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Grants for adoption agencies
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
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to adoption agencies | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting adoption centers
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 | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
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 |
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.