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DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA                                                             DIRECT CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS & DERECHO

                                                   DONOR ADVISED FUND                                                               DISASTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS - $723,707

                                                                                                                                    Delta Dental proudly supports projects through direct investments to increase healthy activities, support healthy
                                                   The Fulfilling Iowa’s Need for Dentists (FIND) Project is committed to           communities and improve the social and emotional wellbeing of Iowans. In 2020, more than $123,500 was
                                                   connecting dentists and underserved communities with the                         invested in projects as outlined below:
                                                   resources needed to combat Iowa’s dental workforce shortage and
                                                   ensure dental care is close to home for every Iowan.

                                                   Recipients received up to $100,000 each for the repayment of dental
                                                   education debt.
                                                                                                                                          Iowa Nonprofit Alliance:                 Prevent Blindness:                Iowa Restaurant Education
                                                   Since 2002, 52 private-practice dentists have participated in the Loan              establish statewide association     care coordination and planning for         Association Foundation:
                                                   Repayment and FIND programs to provide 223,000 patient                              to serve and strengthen Iowa’s      vision screening program - $5,000     COVID-19 recovery efforts - $10,000
                                                   visits and more than 638,000 dental services to underserved Iowans.                   nonprofit sector - $25,000
                                                                                                                                                                                 OneSight Foundation:                Healthiest State Initiative:
                                                                                                                                               Lifting the Veil:             free vision screening program -     Double Up Food Bucks program -
                                                                                                                                                mental health                                                                  $5,000
                                                                                                                                          virtual sessions - $21,000                    $35,000

                                           Emmetsburg         Clear Lake                                                                  Dental Lifeline Network:           Greater Des Moines Leadership          Iowa Food Bank Association:
                                                                                                                                             veteran dental care               Institute: Then. Now. When.       COVID-19 recovery efforts - $5,000
                         Hawarden                   Algona              Charles City                                                    national campaign - $15,000           closing the racial equity gap -
                                                                                         Fayette                                                                                         $2,500
                                                      Eagle Grove          Allison
                                          Holstein                          Parkersburg  Manchester
                           Storm Lake                      Iowa Falls
                                             Sac City                Ackley                      Dubuque
                                             Lake View          Jewell
                                                                                   Dysart
                                                     Boone                                    Maquoketa
                                        Denison                 Ames


                          Missouri Valley  Harlan                       Newton             West Liberty
                                                      Stuart
                                             Atlantic                            Columbus Junction  Muscatine
                                 Council Blu s      Greenfield      Oskaloosa
                                                                                                  Wapello
                                                                                  Wayland
                                                 Corning               Ottumwa
                                  Shenandoah        Lenox                           Mount Pleasant
                                            Clarinda                  Bloomfield        Keosauqua
                                                                                                                                    DISASTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS -                                 DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA’S
                                                                                                                                    DENTAL PROVIDERS - $66,000                                   CORPORATE GIVING - $534,207
                                                                                              Keokuk
                                                 Loan Repayment and FIND Recipients
                                                                                                                                    Not only did the COVID-19 pandemic bring                     Delta Dental’s corporate giving program supports
                                                                                                                                    challenges to our state and community health                 giving back and helping bring smiles to Iowans, in
                                                                                                                                    partners, many also experienced significant loss             2020, more than $534,207 was provided across the
                                                                                                                                    during the derecho storm that passed through                 state to community health related and charitable
                                                                                                                                    Iowa in August. In response, Delta Dental provided           programs and events.
                                                                                                                                    $66,000 in disaster assistance grants to dentists
                                                                                                                                    who had a significant or total loss to their practices.










                Dr. Ames Cross            Dr. Sara Gingrich          Dr. Kristi Ouderkirk-Bock  Dr. Alexander Walls
                Stuart Family Dental      Pipho & Gingrich Family    Broadway Dental           Walls Family Dental
                Stuart                    Dentistry                  Denison                   Missouri Valley
                                          Dysart
                                                                                                                                                                         Group photos of individuals without masks were taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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