An 18-member Board of Directors governs the foundation. The Board consists of private practicing dentists and representatives of allied dental organizations and corporations. Its revenue is generated through tax-deductible gifts received from annual and planned-giving programs, major gift and endowment campaigns and private and public grants.

The FDHF is a major funding agency of these areas, which organized dentistry supports:

• Children's Dental Health Month
• continuing professional education programs
• preventive dental education programs
• school dental health education
• scholarships for allied dental education
• grants for recruitment of students for allied dental careers
• dental access programs for underserved populations
• humanitarian efforts in dentistry
• disaster loans and grants for dentists
• in coordination with the ADA Foundation, relief grants for dentists and their families

The foundation accepts immediate contributions of cash, publicly traded securities, closely held securities, real property, tangible personal property and life-long gifts in the forms of bequests, deferred gift annuities, trusts and endowed funds. For further information contact:

Florida Dental Health Foundation
1111 E. Tennessee St.,
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(800) 877-9922, ext. 119