Alliance of the ADA gifts $185,000 to ADA Foundation
Organization for ADA member spouses will dissolve by end of year
The Alliance of the American Dental Association is going out with one final act of generosity.
Before it dissolves by the end of the year, the Alliance and its affiliated nonprofit organization, the Foundation for Dental Health Education, gifted about $185,000 to the ADA Foundation to support its Give Veterans A Smile program. The Alliance is an organization for ADA member spouses, partners and families.
The check presentation occurred Oct. 10 during the ADA House of Delegates meeting in Indianapolis. Rita Cammarata, D.D.S., ADA Foundation board chair, accepted the check from Anne Morrison, president of the Alliance.
“The ADA Foundation wants to extend our most sincere gratitude to the Alliance of the ADA and the Alliance’s Foundation for Dental Health Education for making such a thoughtful and generous gift dedicated to the ADA Foundation’s Give Veterans A Smile program,” Dr. Cammarata said. “With their compassionate support, the ADA Foundation was able to announce a matching challenge during the 2026 House of Delegates to raise funds to continue and expand programs like Give Kids A Smile, Give Veterans A Smile, charitable assistance grants and dental student scholarships. The Alliance has spent decades serving dentistry and dentists, and the ADA Foundation will ensure this legacy continues.”
Through the Foundation for Dental Health Education, the Alliance has provided grants to support dental health education projects. The organizations gifted their remaining funds to the ADA Foundation.
“Over the past several years, the Alliance and the ADA Foundation have developed a relationship built on mutual respect, shared values and a common commitment to oral health and the people we serve,” Ms. Morrison said. “The Alliance and its foundation may be coming to an end, but we are grateful that a portion of what we have built together can continue through the ADA Foundation, which shares our commitment to service and to the future of dentistry. We are confident the ADA Foundation’s vision for building a stronger organization with a broader reach — one that supports dentists and their families, dental students and the underserved — will carry on the legacy of the Alliance of the ADA.”
The ADA Foundation raised an additional $133,000 from more than 150 individuals as part of its matching challenge to House of Delegates members, exceeding 70% of its goal. To donate and learn more about the ADA Foundation and its programs, visit adafoundation.org.
