About the Foundation

The foundation's goal is to develop initiatives that will build on its mission statement:

The mission of The NADP Foundation is to promote research and education to improve the oral health of the population through access to and the administration of oral health services.

The NADP Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organized in 1997.  In 2023, the Foundation registered as a public charity in the state of Massachusetts. The NADP Foundation promotes the oral health of Americans through increased access to dental services.

The National Association of Dental Plans revitalized its independent Foundation to focus on research and education initiatives.

NADP members Delta Dental of Massachusetts, MetLife, Principal Financial Group®, and Sun Life U.S. supplied funds to re-establish the NADP Foundation, which was originally formed in 1997.

About NADP

NADP is the largest non-profit trade association focused exclusively on the dental benefits industry. NADP members provide dental HMO, dental PPO, dental indemnity, and dental savings plan products to more than 200 million Americans with dental benefits. NADP members include the entire spectrum of dental carriers: companies that provide both medical and dental coverage, companies that provide only dental coverage, major national carriers, regional, and single state companies, as well as companies organized as non-profit plans.