Ways to donate to the Institute for Oral Health Foundation

The Institute for Oral Health Foundation (IOH Foundation) provides more than $100,000 each year to advance the profession of dental hygiene through scholarships, research and community service grants. Contributions can be made through the following methods:

  • electronic payments
    • Debit/credit, PayPal and Google Pay via MightyCause (links listed below)
    • Venmo: @ADHAIOH
  • checks made to the IOH Foundation
    • mailed to Attn: IOH Foundation 444 N Michigan Ave Ste 400 Chicago, IL 60611
  • IRA distributions
    • Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) funds can be transferred directly and may lower taxable income for any given year. Contact your IRA custodian for more information about benefits and eligibility.
  • Estate planning
    • Contact your estate planning professional for more information.
  • Named Scholarship or Grant creation
    • Consider becoming a legacy by creating an annual or endowed scholarship/ grant for the IOH Foundation. Contact [email protected] to inquire.

The IOH Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are tax deductible.

Donations of $50+ appear on the Donor Honor Roll at the ADHA Annual Conference and the IOH Foundation Annual Report.

Donate to the General Fund (automatic recurring donations available)

Donate to Area of Greatest Need

Donate to a Specific Fund (automatic recurring donations available)

Research Grants

GENERAL RESEARCH GRANTS DONATIONS

KIMBERLY BENKERT OMT RESEARCH GRANT

Community Service Grants

HEALTHY START FOR TEXAS TEETH DONATIONS

ROSIE WALL COMMUNITY SPIRIT GRANT DONATIONS

Scholarship Funds

ALICE HINCHCLIFFE WILLIAMS, RDH, MS, MERIT SCHOLARSHIP (BACHELOR LEVEL) DONATIONS

ALICE HINCHCLIFFE WILLIAMS, RDH, MS, MERIT SCHOLARSHIP (GRADUATE LEVEL) DONATIONS

ALICE M. & HERSCHEL S. HOROWITZ SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS

BURCH SCHOLARSHIP FOR EQUITY-CENTERED LEADERSHIP DONATIONS

DIANN BOMKAMP LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS

DR. ESTHER WILKINS SCHOLARSHIP (BACHELOR LEVEL) DONATIONS

DR. ESTHER WILKINS SCHOLARSHIP (GRADUATE LEVEL) DONATIONS

IRENE WOODALL GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS

KARLA GIRTS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH SCHOLARSHIP (ASSOCIATE LEVEL) DONATIONS

KARLA GIRTS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH SCHOLARSHIP (BACHELOR LEVEL) DONATIONS

PDT/ANN BATTRELL PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP

SIGMA PHI ALPHA SCHOLARSHIP (ASSOCIATE LEVEL) DONATIONS

SIGMA PHI ALPHA SCHOLARSHIP (BACHELOR LEVEL) DONATIONS

SIGMA PHI ALPHA SCHOLARSHIP (GRADUATE LEVEL) DONATIONS

What is an automatic recurring donation? This is a monthly gift that is made automatically each month from a debit/credit card. Electing to donate via our monthly giving program is a popular way to split up a significant yearly gift into more manageable monthly donations.

Show your support of The ADHA Institute for Oral Health, the only national foundation for the important work of dental hygienists, by making recurring donations through a monthly pledge!

Note, you can change, or cancel, your pledge at any time! You will always receive an e-mailed receipt of your donation. Additionally, you will receive a tax acknowledgment when making the pledge with your contribution amount.

Why I Donate

“I donate to the Institute for Oral Health Foundation as it is the only national foundation serving the Dental Hygiene Profession. I am confident that my donations supporting research projects enable ADHA to continue to build Dental Hygiene’s body of knowledge which is essential for us to be recognized as a profession.

