Delta Dental of Idaho
Delta Dental of Idaho is a public charity based in Boise, Idaho, and a not-for-profit dental benefits carrier. Its community work includes grants and programs intended to improve oral health, expand access to dental care, support dental workforce capacity, and promote prevention and education in Idaho.
Delta Dental of Idaho at a glance
In short: Delta Dental of Idaho gave $419K across 21 grants in 2025 (avg $20K), mostly in Idaho. 45% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $418,912
- -85.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 21
- +16.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $19,948
- -87.7% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $19,275
- Total assets
- $94,189,320
- +2.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 45% first-time grantees (9 of 20, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Idaho (79% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Delta Dental of Idaho
- How to Apply
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Submit a completed application and any requested supporting documents through the online application system during an announced grant cycle. Grant guidelines, evaluation criteria, and application materials are available when a cycle is announced.
- Review Cycle
- The 2026 oral health grant deadline was April 21, 2026, and has passed.
- Deadline
- The 2026 oral health grant deadline was April 21, 2026, and has passed.
- Next open deadline
- October 20, 2026 (Delta Dental of Idaho Oral Health Grant Program)
- Contact
Mailing address: 555 E Parkcenter Blvd, Boise, ID 83706
Phone: (208) 489-3534
Website: https://deltadentalid.com
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Delta Dental of Idaho
Delta Dental of Idaho Oral Health Grant Program
Delta Dental of Idaho
Amount
Varies
Deadline
October 20, 2026
Listed date — confirm with the funder
Oral Health Grant Program
Delta Dental of Idaho
Amount
$25,000 - $100,000
Deadline
October 20, 2026
Listed date — confirm with the funder
Who Delta Dental of Idaho funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Community Health Clinics Inc DBA Terry Reilly Health Services ($55K). Together the top 10 received $287K.
Organizations only. It also paid 2 individual scholarships ($16,490), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
74 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 58 grants of 74 (78%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization is based in Boise, and its grant program requires applicants to serve individuals in Idaho. In 2025, 79% of grant dollars went to recipients in Idaho; the remaining reported shares went to West Virginia (6%), Washington (6%), Colorado (5%), and Illinois (4%). The program gives preference to proposals focused on rural Idaho, dental health profession shortage areas, or underserved populations.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 21 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Delta Dental of Idaho open to new grantees?
45%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 9 of 20 grantees (45%) were first-time recipients. With only 20 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $20K; repeat grants $22K. How we count
Medians: $20K first-time, $16K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2021–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $419K (2025) to $2.9M (2024). In 2025 it made 21 grants totaling $419K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Health Clinics Inc DBA Terry Reilly Health Services Nampa, ID | Partially fund full time community dental health coordinator, garden party fundr | $55,000 |
| Idaho Oral Health Alliance Boise, ID | Support integrating oral health into primary care practice, including obgyns, mi | $37,500 |
| Genesis Community Health Boise, ID | Spring benefit gold sponsorship, funds to employee dental hygienist(s) & dentist | $27,500 |
| Family Health Services Twin Falls, ID | Equipment | $25,000 |
| Harmony Health Foundation Clarksburg, WV | Teledentistry Pilot for Community Health Access | $25,000 |
| Wellness Tree Twin Falls, ID | Dental Exam Room Equipment Upgrade | $25,000 |
| Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children Boise, ID | Start Smiling Idaho Pilot Program | $25,000 |
| Chas Health Spokane, WA | Equipment & Patience Assistance Dental Service Vouchers | $24,166 |
| Southeast Idaho Public Health District Pocatello, ID | Equipment | $23,056 |
| Desert Sage Health Center Mountain Home, ID | Redesign of Pediatric Dental Operatory | $19,940 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $94,189,320 | $88,663,283 | $88,300,621 | $418,912 | 21 | $3,370,136 |
| 2024 | $91,768,410 | $88,991,512 | $92,232,099 | $2,922,889 | 18 | $2,358,783 |
| 2023 | $85,966,501 | $84,836,060 | $83,039,256 | $515,066 | 11 | $1,403,997 |
| 2022 | $77,033,140 | $80,626,574 | $79,569,601 | $577,091 | 11 | $1,722,501 |
| 2021 | $87,689,036 | $77,341,867 | $76,530,255 | $744,401 | 13 | $2,479,194 |
| 2020 | $78,752,049 | $74,924,135 | $70,451,676 | — | — | $2,704,735 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Delta Dental of Idaho’s mission is to provide innovative plans, programs, and educational resources that improve community health, guided by the belief that oral health enriches lives. Its oral health grant program funds capacity building, capital and equipment, and programs or special projects. Program objectives include improving dental infrastructure and workforce capacity, expanding access to affordable, timely, high-quality care, and reducing oral disease through education, prevention, and treatment. The program gives preference to proposals serving rural Idaho, dental health profession shortage areas, or underserved populations.
