Kids In Need Of Dentistry

Name

Kids In Need Of Dentistry

Legal name

Kids In Need of Dentistry

Website

https://kindsmiles.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Dental Services

NAICS

Offices of Dentists (621210)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLABAGAA

Preventive & Wellness Pediatric Dentistry (Cleanings/Fluoride/Sealants)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Dental Care Services/Pediatric Dentistry

SECONDARYHLABAGAK

Mobile/School-Based Pediatric Dental Clinics

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Dental Care Services/Pediatric Dentistry

SECONDARYHLABAGAD

Special Needs Pediatric Dentistry

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Dental Care Services/Pediatric Dentistry

Keywords

• Pediatric dental care
• Mobile dental clinic
• Community dental outreach
• Nonprofit dental services
• School dental screenings

Headquarters

HQ city

Commerce City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a nonprofit organization, KIND is primarily funded through donations, grants, and sponsorships from foundations and corporate partners. The organization provided over $1 million in free or reduced dental treatment, indicating heavy reliance on charitable contributions.
2. Insurance and Medicaid Payments: KIND accepts children with Medicaid, Delta Dental, and CHP+ insurance, generating revenue through reimbursements for covered services provided.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kids In Need Of Dentistry (KIND) is a nonprofit organization providing high-quality, affordable dental care to Colorado children ages 0-18 from low-income families. Core offerings include comprehensive clinical services at the KIND Clinic in Commerce City (oral exams, cleanings, sealants, restorative care, emergency treatment, specialty services, and general anesthesia), the Chopper Topper mobile dental clinic that visits schools weekly, and the KIND Hearts Promotoras community health worker program providing culturally informed oral health education.

Product overview

Kids In Need Of Dentistry operates as a nonprofit dental care organization offering a portfolio of complementary services. The core offering consists of the KIND Clinic (in-clinic comprehensive dental care), Chopper Topper (mobile school-based dental sealant and screening program), KIND Hearts Promotoras (community health worker education program), and Clinical Services (in-office and anesthesia-based treatment). All services are designed for children ages 0–18 from low-income families, with bilingual educational resources supplementing the clinical programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chopper Topper: A mobile dental clinic program staffed by hygienists who visit schools each week, providing onsite screening and prevention services including dental sealants and fluoride treatments.
• KIND Hearts Promotoras

Products and services

• KIND Clinic

Quantifiable outcome

• 9,456 children served in 2023
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Commerce City Community Campus (C4)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKIND Clinic is housed in the Commerce City Community Campus (C4). This partnership provides the physical location for KIND's clinical services, demonstrating a collaborative approach to community health.
• Denver-area schools (elementary schools, ECE centers, Head Start programs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 1998, KIND has partnered with Denver-area elementary schools, Early Childhood Education Centers, and Head Start programs to provide the Chopper Topper mobile dental program. Schools must have 50%+ students qualifying for free/reduced lunch to participate.
• Bloom StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBloom Studio donated state-of-the-art architectural design, pictures, and virtual tour for the KIND clinic at C4, helping families familiarize themselves with the clinical environment.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Apple Tree Dental: Minnesota-based nonprofit providing on-site and mobile dental care to underserved children, adults, and seniors through clinics and community programs. Operates a virtually identical hybrid fixed-clinic-plus-mobile-community model as KIND, making it the closest functional peer despite being in a different state.
• TeamSmile: National nonprofit that partners with professional sports teams to provide free dental care and education to underserved children at large-scale events. Overlaps directly with KIND's mission of pediatric dental care for at-risk kids, but uses a single-day event-based delivery model rather than a clinic-plus-mobile model.
• Smile America Partners: For-profit school-based mobile dental company that brings preventive dental care (screenings, sealants, cleanings) directly to schools. Competes head-to-head with KIND's Chopper Topper in the school-based dental channel and shares the same target schools (often Title I / high free-and-reduced-lunch populations), though it is a for-profit operator.
• America's ToothFairy (National Children's Oral Health Foundation): National nonprofit focused exclusively on increasing access to oral health care for children in need across the U.S. Operates as a funder and resource network for safety-net dental programs serving children — directly aligned with KIND's mission and a likely complementary partner/peer in the children's oral health ecosystem.

Others

• AAPD Foundation: Charitable arm of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, providing grants and resources to community-based pediatric oral health programs. Not a direct service-delivery peer but a major funder of the safety-net pediatric dental space KIND operates in.
• CareQuest Institute for Oral Health: National nonprofit focused on improving oral health equity through research, grantmaking, and advocacy; already listed as a core KIND sponsor. Functions as both a strategic partner and ecosystem peer, advancing the same health-equity agenda that justifies KIND's mission.

Emerging players

• Great Shape! Inc. Nonprofit operating large-scale volunteer dental mission trips and school-based oral health programs in Jamaica, Grenada, and underserved U.S. communities. Partial overlap with KIND's pediatric dental mission and school-based delivery model, though primarily international and volunteer-driven.
• Smile for a Lifetime Foundation: Nonprofit that provides free orthodontic care to children from low-income families across the U.S. through a network of volunteer orthodontists. Shares KIND's pediatric dental-care-for-underserved-children mission but specializes in orthodontics rather than general/preventive pediatric dentistry.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kindsmiles
• Facebookfacebook.com/kindsmiles
• Instagraminstagram.com/kindsmilescolorado

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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