02/07/2021

OMS Foundation Update

The OMS Foundation extends its sincere thanks to EVERY donor who contributed to the Annual Fund or GIVE in 2020. Your generosity was a lifeline during this complicated year.

Special thanks to Treloar & Heisel for launching the OMSFIRE (OMS for Innovation, Research and Education) campaign with a $100,000 Platinum commitment in January 2020 and to OMS Partners, LLC (Gold) and U.S. Oral Surgery Management (Silver) for their lead OMSFIRE Corporate gifts in 2021. More than 60 Charter OMSFIRE donors collectively committed to $250,000/year to support the Annual Fund through 2024. Many thanks to OMSFIRE Society donors Colorado (Gold), Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania and Ohio (Silver) and Rhode Island (Bronze) for their 5-year commitments. The steadfast support of the Foundation’s OMSFIRE and other recurring donors was deeply appreciated in a year in which overall fundraising dropped by 30%.

Included in the Foundation’s 2021 research and education funding are two Student Research Training Awards, offering opportunities for promising dental students at Loma Linda University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham to explore careers in research and the OMS profession. The Foundation has invested more than $650,000 in the SRTA program since 1992; its return on that investment is a steady influx of top talent into the specialty. Read more about the University of Pennsylvania’s successful SRTA program here, and contact Mary DiCarlo at mdicarlo@omsfoundation.org to share your SRTA story.

Did circumstances compel you to postpone your annual giving in 2020? If you’re able, please help us recover from last year’s shortfall with a gift in the first quarter. For the Foundation to continue to serve the specialty effectively, every OMS must treat investment in research and education as a cost of doing business. A recurring gift of just $209/month contributes $2,500 annually to support the Foundation’s work and qualifies you for recognition as a Bronze OMSFIRE donor. Enroll before Feb. 28 for recognition in the Foundation’s inaugural issue of Torchlight, its e-newsletter debuting in March 2021. Thank you!