Smile Guardian Program
Who can apply: Partners are schools and other organizations that serve at-risk kids in their community.

As a resource provider, America’s ToothFairy increases access to oral health care by supporting nonprofit clinics and community partners delivering education, prevention and treatment services for underserved children.
America’s Toothfairy National Children’s Oral Health Foundation centers its grantmaking on children’s oral health access, with program support flowing to nonprofit clinics and community partners that deliver education, prevention, and treatment services for underserved children. Its active programs point to a direct-service model: Dental Resource Program, Special Kids Program, In the Gap Program, HERO, and Smile Guardian each provide resources, materials, or support for care and outreach rather than open-call grants. Recent grants show a mix of clinic support and programmatic aid across the oral-health pipeline. The Community Dental Center in Inglewood received $90,180 in 2024, the largest grant in the recent list, while Kindersmile Community Oral Health Center Trenton received $87,885 in 2023. Other sizeable awards went to Kindersmile Foundation in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and Heartland Community Health Center in Lawrence, Kansas. The funder also supported organizations such as Sonrisas Dental Health Inc in Half Moon Bay, Gateway to Oral Health Foundation in St. Louis, and Blue Ridge Health in Hendersonville, reflecting a network of grantees working on pediatric dental treatment and outreach. Across the list, awards are labeled program support, reinforcing a pattern of funding for service delivery and local oral-health capacity.
Children’s oral health appears in the foundation’s support for clinic-based care and treatment access. Heartland Community Health Center in Lawrence, Kansas received $27,182 in 2025, and E a Hawse Baker in Baker, West Virginia received $15,662 that same year, both as program support. Prevention and education are also visible through grants tied to outreach and school-based resources. The Community Dental Center in Inglewood, California received $5,974 in 2025, matching the foundation’s emphasis on direct service and access. The grant list also shows support for organizations serving children who may need more specialized care. Augusta Regional Dental Clinic in Fishersville, Virginia received $12,000 in 2025, and Blue Ridge Health in Hendersonville, North Carolina received $15,664 in 2025. These awards sit alongside the foundation’s programs for resources, education materials, and specialist services.
$171K
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$1.2M
Most grants fall between $6K and $11K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$11K
About 5% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Typical awards are modest and clustered tightly: the p25 is $5,800, the median is $6,563, and the p75 is $10,921. The recent list also includes a smaller number of larger program-support grants, which suggests a layered approach rather than a single standard award size. Recipients appear across multiple years, including Kindersmile Community Oral Health Center Trenton, Heartland Community Health Center, Gateway to Oral Health Foundation, Sonrisas Dental Health Inc, Ravenswood Family Dentistry, The Community Dental Center, and Childrens Dental Health Services. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or PRIs. Unsolicited applications are not accepted in its active programs.
Grantmaking is national and entirely domestic in the recent sample, with all grants going to U.S. recipients. Missouri is the top state by grant count, and St. Louis appears among the recipient cities through Gateway to Oral Health Foundation. Other repeated recipient cities include Trenton, New Jersey; East Palo Alto and Inglewood, California; and Morgantown, West Virginia. North Carolina accounts for 3% of grants in the data, which is lower than the foundation’s overall national spread.
It supports nonprofit clinics and community partners delivering education, prevention, and treatment services for underserved children. The active programs focus on access to care, special needs dentistry, specialist services, oral health education, and outreach materials for schools and organizations serving at-risk children.
No. The active programs listed for Dental Resource, Special Kids, In the Gap, HERO, and Smile Guardian all indicate that unsolicited applications are not accepted.
The grant-size distribution is compact: the 25th percentile is $5,800, the median is $6,563, and the 75th percentile is $10,921. Recent awards range higher for some program-support grants, but most fall near that middle band.
No. Several organizations appear more than once in the recent grants list, including Kindersmile Community Oral Health Center Trenton, Heartland Community Health Center, Gateway to Oral Health Foundation, Sonrisas Dental Health Inc, Ravenswood Family Dentistry, The Community Dental Center, and Childrens Dental Health Services.
