Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1951.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
13 people listed on the 990; $529K paid to officers and key staff.
Dr Anantha Raghumudri’s $179K as Staff Gen. Dentist is at the 65th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3128 $1–10M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Anantha Raghumudri | $179,452 | $175,030 | — | — | — |
| Dr Jaspreet Choudhary | — | — | — | $149,635 | $169,135 |
| Dr Riley Cholewa | $163,623 | $164,833 | — | — | — |
| Dr James Barsetti | — | — | $164,772 | — | — |
| Dr Madeline Ritter | — | $160,923 | — | — | — |
| Dr Jean Kim | — | — | $153,116 | — | — |
| Carly Ross | $150,691 | $151,560 | $111,063 | — | — |
| Dr Joseph Barsetti | — | — | $142,280 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Dental Connections INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides dental and pediatric care to promote health, education, and disease prevention.
Questions for Dental Connections INC
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Main Dental Clinic
Provides a full range of general and pediatric dental services for people of all income levels and backgrounds. 80% of patients served through the main dental clinic are eligible for state insurance, medicaid. Approximately 70% of patients served by the main clinic are children.
Smile Squad
A school based oral health PROMOTION/DISEASE prevention program that provides oral health education, screenings, referrals, fluoride varnish and dental sealants to pre-school and elementary age children. 4,963 students were served by the smile squad in fiscal year 2022.
Nolden Gentry Dental Clinic
A satellite clinic location that opened in 2016. This school-based clinic is located on the campus of the des moines public school district. The clinic primarily functions as a partnership clinic and accepts referrals from the des moines public school nurses, community orgnizations serving refugees, students experiencing homelessness and…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.3M | $2.4M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $350K | $295K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $369K | $352K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.3M | $4.0M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $596K | $120K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.7M | $3.9M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $47K | $14K | $24K | $9K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $113K | $68K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $39K | $39K | ||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $49K | $36K | $8K | $4K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $128K | $114K | $9K | $5K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $85K | $60K | $26K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $13K | $13K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $2K | $2K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $16K | $7K | $3K | $6K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $138K | $126K | $12K | $122 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $14K | $14K | $376 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $55K | $51K | $3K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $23K | $20K | $4K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $402K | $386K | $16K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $23K | $17K | $6K | $278 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $239K | $93K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jan 28, 2026 | $3.5M | $3.8M | −$298K | $3.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jan 31, 2025 | $3.5M | $3.5M | $38K | $3.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Dec 8, 2023 | $2.8M | $3.3M | −$409K | $3.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 30, 2022 | $3.9M | $2.7M | $1.2M | $3.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 3, 2021 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $373K | $2.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,925,202 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,925,202 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,703,112 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,973,075 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,852,986 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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