Are you a family who is planning to adopt, but are needing some extra help with the financial costs of adoption? The Omnah Foundation assists Christ-centered families with give-forward adoption grants, family support grants, and with additional fundraising resources.
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The Omnah Foundation provides financial assistance, resources, and prayer support to Christian families adopting children, offering paid-forward grants, with a mission rooted in helping children find loving, Christ-centered homes.
Show Hope Adoption Aid grants provide $8,000–$12,000 in financial assistance to cover 25–35% of adoption costs, with a free online application process, four annual deadlines, and eligibility for both domestic and international adoptions.
The Forever Home Foundation provides grants to help families with the financial costs of domestic or international adoptions, accepting applications year-round without income requirements, and also offers consultation, prayer, and connections with other adoptive families.
Lifesong for Orphans is a Christian organization that offers adoption matching grants, interest-free loans, fundraising support, and reimbursement for home study, agency, lawyer, and travel expenses, helping families overcome financial barriers to adoption.
The JSC Foundation is a private foundation offering financial assistance to Christian couples, providing adoption grants to help families overcome the financial challenges of adoption and bring children into loving homes.
Katelyn’s Fund is an orphan ministry that offers adoption grants to Christian families facing financial hardship, prioritizing those earning under $100,000 annually, while also providing emotional and prayer support, educational resources, and a supportive community.
Pure Gift of God is a nonprofit that provides adoption grants, mentorship from experienced adoptive families, and intensive counseling through its HALO Program, supporting families throughout the adoption process, with priority given to those with the greatest financial need.
The Gift of Adoption Fund is a national charity that provides grants of up to $15,000 to help U.S. families with financial need complete adoptions, supporting children in vulnerable circumstances by helping them find permanent families and thrive.
The A Child Waits Foundation provides grants for domestic adoptions and loans for international adoptions to help U.S. and Canadian families cover adoption costs, accepting applications year-round.
Connected Hearts Ministry is a Christian nonprofit that helps families adopt often-overlooked children, such as older children, those with special needs, and sibling groups, by providing matching grants and fundraising support, guided by the belief that every Christian is called to care for orphans.
The Beauty Amidst the Ashes Adoption Grant provides financial aid ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to help families, earning less than $120,000 annually, overcome the costs of adoption.
The ABBA Fund is a Christian organization that offers interest-free loans, typically between $6,000 and $8,000, to help Christian families adopt children, with loans repaid and reissued to support other families, alongside a grant program to assist with additional fundraising efforts.
Pathways for Little Feet provides interest-free loans of up to $10,000 to help families adopt children, with customized repayment plans that support other families’ adoptions, prioritizing those with the greatest financial need, and also offers counseling grants, conference scholarships, and parent coaching.
Extend Your Tent offers interest-free loans to help adoptive families overcome financial barriers, with loans provided directly to the adoption attorney or agency at the time of placement.
Both Hands organizes volunteer projects where groups serve widows in need through home improvements while raising funds for orphan care and adoption, with all donations supporting adoptive families and ensuring financial barriers do not prevent adoptions.
Cards For A Cause Fundraiser offers organizations an easy and practical way to raise funds, earning up to 43% profit from the sale of $30 boxes containing at least 30 beautifully handcrafted greeting cards with matching envelopes, all available through simple ordering process.
The 35Kcampaign helps Christian families adopt children with special needs, sibling groups, and older children by providing matching grants and hands-on fundraising support, aiming to alleviate the financial burden of adoption while ensuring these children are placed in homes where they will hear the Gospel.
The Omnah Family Support Grant provides approved adoptive families with a dedicated donation page, where all transaction fees are fully covered, allowing them to raise funds for their adoption expenses with ease.
mySTORY is a crowdfunding platform for approved Lifesong Adoptive Families, Church Funds, and Orphan Care Advocates to raise tax-deductible donations for adoption, church support, or orphan care projects, offering low fees and direct disbursement into Lifesong accounts.
Pure Charity is a global crowdfunding platform that allows adoptive families to create fundraiser pages.
AdoptionBridge is a nonprofit organization that supports families during the adoption process by offering a crowdfunding platform for raising up to one-third of adoption expenses, providing guidance, emotional support, and allowing families to create Waiting Family profiles to connect with birthmothers seeking adoptive families.
AdoptTogether is a nonprofit crowdfunding platform that helps families connect with donors to raise funds for adoption, providing a profile for families to share their story and fundraising goal, while also offering access to grants based on adoption status and expenses.
Fund the Nations (FTN) helps individuals and organizations raise money for causes like mission trips and adoptions by selling custom-designed t-shirts, offering free graphic design and shipping, and providing step-by-step support from design to distribution.
The Noonday Collection is a lifestyle brand that collaborates with artisans from 15 countries to sell fair-trade, handcrafted goods, empowering women, supporting children’s education, and partnering with organizations like International Justice Mission to combat modern-day slavery, while also giving 10% of Adoption Trunk Show sales to help adopting families.
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The Rollstone Foundation is a nonprofit that provides fast-acting grants to help families adopt special needs children worldwide, focusing on children with conditions such as HIV, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy, all made possible through donations and a volunteer-based staff.
Show Hope Medical Care grants provide an average of $6,000 to help families cover medical expenses for adopted children in the U.S., including surgeries, hospital stays, therapies, medical equipment, and scans, with the requirement that services be completed before the child turns 18.
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Christian Adoption Consultants
Christian Adoption Consultants provides personalized guidance throughout the adoption process, offering support with paperwork, cost assistance, and access to a vetted network of agencies, all backed by a team with over 120 years of combined experience.
Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO)
The Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) unites churches, organizations, and individuals to care for vulnerable children and families through initiatives that promote adoption, foster care, and family preservation, while providing resources, education, and student opportunities rooted in Christian discipleship.
Replanted Ministry is a faith-based nonprofit offering foster and adoptive families support through local groups, trauma-informed resources, an annual conference, faith-based curriculum, 1-on-1 consulting, and efforts to preserve and reunite families, while partnering with churches to provide emotional and spiritual care.
Show Hope is a faith-based nonprofit that provides financial grants to adoptive families, supports care centers in China for children with medical and special needs, offers pre- and post-adoption support for children who have experienced trauma, and develops student leaders to advocate for vulnerable children globally.
Lifeline Children’s Services is a Christian ministry offering domestic and international adoption, foster care, orphan care, educational support, crisis pregnancy services, and housing for birthmothers through Lifeline Village.
Lifesong provides support through post-adoption grants, trauma-informed resources, and counseling to help families navigate the challenges that arise after adoption, ensuring that no family walks this path alone.
Pathways for Little Feet provides financial support through Counseling and Therapy Grants for adoption-competent and trauma-informed counseling services, as well as Conference and Retreat Scholarships to help families, adoptees, and birth parents access valuable renewal and learning opportunities.
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Articles
Adoption Tax Credit – Christian Alliance for Orphans
The Adoption Puzzle Fundraiser
Recordings
How to Adopt and Who Should Consider It
Our Mission: Helping Families to Adopt a Child – Whitney and Chelsea Sewell
Adoption: The Heart of the Gospel – John Piper
Books
“Sovereign and Gentle” – David Parton
“Adopt Without Debt” – Julie Gumm
“A Mother for Choco” – Keiko Kasza
“Shaoey and Dot” – Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman
“Mommy’s Heart Went Pop” – Christina Kyllonen, Peter Greer and Jeff Brown
“Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family” – Paul David Tripp
“Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus” – Elyse Fitzpatrick
“Preparing Children for Marriage” – Joshua Mulvihill