America's ToothFairy awards $170K in grants to children's programs

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Mar 17, 2015

America's ToothFairy: National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) has awarded $170,000 in grants to its affiliate network of nonprofit children's clinical and program partners.

The funds were donated by individual and corporate table sponsors for the Virtual ToothFairy Ball and Online Auction, a fundraiser held by America's ToothFairy in November 2014. Each $5,000 sponsorship has been awarded as a grant in the name of the donating individual or company, the foundation said.

Since its founding in 2006, America's ToothFairy has delivered more than $14 million in direct funding, donated dental products and equipment, and educational resources to its nonprofit affiliate network.

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