The top state by grant count is Missouri. The recent recipient list includes St. Louis, Missouri through Gateway to Oral Health Foundation, and the geographic scope of giving is national across U.S. recipients.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from America'S Toothfairy National Children'S Oral Health Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Partners are schools and other organizations that serve at-risk kids in their community.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION | BLOOMFIELD, NJ | $30,912 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HEARTLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | LAWRENCE, KS | $27,182 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH INC | HALF MOON BAY, CA | $21,453 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| GATEWAY TO ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATIOON | ST LOUIS, MO | $17,974 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| BLUE RIDGE HEALTH | HENDERSONVILLE, NC | $15,664 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| E A HAWSE BAKER | BAKER, WV | $15,662 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| AUGUSTA REGIONAL DENTAL CLINIC | FISHERSVILLE, VA | $12,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RAVENSWOOD FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK | EAST PALO ALTO, CA | $11,520 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MCHD | MORGANTOWN, WV | $8,556 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| THE COMMUNITY DENTAL CENTER | INGLEWOOD, CA | $5,974 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| APPLE TREE DENTAL | MOUNDS VIEW, MN | $4,120 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| THE COMMUNITY DENTAL CENTER | INGLEWOOD, CA | $90,180 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| KINDERSMILE COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH CENTER TRENTON | TRENTON, NJ | $12,531 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| GATEWAY TO ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION | ST LOUIS, MO | $6,731 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CARE CLINIC | RED WING, MN | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| KIDS' COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC | BURBANK, CA | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CASS COUNTY DENTAL CLINICCASS COMMUNITY | BELTON, MO | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| AUGUSTA REGIONAL CLINIC | FISHERVILLE, VA | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CHILDRENS DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | ROCHESTER, MN | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| APPLE TREE DENTAL | MOUNDS VIEW, MN | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HEARTLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | LAWRENCE, KS | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE SAN BERNARDINO AKA DR EARL R CRANE | SAN BERNARDINO, CA | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| DENTAL HEALTH ARLINGTON | ARLINGTON, TX | $5,800 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOUNDATION FOR DENTAL HEALTH | LA PUENTE, CA | $931 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ST JOHNS COMMUNITY HEALTH | LOS ANGELES, CA | $931 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| KINDERSMILE COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH CENTER TRENTON | TRENTON, NJ | $87,885 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| APPLE TREE DENTAL | MOUNDS VIEW, MN | $17,495 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SMILES FOR A LIFETIME | FAIRFAX, SC | $17,433 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ALLEGANY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT | CUMBERLAND, MD | $11,001 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HEARTLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | LAWRENCE, KS | $10,927 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| GATEWAY TO ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION | ST LOUIS, MO | $10,921 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| BRIDGING BRIGHTER SMILES INC | WAUKESHA, WI | $10,921 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| FIRSTHEALTH DENTAL CARE | SOUTHERN PINES, NC | $10,921 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA INC | OAKLAND, CA | $10,917 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MONONGALIA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT | MORGANTOWN, WV | $6,563 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | HASTINGS, NE | $6,563 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| CHILDRENS DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | ROCHESTER, MN | $6,563 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | MANKATO, MN | $6,518 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SONRISAS DENTAL HEALTH INC | HALF MOON BAY, CA | $6,518 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RAVENSWOOD FAMILY DENTISTRY | EAST PALO ALTO, CA | $6,518 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
GATEWAY TO ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATIOON
$17,974PROGRAM SUPPORT
E A HAWSE BAKER
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MCHD
$8,556PROGRAM SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY DENTAL CENTER
$5,974PROGRAM SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY DENTAL CENTER
$90,180PROGRAM SUPPORT
GATEWAY TO ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
$6,731PROGRAM SUPPORT
KIDS' COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC
$5,800PROGRAM SUPPORT
CASS COUNTY DENTAL CLINICCASS COMMUNITY
$5,800PROGRAM SUPPORT
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE SAN BERNARDINO AKA DR EARL R CRANE
$5,800PROGRAM SUPPORT
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOUNDATION FOR DENTAL HEALTH
$931PROGRAM SUPPORT
ALLEGANY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
$11,001PROGRAM SUPPORT
GATEWAY TO ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
$10,921PROGRAM SUPPORT
BRIDGING BRIGHTER SMILES INC
$10,921PROGRAM SUPPORT
MONONGALIA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
$6,563PROGRAM SUPPORT
CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$6,563PROGRAM SUPPORT
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
$6,518PROGRAM SUPPORT