Arcora Foundation 2026 Oral Health Impact Grants support Washington oral-health projects serving under-invested and underserved populations. Arcora Foundation lists $900,000 total funding available, with organizations able to request up to $75,000 per project.
Deadline: October 16, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. PST.
Eligibility and geography: projects must have impact in Washington state. Applicants must be tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) or have similar tax-exempt status, including tribal organizations. Funding is for projects taking place during calendar year 2027, and Arcora allows one application per organization.
Program priorities: proposed projects should either support or increase access to culturally responsive dental care, or increase water consumption, decrease sugary-beverage consumption, or promote access to healthy food. Focus populations include Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, rural communities, and other populations experiencing health disparities.
Evaluation: Arcora scores the population served, how organization leadership demographics reflect the communities served, alignment with the Oral Health Impact priorities, and whether project impact, milestones, and budget are clearly aligned.
Eligible and ineligible costs: the current 2026 page states that Arcora funding cannot be used to pay dental providers for individual dental care or treatment, including uncompensated or free care or co-pays. Arcora may fund a project at less than the amount requested. No mandatory applicant match or cost-share requirement is stated on the current 2026 public program page.
Submission: Arcora directs applicants to read its application-submission instructions, create an account, complete and submit the grant application form on the program page, and upload the Oral Health Impact Project Budget Support and Timeline Template. Following a positive funding decision, Arcora requests a grant agreement, W-9, and ACH form. Submission questions may be directed to Heather Knaplund at hknaplund@arcorafoundation.org; account and technical issues may be directed to arcora-it@arcorafoundation.org.
Source-control note: the live 2026 program page currently links an application-instructions PDF whose contents are labeled for the 2025 cycle. Atlas therefore does not treat dates, amounts, or other year-specific requirements from that older PDF as controlling for 2026; the live 2026 program page and current account/application workflow control unless Arcora posts an updated 2026 instructions document.
Atlas analysis: Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100. N9+ Fit 10/100 because the published scope does not establish remote physical examination technology as a funded objective. QC Healthcare Fit 0/100 on the verified scope. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit 0/100 because the applicant must be a qualifying tax-exempt organization or similar eligible entity.
Official source: Arcora Foundation 2026 Oral Health Impact Grants.