Grants for adoption agencies

Name: Top 25 grants made to adoption centers
Creator: Cause IQ
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212 adoption centers received at least $19.6 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 338 grants made from 249 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 249 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to adoption agencies, and 4% made grants to four or more adoption agencies. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$19,632,041

Total grant dollars given to adoption agencies

338

Number of grants made annually to adoption agencies

249

Number of grantmakers funding adoption agencies

$1,000

Median grant size to adoption agencies

Foundations that support adoption centers

Out of all grants made to adoption agencies, 73% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to adoption agencies. Foundations funding adoption agencies also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, family service centers, emergency assistance programs, religious organizations, and christian organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	184
Medium	34
Large	31

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	8
Private	191
Corporate	21
Other	29

Grants made

Grants made to adoption agencies	Number of grantmakers
1	224
2-3	13
4-10	9
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting adoption centers

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to adoption agencies	Number of grants made to adoption agencies	Median grant size
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	14	$1,225
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	12	$6
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	11	$520
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	8	$100
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.2%	7	$1,000
Greater Worcester Community Foundation	MA	Metro	0.2%	6	$1,290
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	6	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	5	$2,000
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	5	$1,500
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	5	$105

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Adoption centers grantees

Adoption agencies with more than $5 million in total revenues received 97% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 28% of all adoption agencies.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	336
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Texas	55
California	23
Virginia	22
Illinois	22
Other	216

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Dallas	25
Chicago	22
Washington DC	17
Houston	17
Other	236

Top 25 grants made to adoption agencies

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Bethany Christian Services	$16,196,878	Refugee Resettlement	Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (DTFA)	$2,765,827	To Support Scaling Plan	Blue Meridian Partners
Show Hope	$5,000	Grant for Adoption Education And/or Camp	The Giving Back Fund (GBF)
Show Hope	$5,000	Grant for Adoption Education And/or Camp	The Giving Back Fund (GBF)
Holt International Children's Services	$5,000	Assistance	The Edwards Family Foundation
Sparrow Clubs USA 906 Ne Greenwood #2	$5,000	Sponsorship of Child	Weitzman Family Foundation
Yatom the Jewish Foster and Adoption Network	$5,000	Jewish Foster & Adoption Network	Joseph and May Winston Foundation
Family Builders	$5,000	General Support	Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund
Adoption Center of Illinois at Family Resource Center	$5,000	General Operating Support	JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Child Crisis Arizona	$5,000	General Support	Phoenix Suns Charities
Pathways for Little Feet	$5,000	Support Toward Mission of Providing Sustainable Care for Orphaned Children.	Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association	$5,000	Program Support	Veterans United Foundation
Adoption Related Services of Pinellas	$5,000	Support Findings and Recommendations of Ccat Through General Operating Funding Towards Organization's Capacity.	Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg
Creative Adoptions	$5,000	Adoption Services	Amy's Legacy Foundation
The Datz Foundation	$5,000	Adoption Services	Amy's Legacy Foundation
Childrens Home Society of Washington	$5,000	Feed Your Brain Grant	SCHOOL'S Out Washington (SOWA)
Heart Gallery of Alabama	$5,000	Support	Hill Crest Foundation
Christian Works for Children	$5,000	The Establishment and Operation of Camp Erin	Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation
Pathways for Little Feet	$5,000	Child Adoption	Scurlock Foundation
Gladney Center for Adoption	$5,000	Annual Fund	Van Beuren Charitable Foundation (vBCF)
Heart Gallery of Alabama	$5,000	General Operating Budget	Altecstyslinger Foundation
Helpusadoptorg	$5,000	Community Development	Herbert Bearman Foundation
Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO)	$5,000	General Support	Orphan Outreach
Holt International Children's Services	$5,000	Keeping Families Together	All Life Foundation
Children's Home Society of Virginia	$5,000	General Support	Mary Washington Healthcare

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Adoption agencies" category for this page is determined by the "P31: Adoption" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.