The flexibility to donate throughout the calendar year is accommodating, as well as the donor privilege to designate my gifts for supporting scholarships, community service grants, research, and/or the greatest need annually.- ADHA Past President, Marge Green, RDH, MS, FADHA”

DONOR HONOR ROLL (7/1/24 – 4/23/24)

  • Gary W. Bomkamp
  • Dawn Ann Dean, RDH, CTTS, MSDH, FADHA
  • Connie Groves
  • Alice Horowitz, PhD
  • Indiana DHA
  • Louisiana DHA
  • Sheri Ann Moore, RDH, BSHS, FADHA
  • Chanci Oyler, RDH
  • Joanne T Sweeny, RDH
  • Texas DHA
  • Lauren Umetani
  • Virginia DHA

  • Tennessee DHA

  • Anonymous in D.C.
  • Deborah Bailey Astroth, RDH, BS
  • Shelley Bixler
  • John Bomkamp
  • Marie M. Brickley-Raab, RDH
  • Marjorie H. Carstensen, RDH, BS
  • Matt Ray Crespin, MPH, RDH
  • Linda Kay Hoffmann, RDH, BS, FADHA
  • Margaret Lappan Green, RDH, MS, FADHA
  • Carol E Martin
  • Missouri DHA
  • Alma Joann Moretti
  • Pennsylvania DHS
  • Rebecca W. Pugh, RDH, BSAST, FADHA
  • JoAnn Rigolizzo Gurenlian, RDH, MS, PhD, FADHA
  • South Dakota DHA
  • Southern AZ Dental Hygienists’ Association
  • Jen Wilson, BHS, RDH

  • Gayle C. Chang, RDH, BEd
  • Delaware DHA
  • Denise B. Frank, RDH
  • Gerraine K.G.Y. Hignite, RDH
  • Cathy A. Nobles, RDH, FADHA
  • Ruth Palich, RDH
  • Sarah Roddy
  • Kathleen Ann Roos
  • Madison Shuee, LDH
  • Cheryl Westphal Theile, RDH, EdD
  • Gwen Elise Veltri, RDH

  • Mikiel Lina A. Agoy, RDH
  • Valoree J. Althoff, MHA, RDH, CPP-T, PRP
  • Hanna Aronovich
  • Diann F. Bomkamp, RDH, BSDH, CDHC
  • Lillian Jessie Caperila, RDH, BSDH, MeD
  • Layla Ann Christensen, RDH, BSDH
  • Trinity Jean Cleveland, RDH
  • Wanda Cloet, RDH, MS
  • Stephanie L. Couture
  • Kristi Dalton, RDH
  • Christina Emmert, RDH
  • Tammy L. Filipiak, RDH, MS
  • Esperanza Garza, RDH, BS
  • Meghan Bridget Greco, RDH
  • Erin Jo Haley-Hitz, RDH
  • Allison Lane
  • Pamela Larrabee, RDH, BAS, MA
  • Annette Lee Lincicome, BS
  • Barbara A. Lynch, RDH, BSDH
  • Massachusetts DHS
  • Lisa Jo Moravec, RDH
  • Cathy A. Nobles, RDH, FADHA
  • Pamela Anne Randolph, RDH
  • Katrina M. Sanders, RDH
  • Christine Schaaf, RDH
  • Becky Smith, CRDH, EdD, FADHA
  • Carolynn B. Wahl, BSDH, PHDHP
  • LeeAnn Katherine Winkler, RDH, BSDH

