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There are many waiting children in the world who need a family. There are many waiting parents who would love to adopt, but can't afford the expenses. Here is financial information to help bring the chidren home!

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Adoption Financing Websites

Affording Adoption ...helping to make adoption an affordable option for every family!
Resource for adoption grants, loans, fundraisers, tax credits,
airfare/travel discounts and many other adoption financing options!
Adoption Fundraiser Suggestions
Ideas to get those creative juices flowing!
Financing Adoption
Financing Adoption assists adoptive parents in financing domestic and international adoption expenses through fundraising. It provides a way to donate money towards adoption by a particular family or for orphanage in Eastern Europe. Post your family profile and post a link to your fundraising webpage.
Anna Bears Adoption Fundraising
International flag wearing bears to sell for fundraising endeavors.

Grants and Loans

The Shepherd's Crook
This Christian organization helps special needs chidren find homes. Each child has a fund, tax free donations can be donated into it.
Brittany's Hope
Go here and see the beautiful faces of children who seek homes. They are all special needs, and all have substantial grants to help their family bring them home.
Ava's Hope
A new organization that will be giving grants to families in the adoption process.
Kingdom Kids Adoption
A Christian website with budgeting ideas and grants available
His Kids, Too!
A ministry helping the Ukrainian people. They also award adoption grants 3 times a year- 2,000 for one child; 4,000 for two. Click on "Adoption Help" for more information on their adoption grant program.
Compassionate Hearts
Compassionate Hearts' mission is to aid orphans while they await a family to
adopt them. Our board members work hard to make the most of the money that
has been fundraised or donated. See their website for a grant application.
Shaohannah's Hope:
Grants for adopting families
Life International
Matching grants for Christian families
The ABBA Fund
Interest free adoption loan program for Christian families
Gift of Adoption Fund
The Gift of Adoption Fund provides financial assistance in the form of grants to adoptive parents. The Gift of Adoption Fund is supported by individual, corporate, and foundation tax deductible donations.
National Adoption Foundation -Adoption Programs
While many people have expressed concerns that adoption is too expensive, the National Adoption Foundation has done something about it. Using private funds and a partnership with the corporate community, they give adoptive families grants for adoption expenses
Helping Kids Cope
Grants for homestudy ready families
God's Grace Adoption Ministry - Christian adoptions
God's Grace Adoption Ministry can help with financial assistance to Christian families wishing to adopt.
Fore Adoption Foundation
Fore Adoption Foundation wants to help United States children find permanent loving homes. Grants available for pending US adoptions.
A Child Waits Foundation
A Child Waits Foundation - financial resource for those seeking loans for international adoptions. They provide low interest loans for families who have exhausted other financial options and could not proceed with their adoption without help.
Caroline's Promise
Their goal is to provide $3,000 - $5,000 grants throughout the year to Christian couples who are adopting domestically or international. Currently accepting applications only from couples who live in NC.
International CARE, Inc.
Adoption grants for internationally adopting families.
Oxford Adoption Foundation
Oxford Adoption Foundation, Inc. provides low
interest loans for families who have exhausted other financial options
and could not proceed with their adoption without our help.

Agencies with financing helps

NOTE: I do not have personal experience with any of these agencies. Please, do your reseacch before committing to a specific agency. Make sure you are a good fit and they are an honorable agency.
WACAP
This agency has a program whereby certain children that have proved difficult to place are designated "Promise Children". All adoption expenses for Promise Children are payed for. They also have a revolving loan program for their waiting children.

Families with Fundraising Webpages

See what other adoptive families are doing, and support their efforts!

I will link to your webpage if you have pledged all funds raised to go toward adoption, and you have a clear description of your adoption journey on your website. Just send me the URL by clicking on "Contact the Lensmaster" (to the right)!
Rob and Amy Adopt | Help us bring our family together.
Rob and Amy- Artists Adopt
Help us bring our family together.
Moms On A Mission
Two adoptive mamas work together to raise money to bring home their little girls, waiting in Thailand. Be sure to read their stories.
Adoption Song
Thommie and Miki Hicks are raising funds for their adoption by selling downloads or CDs of the song Thommie wrote which anticipates his child's homecoming. It's beautiful, go check it out!
Our Adoption Cross
Visit the website of a family whose mission is to raise the money to adopt a baby girl from China. They sell crosses and adoption bears to fundraise.
Adoption journey of Mike and Heather
Adoption journey to bring home their little one from Korea.
Mommy Matters blog
Blog for for one mommy's adoption journal for their Haiti adoption of 3 children

General fundraising links

fundraisers that other adoptive families have used

Antiquities Studios
Sell antique portrait sittings
Pace Butler
Pacebutler offer top dollar for your used cellphones. Our friendly, professional service ensures you get the best prices when selling your old cell phones.
Free Recycling Inkjet Cartridges
Earn money with inkjet cartridge recycling. Cash $ for used Ink Cartridges from Hewlett Packard, DELL, Lexmark and Canon as well as Compaq and Xerox.
Step by step Fundraising
This page is geared specifically to non profit fundraising. Check out the free ebook.
National Heritage Foundation Home Page
National Heritage Foundation is a non-profit tax-exempt charitable foundation near Washington, D.C.Some people have used them to set up a trust which allows donations for adoption funds to be tax deductible. There is cost involved, check out the FAQ.
Fund-Raising with Rada Cutlery
Fund-Raising with Rada Cutlery-no investment- sell their Made in USA, lifetime guarentee knives to raise money.

