – Peoria Dental Society - $4,880 to offer educational presentations to libraries, schools and preschools, Head Start programs, school nurses and local grocery stores in the community for reaching out to the underserved children in the area.

  • Bureau County Dental Clinic, Princeton – Illinois Valley Dental Society - $7,340 to purchase dental equipment needed to increase access to dental care and education to patients without dental insurance and/or patients with Medicaid.

  • PCC Community Wellness Center, Oak Park – Chicago Dental Society - $3,096 to purchase dental instruments in order to provide dental treatments to medically underserved low-income areas of the Austin Area of Chicago.

  • Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights – Chicago Dental Society - $3,684 to provide ongoing operational support for the hospital’s Oral Health Program.