National Association of Dental Plans
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What it says it does
NADPs mission is to promote and advance the dental benefits industry to improve consumer access to affordable, quality dental care. NADP was originally founded in 1989 to serve the dental HMO industry. The organization moved its headquarters to Dallas in 1994 and a year later broadened its membership to include DPPOs. Expansion of its membership base continued in succeeding years with the addition of dental discount plans in 1995 and indemnity programs in 2001. For the past decade NADP has served as the representative and recognized resource of the dental benefits industry. Our members include national commercial carriers, regional and single state plans, companies organized as not-for-profit service plans, interested individual members, dental practice management companies and supporting member organizations that provide products & services to the dental benefits industry. Our four major programs are research, education, government relations, and collaboration.
- Income
- $4.3 million
- Spending
- $4.0 million
- Employees
- 15
- Volunteers
- 406
- Highest pay
- $439,469, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- GOVERNMENT RELATIONS - NADP directly represents the dental benefits industry before Congress and federal agencies. It also supports and engages in limited state level representation. State level representation is largely handled by member plans or partnerships with other national or state organizations/coalitions.
- EDUCATION - NADP provides webinars and executes an annual conference to provide educational content on current issues and trends for members. As well, NADP presents to other organizations of brokers, consumers, dentists, and educators on issues relating to the dental benefits industry.
- RESEARCH - Much of the material that is presented to outside groups and that is used to respond to the press is derived from NADPs annual suite of statistical reports on the dental benefits industry and shared research that is funded by participants and conducted by NADP. NADP ALSO PERIODICALLY FIELDS SINGLE ISSUE SNAPSHOTS ON KEY INDUSTRY ISSUES.
- COLLABORATION - NADPs role under collaboration is serving on various national and international groups that are involved in the setting of standards and transaction guidelines for the dental benefits industry in the areas of procedure codes (CDT), diagnosis codes (SNODENT), and EHR reporting (ICD), quality measures, and electronic data interchange for claims processing, electronic funds transfer and electronic health records.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2000.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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