Texas · Private foundation
Adoption Is an Option
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $96k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,080
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Adoption Is an Option funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $96k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $85k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $133k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Council for Adoption | $89,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Bravelove Inc | $77,500 | 3 | 10% |
| Pregnancy Assistance Center North | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Christian Alliance for Orphans | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Life Adoptions | $37,080 | 2 | 4% |
| The Relevate Group Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston Pregnancy Help Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lifeline Children's Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Texans Foundation | $10,362 | 1 | n/a |
| US Pastor Council | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Council for Adoption | $89,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Bravelove Inc | $77,500 | 3 | 10% |
| Pregnancy Assistance Center North | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Christian Alliance for Orphans | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Life Adoptions | $37,080 | 2 | 4% |
| The Relevate Group Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Houston Pregnancy Help Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lifeline Children's Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Texans Foundation | $10,362 | 1 | n/a |
| US Pastor Council | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Both Hands Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Felix Organization - Adoptees for Children Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Adoption Is an Option supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Adoption Is an Option
- How much does Adoption Is an Option give?
- Adoption Is an Option reported 6 grants totaling $95,942 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Adoption Is an Option fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (69%), Housing & Shelter (13%), Religion (8%).
- Who are Adoption Is an Option's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: National Council for Adoption ($89k), Bravelove Inc ($78k), Pregnancy Assistance Center North ($50k).
- Does Adoption Is an Option fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Adoption Is an Option accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adoption Is an Option?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Jkj Charitable Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Adoption Is an Option based?
- Adoption Is an Option is based in TX.
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