A Child Waits Foundation

A Child Waits Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization that provides grants up to $7,000 for both domestic and international adoption. It also has an international adoption loan program, with loans up to $10,000 at a 3% fixed interest rate. It accepts applications without regard to race, age, ethnicity, religion,…

Fifth Third Bank—Naples, Florida

There is a new financing program offered by Fifth Third Bank in Naples, Florida, which is meant to help families more easily afford adoption. The program offers families who are looking to adopt a home equity credit line or installment loan to help cover their expenses. Adoptive parents can be…

Gift of Adoption Fund

Gift of Adoption provides adoption assistance grants of up to $15,000 to complete the adoptions of vulnerable children from the U.S. and around the world.  Gift of Adoption is the largest provider of adoption grants on a nondiscriminatory basis (without regard to age, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or…

Jaya Laxmi Co.

Jaya Laxmi Co./123Fundraising.net is a fundraising organization that works to raise funds for people wanting to adopt. There are no up-front fees, and they only accept prospective adoptive parents who have already passed a Home Study and have affiliated with a legitimate Adoption Entity. Link: Jaya Laxmi Co.

Tinina Q. Cade Foundation (TQCF)

TQCF is a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of families battling infertility, which provides grants for adoption or fertility treatment. Please visit the Cade Foundation’s grant page for more information about grants which provide up to $10,000 per family for adoption or fertility treatment. Grants are awarded twice per…

Help Us Adopt

Help us Adopt is a national non-profit 501(c)(3) financial assistance grant program providing qualified couples and individuals – regardless of race, ethnicity, marital status, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability – with grants of up to $15,000 towards their domestic, international, foster, or special needs adoption expenses. Visit for more…

The Orphan Foundation

The Orphan Foundation provides financial support and information to adopting families, as well as services to institutionalized orphans around the world. They currently provide grants of $1,250 to families who have successfully completed their home study, and who can demonstrate to the foundation’s Board of Directors that a grant will…

Extend Your Tent

Stephen and Melissa started a new ministry, Extend Your Tent, which officially launched in 2018 after working on it for over a year. The mission is to provide financial, informational and spiritual resources to Christian families interested in adoption. They do this through social media and also church classes for…

Forever Home Foundation Grants

The grants go directly to major expenses associated with the legal adoption process for both public and private agency adoptions – international or domestic. You can apply anytime for grants from the foundation. There is no income requirement set on either end. Our only prerequisite is a simple application to…

Using a Personal Loan to Finance Adoption Expenses

The cost of adoption can be quite expensive and for some families, too expensive to afford all up front. Due to this, we wanted to share an article that would inform families hoping to adopt a child on ways they can finance this cost in order fulfill their dream of…