Show Hope Adoption Aid Grant Program (United States)

Show Hope is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit and is not an adoption agency. Show Hope solely aids in providing financial assistance to help bridge the gap between children and families.

Funding Information

• Show Hope Adoption Aid grants generally fall within the range of $8,000 and $12,000 each.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your home study or home study update must be completed in order to apply.
• You must be in process using an agency that is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization licensed to place children for adoption. Please note: Your placement agency may differ from your home study provider.
• If you are working through an adoption consultant, you cannot apply for a grant until you have finalized your placement agency. In addition, consulting fees will not be considered as part of the total adoption costs.
• Before beginning the application process, please review Show Hope’s Statement of Faith.
• Show Hope considers both domestic and international adoptions. Show Hope has provided grants to families adopting from the U.S. and numerous countries. For international adoptions, you must be pursuing adoption from a country that is party to The Hague Adoption Convention.
• Show Hope is not able to award grants to families unless, at least ,one parent is a U.S. citizen. Please keep in mind that your agency must be a licensed U.S. adoption agency and have a 501(c)(3) certification.

Ineligible

• Applications cannot be submitted for:
  • Independent adoptions through lawyers, facilitators, or humanitarian organizations licensed to place children
  • Adoptions through foster care
  • Private family adoptions
  • Embryo adoptions
  • Adoptions from non-Hague Convention countries (Click here for more information)
  • Adoptions through for-profit adoption agencies
  • Adoptions for which placement has occurred
  • Adoptions for which an application has already been submitted

For more information, visit Show Hope.