Delaware State Dental Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
516015486
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Claymont, DE, USA
Phone
3023687634
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$481,286
Expenses
$331,179
Assets
$985,413
Liabilities
$157,413

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUGLAS DITTY DMD (PRESIDENT)
  • RHAE RIEGEL DMD MD (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • ROBERT A PENNA DMD (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREA N PUDDICOMBE DMD (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL MATTHEWS DMD (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS A HOWLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS A HOWLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $115,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support its members' ability to practice through education and advocacy. Intimately involved in this process is the advancement of quality oral health care for the public.

What it reported doing in 2025

The educational programs for dentists and dental staff provided cutting edge education to enhance the quality of care provided to the public. The board of dentistry and dental hygiene requires all persons licensed to practice dentistry in the state of Delaware to acquire fifty hours of continuing professional education credits every two years. The continuing education programs of the dsds are set to meet the state of Delaware continuing education requirements.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.2%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.98; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $319K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $115K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.