Apply for Show Hope’s Adoption Aid Grants in the United States

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.
• Collect the following pieces of information (please black out social security numbers):
  • Church address, phone number, pastor’s email address, and website
  • IRS tax information (W2 and 1040 or 1099 forms) for the past two years
  • Net worth of property, investments, goods, and liquid assets
  • Annual budget information for both income and expenses
  • Address, phone, name, and email of your adoption agency and caseworker
  • Your home study
  • Family or referral photos (optional)

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
  • 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.