Community Smiles Dental

Name

Community Smiles Dental

Legal name

Community Smiles Dental

Website

https://communitysmiles.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Waukesha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Medicaid/BadgerCare Reimbursement: Community Smiles Dental accepts BadgerCare, Forward Health, and Medicaid insurance, generating revenue through reimbursement for covered dental procedures provided to insured patients.
2. Sliding Fee Scale Payments: Uninsured patients with income below 200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines pay according to a sliding fee scale, with discounted fees and copays required for care.
3. Donations and Fundraising: As a nonprofit organization, CSD relies on charitable donations from individuals, corporate sponsors, event fundraising (Laugh for a Smile raised over $225,000 in 2026), workplace matching gifts, and planned giving through The Legacy Society.
4. Campaign Sponsorships: Corporate sponsors support Healthy Smiles Month, Tooth Fairy Day, Smiles for the Season campaigns, and event sponsorships for Laugh for a Smile and Cheers to Community Smiles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

Community Smiles Dental is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dental clinic operating two locations in Waukesha and Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, providing affordable preventive, restorative, and emergency dental care to underserved children, pregnant women, and patients with special healthcare needs. Services are delivered regardless of ability to pay through acceptance of BadgerCare/Medicaid insurance and a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients below 200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines. The clinic also integrates oral health education into every appointment and runs three named programs: Healthy Smiles for Tots & Teens, Healthy Smiles for Moms & Babies, and Special Smiles.

Product overview

Community Smiles Dental is a nonprofit dental clinic offering a unified portfolio of dental programs focused on underserved children, pregnant women, and patients with special healthcare needs in Southeast Wisconsin. The core offerings include three named programs: Healthy Smiles for Tots & Teens (pediatric preventive and restorative care), Healthy Smiles for Moms & Babies (maternal oral health), and Special Smiles (inclusive care for patients with disabilities). The organization operates two clinic locations in Waukesha and Menomonee Falls, providing comprehensive pediatric dental services, emergency care, and oral health education, with services delivered regardless of ability to pay through BadgerCare, Medicaid, or a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Healthy Smiles for Tots & Teens: Program providing emergency, preventive, and restorative dental services for children and youth across southeastern Wisconsin.
• Healthy Smiles for Moms & Babies
• Special Smiles

Products and services

• Healthy Smiles for Tots & Teens Pediatric dental program providing emergency, preventive, and restorative dental services to children and youth, including comprehensive exams, x-rays, cleanings, fluoride treatments, sealants, fillings, extractions, crowns, and space maintainers. Also provides oral health education and dental hygiene supplies.
• Healthy Smiles for Moms & Babies

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,861 patients served in 2025, the highest in organization history
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026WCTC partnered with CSD to host the Waukesha clinic temporarily during its summer renovation (June 1 - July 31, 2026). CSD's clinical team uses WCTC's state-of-the-art dental clinic facilities to continue serving patients without interruption while the permanent Waukesha clinic undergoes its first major renovation in 18 years.
• United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha CountycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity Smiles Dental is a proud partner of United Way, allowing individuals to direct United Way campaign donations to support CSD's mission and programs.
• ProHealth Care - Waukesha Family Practice Residency ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical residents from ProHealth Care spend two weeks at Community Smiles Dental as part of an interprofessional practice rotation. Residents shadow dental providers, participate in exams, and learn to identify and triage oral health concerns, bridging the gap between medical and dental care.
• CareQuest Institute for Oral HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCareQuest Institute invited CSD to collaborate on a use case for their white paper 'From Silos to Synergy: Integrating Oral Health into Whole Person Care Through Interprofessional Practice.' The use case, written by Dr. Sidney Ebert, highlights CSD's collaborative rotation program.
• Bubon OrthodonticscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBubon Orthodontics became the presenting sponsor of Smiles for the Season campaign and CSD's first-ever Community of Smiles Partner. They hosted smile drives at all Wisconsin and Illinois locations, collecting toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, and monetary donations, which they generously matched to support patient care.
• Target Circle Community Giving ProgramminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCSD was selected as a featured nonprofit in Target's community giving program, where community members can cast votes to direct Target funds to support CSD's mission of providing dental healthcare to children and families.
• WIC Programs and Medical ProviderscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal WIC programs and medical providers identify and refer pregnant women who may not otherwise receive dental care to CSD's Moms & Babies program, expanding access to prenatal oral health services.
• Aurora HealthcareminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAurora Healthcare hosted CSD team members at Summerfest, demonstrating community partnership and support for CSD's mission through corporate engagement activities.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• America's ToothFairy: National Children's Oral Health Foundation: National nonprofit dedicated to improving children's oral health outcomes for underserved kids; both organizations target the same Medicaid-insured pediatric population through donations and community partnerships.
• Apple Tree Dental: Minnesota-based nonprofit critical access dental organization delivering care to underserved children, elderly, and patients with disabilities across rural and urban communities—nearly identical mission and clinic model to Community Smiles Dental.
• ADA Foundation: Give Kids A Smile: National ADA program mobilizing volunteer dentists to provide free oral health services to underserved children; comparable in mission to Community Smiles Dental, though delivered through events rather than a permanent clinic.
• St. David's Foundation: Texas nonprofit dental provider operating the largest mobile dental program in the U.S. and a network of fixed clinics serving uninsured and Medicaid children—closest scaled analog to Community Smiles Dental's mission-driven delivery model.

Regional players

• Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers: Milwaukee-based FQHC providing comprehensive medical, behavioral, and dental services to underserved residents; comparable nonprofit community-health delivery model and overlapping service geography in Southeast Wisconsin.
• Outreach Community Health Centers: Milwaukee-area FQHC offering medical, dental, and behavioral health care on a sliding fee scale; directly comparable Medicaid/sliding-fee access model and overlapping patient demographic in Southeast Wisconsin.
• Progressive Community Health Centers: Milwaukee FQHC operating dental clinics for uninsured and Medicaid patients; shares the same Medicaid-reimbursement and sliding-fee operating model and serves adjacent counties to Community Smiles Dental.

Broad incumbents

• Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation: Statewide dental-benefit foundation funding community oral-health programs and Safety Net dental clinics in Wisconsin; overlap with Community Smiles Dental's mission and could serve as both funder and broader incumbent steward of the ecosystem.
• Marshfield Clinic Health System: Large Wisconsin-based regional health system with dental and pediatric programs across rural and underserved communities; comparable in providing accessible dental care to Medicaid patients within Wisconsin.

Emerging players

• Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin: Wisconsin-based nonprofit collaborative focused on children's health initiatives including oral health advocacy; comparable mission alignment and likely partner/funder role to Community Smiles Dental.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CommunitySmilesDental
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/communitysmilesdental
• Instagraminstagram.com/communitysmilesdental
• TikToktiktok.com/@communitysmilesdental

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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