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Supporting Doctors,Team Members,Support Professionals

and the communities they serve

Thank you to our 2025 partner Local One FM!

Vision

To give supported doctors, team members, support professionals and the communities they serve more reasons to smile through passionate, thoughtful and generous assistance.

Mission

To harness the generous and compassionate spirit of those connected to our support network through broad-based giving to charitable pillars, the heart of which is rooted in assisting supported doctors, team members and support professionals in their time of need.

Leadership

Heartland Dental Foundation Advisory Board is a committee of Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation that provides leadership and advisement over the Heartland Dental Foundation Funds.
Learn more about the Heartland Dental Foundation Advisory Board.

Since 2018, the HDF has been able to help over 560 team members with over $1,300,000 in grants!

Thank you to our 2025 partner Local One FM!

SEE THE IMPACT

Economic Hardship Program

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Our Purpose

The Heartland Dental Foundation Economic Hardship Program helps Heartland Dental supported doctors, team members and support professionals who are experiencing economic hardship and are unable to afford housing, utilities and other basic living needs because of a qualified disaster, life-threatening illness or injury, death or other catastrophic or extreme circumstances beyond the employee’s control.

Who Is Eligible

All Heartland Dental employees, supported doctors and support professionals who are employed part-time or full-time for at least six (6) months prior to submitting this application AND have experienced a qualifying incident (see application for definitions) within 90 days of the date of application. In the case of death of the employee, then a spouse or eligible dependent may apply. An employee can only be approved for assistance once within a twelve-month period.