The 2025 grants included support for health providers, educational and scholarship organizations, and community organizations. For example, Family Health Services describes its work as making primary medical and dental care, behavioral health, and social services accessible and affordable in South Central Idaho. The College of Southern Idaho Foundation says it supports the college and provides scholarships and other student aid. Special Olympics Idaho describes its mission as helping people with developmental disabilities participate in competitive sports.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Delta Dental of Idaho reported 21 grants totaling $418,912. Grant amounts ranged from $6,792 to $55,000, with a median of $19,275. The largest awards included $55,000 to Community Health Clinics Inc. DBA Terry Reilly Health Services for a community dental health coordinator; $37,500 to Idaho Oral Health Alliance to support integrating oral health into primary care; and $27,500 to Genesis Community Health. Other notable awards included $25,000 each to Family Health Services for equipment, Harmony Health Foundation for a teledentistry pilot, Wellness Tree for a dental exam room upgrade, and the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children for its Start Smiling Idaho pilot program.
The oral health grant program requires applicants to serve people in Idaho and accepts applications from qualifying 501(c)(3) public charities and specified public or nonprofit entities. Applications and requested supporting documents are submitted through an online application system and evaluated by a grant review team. Approved grants provide one year of support. The stated 2026 oral health grant deadline of April 21, 2026, has passed. The Rethink Your Drink bottle-filling-station program is for Idaho K–12 schools; its 2026 application period, February 2–March 2, has also passed.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Greg Donaca as chief executive officer; Bill Shrum as senior vice president of finance and accounting; Donald Murray as senior vice president of business development and government relations; Paul O’Kane as vice president of dental services; and Joanna Ramer as vice president of sales and account management. It also lists Adonis Jones, senior director of IT; Chris Ferguson, director of enterprise applications; Jody DiPalma, sales account executive; Daniel Melvin, customer experience and AI strategist; and James Paull, manager of software development.
Delta Dental of Idaho is led by Greg Donaca, Chief Executive Officer since 2025 (on filings since 2020); all 24 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Greg Donaca
Chief Executive Officer
President & CEO → Chief Executive Officer, 2025
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$380K (2020) → $644K (2025)
Christine Neuhoff
Chair
Board Member → Chair-Elect, 2024
Chair-Elect → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$23K (2020) → $36K (2025)
Chris Ferguson
Director & Enterprise Applications
Software Development Mrg → Director & Enterprise Applications, 2023
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$165K (2020) → $203K (2025)
Adonis Jones
Senior Director
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$173K (2024) → $212K (2025)
Annette Herman
Board Member
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024
Immediate Past Chair → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$34K (2020) → $29K (2025)
Jack Lincks DDS
Chair-Elect
Board Member → Chair-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$24K (2020) → $25K (2025)
Jim Pierce DDS
Board Member
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$22K (2020) → $26K (2025)
Joanna Ramer
Vice President, Sales & Account Management
Senior Sales Executive → Strategic Sales Account Executive, 2023
Strategic Sales Account Executive → Vice President, Sales & Account Management, 2024
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$146K (2020) → $205K (2025)
John Eck MD
Board Member
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$19K (2020) → $27K (2025)
Kurt Petellin DDS
Board Member
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$20K (2020) → $24K (2025)
Kyle Siemen DMD
Board Member
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2021
Immediate Past Chair → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$36K (2020) → $25K (2025)
Mark Alexander DMD
Board Member
Board Member → Chair Elect, 2021
Chair Elect → Board Member, 2022
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$22K (2020) → $26K (2025)
Mike Mooney
Immediate Past Chair
Chair-Elect → Chair, 2024
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
$29K (2020) → $29K (2025)
Nancy Biggs
Board Member
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$23K (2020) → $2K (2025)
James Paull
Manager & Software Development