  • Debra Fletcher Adams, RDH, BSDH, MA
  • Anne M. Akaka, RDH
  • Joanna Allaire, RDH, BSDH, MDH
  • Anonymous in Delaware
  • Linda N.T. Austin, RDH
  • Patricia Lynn Aylward, RDH
  • Catherine Ann Berard, RDH, BSDH
  • Susan Callahan-Barnard, DHSc, RDH
  • Heather A. Beavers
  • Emily J. Boge, EdD
  • Nancy T. Brohawn, RDH, BSDH
  • Nancy V. Cline, RDH, MPH
  • Elizabeth Jane Crocker, RDH, FADHA
  • Mara Kelly Crow, RDH
  • Monica Bomkamp Enia
  • Markee K.S.N. Estioko
  • Christine M. Farrell, RDH, BSDH, MPA
  • Joseph M. Furnari
  • Laurie Kay Ghigleri, BS
  • Kayla L. Golden, RDH
  • Oslynda Gonzalez
  • Jennifer Graves, RDH
  • Shawna Shiree Greer, RDH, BSDH
  • Cynthia Hansen, RDH
  • Laura L. Jacob, RDH, MA, FADHA, CHC
  • Renee Joyn Johnson, RDH, BSDH
  • Ellie Louise Kelley-Miyashiro, RDH, BS
  • Nancy G. Lee, RDH, BS
  • Christina Lesniowski
  • Alexandra Major, RDH
  • Jenifer J. Mancini, RDH
  • Maryland DHA
  • Teri Ann Matsumura, RDH
  • Vicki L. Munday, RDH
  • Shelby Mary Murdock
  • Carmen I. Negron-Dupee, BSFCS, RDH
  • Kristine M. Osada, RDH, BSDH, Med
  • Pamela L. Quinones
  • Marilynn L. Rothen, RDH, MS
  • Kimberly Schneider, RDH
  • Kathleen Schreiber
  • Christine N. Schroeder
  • Cynthia F. Sensabaugh, RDH, MSDH
  • Sheila Sheats, RDH
  • Judith L. Shimamoto, RDH
  • Marilyn R. Shrive, RDH
  • Karen O. Skaff, RDH
  • Jerelyn Marie Smith, RDH
  • Renee Gerber Spencer, RDH, FADHA
  • Joycelyn Naomi Swan
  • Melissa Nichole Terry, RDH, BSDH
  • Claire Vann, RDH, MS, FADHA
  • Heather Nicole Waldron
  • Andrea Scott Wiseman, RDH

  • Susan O. Afeltra, RDH
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous in Hawaii
  • Susan E. Bear
  • Linda Kay Bohacek, FAADH, FADHA
  • Emilie Bonovitch Ellis
  • Gwendolyn Michelle Boyce, RDH, BSDH
  • Rebecca Ann Bunge, RDH
  • Ann M. Bruhn, RDH
  • Karen A Christen, RDH
  • Cindy Lou DeWall, RDH
  • Ana Karina Fernandez, RDH
  • Peter Mark Gangi, RDH, BSED
  • Chelsi Graham, RDH
  • Oswaldo E. Gutierrez
  • Kyle R. Isaacs, RDH
  • Jill Marie Hay, RDH, MeD
  • Hali Householder
  • Heather Hunsberger
  • Melissa Ann Kleen
  • Barbara Ann Leatherman Dixon, RDH, BS, Med
  • Caryn Ann Solie, RDH
  • Debbie Maestas-Traynor
  • Deborah Sue Manne, RDH, RN, MSN
  • Julie Anne Martin, RDH
  • Mercedes Alesaundra Mendoza, RDH, BA
  • Nitia Morris
  • Jacky M. Nace, RDH
  • Sandra Ann Nicholas, RDH
  • Laura A. Nolan, RDH
  • Sheila K. Norton, RDH, BS
  • Katherin Marie Obert, RDH
  • Lydia Park, RDH, BS
  • Susan H. Pharr, RDH, BSDH, MPH
  • Jennifer A. Pieren, RDH, MS, FADHA
  • Adrienne Ramiscal Ragasa-Lim, RDH
  • Carissa Renae Regnerus, RDH, MA
  • Olivia Ruth Schreiner, RDH
  • Diana Saylor, RDH, BSDH
  • Monica Colleen Stephenson, RDH, MS
  • Deborah Marie Stevens
  • Megan Marie Stotts, LDH
  • Jessica Rae Suedbeck, RDH, MSDH
  • Kyoko Tomita, RDH, MS
  • Karen Elizabeth Tuel, RDH
  • Michelle C. Tui, RDH, AS
  • Lancette L. VanGuilder
  • Samantha Clara Vest