Mission Statement
The Pennsylvania Dental Foundation (PDF) is PDA’s philanthropic and charitable organization that enhances health by providing grants for sustainable programs in education, access to care and assistance for Pennsylvania dentists and their families in need.
Funding Opportunities
The PDF supports efforts to increase access to care and prevention services as well as assist in the educational endeavors in the dental profession.
The following are funding opportunities the foundation offers:
Relief activities
To provide financial aid to dentists and their dependents who, because of misfortune, advanced age, or physical or other disabling conditions results in an inability to be wholly self-sustaining. Also, to support programs to identify, educate and mentor health care professionals suffering from impairment due to substance abuse or mental illness.
Educational and scientific activities
To provide funds for the improvement of the dental profession, in the grant of scholarships and loans to students pursuing careers in dental profession and allied health fields.
Oral health education
To provide assistance for oral health education of the public and members of the dental and medical professions relating to the prevention of dental disease.
Contributions to other charitable organizations
To support other charitable organizations requesting funds for a purpose aligning with PDF’s relief activities and educational efforts. The organizations must be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be qualified recipients of charitable contributions under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.