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Homeless Not Toothless (HNT), founded by Dr. Jay Grossman in 1992, is a non-profit organization of dentists who volunteer their time and who either pay for laboratory expenses or work with labs who donate dental work as their way of contributing to this worthy cause. Homeless Not Toothless is committed to encouraging the health, care, and support for as many foster children as possible to have their dental needs met through a well-structured community of doctors and dentists. The organization now has hundreds of dental practices, students and labs involved, volunteering their time and effort throughout the greater Los Angeles area and receives many of its patients through referrals by the Venice Family Clinic as well as local shelters. Since its start, HNT has provided more than $3,000,000 in dental treatment to its patients.
HNT hosted a fundraiser with actress Sharon Stone and writer/producer Antwone Fisher at the Smile for Every Child fundraiser on September 10, 2009. The event was held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Santa Monica. The goal of the fundraiser was to raise five million dollars to build a facility that will treat the homeless and foster children of Los Angeles County. As of October 15, 2009, the building has been fully funded and remodeled, and a remainder of one million dollars needs to be raised to fund completion of the dental clinic. The medical component of the facility has been completed and is open and running.
The fundraiser event attracted the support of many celebrities including Sharon Stone, Antwone Fisher, William H. Macy, Larry King, Todd Black and others. The program raised funds for the free El Monte Dental Clinic, which will allow the program’s participating dentists to provide free dental care to 28,000 Los Angeles foster children. Donations may be made for the organization and its upcoming clinic on the organization’s website http://www.homelessnottoothless.org
Dr. Grossman, the CEO and founder since 1992, has received numerous awards for his philanthropy. Stats for 2015: • 16,085 children were seen pro-bono; • More than 300 procedures were performed for Veterans and the underserved communities; • Hundreds of volunteers - many are dental students; • The value of donated dental services for 2015 is more than $885,000.
HNT has utilized dental students at UCLA as well as Western University College of Dental Medicine as interns which has given the students the experience of treating patients outside the school environment while eliminating the cost of labor, allowing the overhead to remain under 10% per year.
Raising several hundred thousand dollars a year in donations is a constant goal, with the ultimate goal of a $5-Million endowment that will allow the program to live on in perpetuity.