Senior Programmer Analyst → Manager & Software Development, 2023
On filings since 2021
45 hrs/week
$133K (2021) → $161K (2025)
Jody Dipalma
Sales Account Executive
Senior Sales Executive → Senior Account Executive, 2023
Senior Account Executive → Sales Account Executive, 2024
On filings since 2021
45 hrs/week
$162K (2021) → $199K (2025)
Jonathan L. Jurevic CPA
Board Member
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
$21K (2021) → $27K (2025)
Michael Fery
Secretary
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
$18K (2021) → $26K (2025)
Bill Shrum
Senior Vice President, Finance & Accountin
Vice President, Finance & Accounting → Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting, 2023
Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting → Senior Vice President, Finance & Accountin, 2025
On filings since 2022
45 hrs/week
$171K (2022) → $258K (2025)
Johanna Hale
Board Member
On filings since 2024
4 hrs/week
$27K (2024) → $25K (2025)
Paul O'Kane
Vice President & Dental Services
On filings since 2024
45 hrs/week
$150K (2024) → $247K (2025)
Daniel Melvin Customer
Experience & Ai Strategist
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$182K (2025)
Donald Murray Svp
Business Development & Gov. Rel.
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$263K (2025)
Linda Swanstrom
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
4 hrs/week
$24K (2025)
Former officers (10)
- Former: Park Price (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Donald Murray Svp Sales (2023–2024) — Acct Management & Govn't Relations
- Former: Cory Vaughn (2020–2023) — Vice President of It & Operations · Filing note: Through 112023
- Former: Heather Brown (2023) — Senior Director, Com. Outreach & Oral Health
- Former: Donald Murray (2020–2022) — Vice President, Sales & Bus Development
- Former: Terry Peoples (2021–2022) — Vice President & Human Resources
- Former: Carrie Strader Vpmarketing (2021) — Public Relations
- Former: Carrie Strader (2020) — Vice President, Marketing & Public Relations
- Former: Jon Jurevic (2020) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Mike Fery (2020) — Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $644K, to Greg Donaca (Chief Executive Officer). 24 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Delta Dental of Idaho
How much does Delta Dental of Idaho give each year?
Delta Dental of Idaho gave $419K across 21 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.9M across 18 grants.
What is Delta Dental of Idaho's typical grant size?
Delta Dental of Idaho's median grant in 2025 was $19,275, and its average grant was $19,948, across 21 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Delta Dental of Idaho that year got $20K on average.
Where does Delta Dental of Idaho give grants?
Delta Dental of Idaho gives mostly in Idaho: 79% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were West Virginia (6%) and Washington (6%). The most frequent recipient cities were Boise, ID (4 grants), Twin Falls, ID (3 grants), Nampa, ID (2 grants) and Denver, CO (2 grants).
Does Delta Dental of Idaho give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 21 grants with a stated purpose on Delta Dental of Idaho's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Equipment" (3 grants).
Who are Delta Dental of Idaho's largest grantees?
Delta Dental of Idaho's largest 2025 grantees include Community Health Clinics Inc DBA Terry Reilly Health Services ($55,000), Idaho Oral Health Alliance ($37,500) and Genesis Community Health ($27,500), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 2 individual scholarships ($16,490), which are not listed by name. Together they received 29% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Delta Dental of Idaho?
Delta Dental of Idaho reported $94.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $88.7M.
What does Delta Dental of Idaho fund?
Delta Dental of Idaho’s mission is to provide innovative plans, programs, and educational resources that improve community health, guided by the belief that oral health enriches lives. Its oral health grant program funds capacity building, capital and equipment, and programs or special projects. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Delta Dental of Idaho?
Submit a completed application and any requested supporting documents through the online application system during an announced grant cycle. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Delta Dental of Idaho's EIN?
Delta Dental of Idaho's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 82-0299431. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 9, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 31, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 1, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 24, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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