Adoption books

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Planning Your Adoption Fundraising

Doing your best with what you've got

Okay, so you know you want to adopt. And you're shocked at how much money you are going to have to come up with. But it has to be done, so let's look at the budget.

The first thing you want to do it examine your current budget. You want to make sure that what you are spending your money on are the top priorities in your life. So what are the most important things in your life? Is your money going to those, and things that support your goals? If not, you need to change your budget and spending paterns. There are lots of websites out there that can help you with budgeting and cost cutting. Remember, you are going to be asking others to help you bring your sweetheart home- you want to be sure you are spending your money wisely.

Next, as you look over fundraising options, make a list of the ones that appeal to you. Your spouse can do the same. You will want to choose ones that use your talents and skills, and most likely those will be the ones that sound good to you.

You will want to have a good grasp of what the time involvement for your fundraisers will be. Do you have that time available? Yes, if you just add something into your responsibilities you'll make time for it somehow- but what if you truly bite off more than you can chew? Have a good idea of where your extra time is in the week and whether there is enough of it to complete the project you want to do!

Next up is money. Many of the fundraisers require an investment. In many ways running a fundraiser is like running a small business (albeit temporary). You have to invest time, and sometimes money (for craft materials or food for a dinner). You have to have a good idea of what is going to appeal to your community. Will people be interested in bracelets? Where would you market them? Are there already tons of schools using the scratch card fundraiser? The market might be saturated. You have to be able to publicize an event or product effectively. This takes good business sense, and it is a risk. Decide how much risk you are comfortable taking, and choose your fundraiser accordingly. Make sure your spouse is in agreement with how much risk to take! Talk it over. Of course, the edge you have over a small business is often people WANT to help you. You might have volunteers, free publicity, or products donated.

The task can seem daunting, but thousands of adoptive families have done it. They started with nothing, and paid off their 15 or 20 thousand plus in expenses one step at a time. You can too!

Fundraising with Garage Sales

  • Everyone has stuff they want to get rid of- if you let your friends and family know that you are holding a fundraising garage sale to bring your little one home, they will gladly give you the 'stuff' that they would have donated to the Salvation Army.

    If you want a really big sale, you will need to recruit volunteers to help you sort, price, and make change. In the weeks before your sale, visit all the garage sales you find. Give them a flyer your phone number, explaining about your upcoming fundraising sale, and let them know you will gladly haul off any of their leftovers to your sale. Many of them will contact you to pick up their stuff!



    I want to put some personal experiences here of people who have had garage sale fundraisers! If you are willing to share your experience, email me the following information:

  • 1. Do you have any logistical tips for organizing the sale? (pricing, volunteers, sorting, etc.)
    2. What did you really like about this fundraiser?
    3. What would you do differently if you had it to do over?
    4. Is it okay if I use your first name on the webpage?
    5. Do you want me to include a link to your adoption fundraising website? If so, send me the URL.

Photo fundraiser

  • To do a photo fundraiser, you call the photography studio and set a date for them to come to your town. You will find a place for them to set up and take the photographs (church, community center, office). In between now and the photo shoot date, you will be selling sitting coupons. Usually there is a fee of 10$ for the sitting fee and an 8x10. You keep the entire 10$. Often studios offer incentives, such as for every fundraiser who sells 15 sittings, you get a free package. The studio makes their money off of all the other photos people buy.

    These are often easy to sell because the pictures are so cute!

    I want to put some personal experiences here of people who have had photo fundraisers! If you are willing to share your experience, email me the following information:
    1. Do you have any logistical tips for organizing the photo shoot?
    2. What did you really like about this fundraiser?
    3. What would you do differently if you had it to do over?
    4. Is it okay if I use your first name on the webpage?
    5. Do you want me to include a link to your adoption fundraising website? If so, send me the URL.

Meal Fundraisers

  • I like the meal fundraiser because it is community based- the people that come feel a part of your efforts, and get ready to welcome your little one home. There are many details to take care of with a fundraiser like this, and there must be good publicity. I have heard people say that they think they got much more money by not specifying a donation amount, and letting people give what they were led to.

    Anyone have any good input on how to do a meal fundraiser? Themes, menus, serving tips? Click "Contact the Lensmaster" to tell me about them. Let me know if I can use your first name on this site, and if you have a website you would like me to add to the Families with Fundraising Pages links.

    Ideas for Meal Fundraisers:
    Victorian Tea
    Pancake Breakfast
    Spaghetti Dinner

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