DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement Contributes $1M to COVID-19 Relief Efforts
Grants will support communities during the pandemic and throughout the recovery period.
The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement has announced a set of grants totaling $1M to organizations supporting relief efforts for underserved populations and regions hit hardest by COVID-19, including communities that are experiencing disproportionate effects of the pandemic.
In its headquarters state of Massachusetts, the DentaQuest Partnership contributed $200,000 to The Boston Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund. The DentaQuest Partnership also contributed $145,000 to each of the following:
- United Way of New York City’s COVID-19 Community Fund
- The Cleveland Foundation’s Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund
- The Communities Foundation of Texas’s North Texas Community Response Fund
- Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties’ COVID-19 Response Fund
- Decolonizing Wealth Project’s Native American Community Response Fund
A final grant of $75,000 was made to the Arizona Community Foundation’s Arizona COVID-19 Community Response Fund.
Learn more about the DentaQuest Partnership’s 2020 Funding Strategy.
DentaQuest has also launched a free consultation hotline that connects residents to local dentists around the state who can offer guidance, and, when possible, referrals to local providers for emergency services. As of now, the hotline is available for residents of Texas, Oregon, Kentucky and Alabama.