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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.