Ohio · Nonprofit
ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND
ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,838,520 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION ($865,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Adoption Network Cleveland does
Mission
Adoption Network Cleveland's mission is to connect and empower individuals, organizations, and communities impacted by adoption, kinship, and foster care, and we provide a source of healing for those in need.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Families & youth - our families & youth programs focus on strenghthening families, nurturing resiliency, and creating strong social connections to address children's unique needs for healing. Programs take a holistic approach to serving adoptive, kinship, and foster families raising children through strategies that meet the family's needs and focus on their strengths. Through participating, parents discover the tools, knowledge, and support system they need to parent their child(ren) successfully, and children feel safe, supported, and capable of developing healthy habits. The program includes one-on-one support, monthly parent and teen support groups, a monthly transracial parenting support group, (continued on schedule o)a monthly nami mental health support group, parent education, peer network building, normalizing family social activities, family mediation, adoption 101 (for prospective parents), information and referral, and personal advocacy.
$494,545 spentof which $65,570 as grants$600 earned by the program66% of program spendingAdult adoptees, birth family, and dna surprises - our adult adoptee & birth parent programs provide information, support, education, and advocacy for adoptees and birth parents, sibilings, and other impacted family members, as well as those discovering new dna connections. Programs and services in this area include our general discussion meetings, as well as those discovering new dna connections. Programs and services in this area include our general discussion meetings and search & dna assistance program. Our general discussion meetings are facilitated, peer support meetings offered multiple times per month that provide a safe space for members of the adoption constellation and those with dna surprises to share perspectives and receive support. (continued on schedule o)our search & dna assistance program provides support and guidance for those wishing to search and reconnect with birth family members.
$138,135 spentof which $10,000 as grants$1,199 earned by the program18% of program spendingEducation and community outreach - our education and community outreach services create a community for professional training, development, and collaboration for all those working with adoption, kinship, and foster care populations. We also provide educational opportunities for members of the adoption constellation and the community at large through presentations from local, regional, and national experts. We maintain partnerships and relationships with other community organizations to share resources, information, and referrals.
$77,112 spent$17,264 earned by the program10% of program spendingAdvocacy & public policy - one of Adoption Network Cleveland's founding principles is to create social change and serve as a collective voice for many who feel otherwise silenced. The organization acts to effectuate changes in public policy governing adoption and child welfare. This public policy includes laws, agency regulations, and societal attitudes. The organization uses grassroots and other lobbying efforts to ensure these voices are heard. On a more individual level, Adoption Network Cleveland also works with hundreds of adoptees, birth parents, individuals with dna surprises, those who are donor-conceived, adoptive, kinship, and foster parents, and foster youth each year to educate them about their rights and empower them to advocate for themselves.
$43,755 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $753,547.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $2.5M to $2.9M (+14%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 29% · 2018 32% · 2019 40% · 2020 26% · 2021 45% · 2022 24% · 2023 45% · 2024 39% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Betsie Norris
Executive director
Board chair
Joseph Brennan
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $162k → $315k.
8 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 96% · 2019 47% · 2020 63% · 2021 38% · 2022 47% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
56% of ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $305k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND?
- ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,838,520 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION ($865,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $1,838,520 in grants to ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND?
- THE GEORGE GUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $865,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADOPTION NETWORK CLEVELAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 41 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing