Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation
To educate the public about dental health related issues, to fund clinics providing dental services at a reduced cost to low-income people, to fund scientific research, to make loans or grants to dentists who are victims of disasters to enable them to carry on their practices, and to support other charitable or education projects relating to dental health.
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation at a glance
In short: Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in Kansas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $10,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,000
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $1,751,763
- +11.1% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Kansas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Kansas Dental Association ($10K).
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation gives
- Giving fell 50% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $503 (2021) to $20K (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas Dental Association Topeka, KS | Promote Children's Dental Health Month | $10,000 |
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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 | $1,751,763 | $364,155 | $290,075 | $10,000 | 1 | $62,599 |
| 2024 | $1,577,436 | $354,432 | $239,693 | $10,000 | 1 | $58,942 |
| 2023 | $1,407,192 | $376,412 | $327,387 | $10,000 | 1 | $61,911 |
| 2022 | $1,402,069 | $364,940 | $405,584 | $20,000 | 1 | $56,383 |
| 2021 | $1,553,834 | $268,386 | $204,369 | $503 | Total only | $56,369 |
| 2020 | $1,345,365 | $241,165 | $228,245 | $10,500 | 1 | $10,424 |
| 2019 | $1,313,651 | $282,673 | $257,881 | $10,000 | 1 | $31,566 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation is a public charity focused on Health, based in Topeka, KS. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $10K. Net investment income was $63K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation is led by John Fales DDS, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 14 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
John Fales DDS
President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Niki Sadler
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sean McReynolds DDS
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tanya Dorf Brunner
Director
Secretary Treasurer → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerri Jones
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Jenkins
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Herzog DDS
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Murphy
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katelyn Henke
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Nielson
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rob Dakin
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nealy Newkirk
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick Rogers DDS
Vice President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Robertson
Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (9)
- Former: Allen Reavis (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Jon Siebrasse DDS (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kevin J. Robertson Cae (2019–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Robert Dakin (2022) — Director
- Former: Dan Moore Rph (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Melodee Armfield DDS (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Troy Anderson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Brett Roufs DDS (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: David Hamel DDS (2019–2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation
How much does Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation give each year?
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $10K across 1 grant.
How large is Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation?
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation reported $1.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $364K.
What is Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation?
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation is a public charity focused on Health, based in Topeka, KS. It holds $1.8M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation operate?
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation has awarded grants in Kansas.
What is Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation's EIN?
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 48-1260092. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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