About Adair Foundation
The Adair Foundation directs large, targeted gifts to faith-aligned channels and international emergency relief. Their grants indicate a Christian philanthropic orientation and a preference for using donor-advised vehicles to route substantial contributions, as well as funding faith-based disaster response efforts abroad.
Focus Areas
Christian donor-advised fund contributions (via National Christian Foundation)Faith-based international emergency and hurricane relief (Samaritan's Purse)Concentrated large-dollar philanthropy rather than many small local grants
Who They Fund
children, women, and men vulnerable to slavery/sex traffickingwomen and children at risk of violent crimesurvivors of land theft and violent crimewounded veteran couplescancer patients receiving spiritual/chaplaincy careburn patients in Zambia
About Adair Foundation
The Adair Foundation’s most visible recent pattern is large, repeated support for faith-based donor-advised giving and international relief. In 2025, it gave $1,000,000 to National Christian Foundation for the donor advised fund, following a $445,000 gift in 2024 and additional grants of $295,000, $170,000, $150,000, and $150,000 in other years. That steady channeling of capital through a Christian giving vehicle is paired with direct grants to organizations working in crisis settings. Among those direct gifts, the foundation backed Samaritan’s Purse International Relief with $665,000 in 2025 for Hurricane Helene and Milton emergency relief efforts, and $175,000 in 2024 for people affected by natural disasters. It also supported International Justice Mission with $300,000 in 2024 for anti-trafficking programs in Uganda and India, and another $300,000 in 2025 for rescue and protection work in India and protection of women and children in Uganda. The foundation’s recent record shows concentrated, strategic philanthropy rather than a wide scatter of small awards. Its grantmaking aligns with Christian faith commitments and supports churches, trafficking response, disaster relief, chaplaincy, and related humanitarian work.
What Adair Foundation Funds
Faith-based giving appears in several forms. The foundation gave $165,000 to One for Israel in 2024 for a capital campaign to construct a seminary campus, and $115,000 to Community Bible Study in 2024 for “Spoken Word” across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, the Middle East/North Africa, and Europe. It also backed Daily Hope with $100,000 in 2024 for Daily Hope radio. Anti-trafficking and protection work is another clear thread. International Justice Mission received $300,000 in 2024 for anti-trafficking programs in Uganda and India, plus $250,000 in 2024 for protection of women and children from violence in Uganda and freedom from slavery and sex trafficking. The foundation also funds medical and pastoral care. Southwestern Medical Foundation received $150,000 in 2025 to enhance chaplaincy and bereavement programs at the UTSW Simmons Cancer Center, while Cure International received $125,000 in 2025 for 100 burn care surgical procedures at Cure Zambia.
How Adair Foundation Gives
The typical grant size sits in a relatively tight band: p25 is $15,000, median is $35,000, and p75 is $50,000. Recent giving also includes several much larger awards, including seven-figure and mid-six-figure gifts, which suggests a pattern of concentrated strategic grants layered over smaller support. Recipients do appear across multiple years, especially National Christian Foundation, International Justice Mission, World Vision, Samaritans Purse International Relief, and Cure International. The foundation is a regular funder and also funds individuals. It does not make program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are not part of the stated grantmaking approach.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.8M
Total Assets
$34.6M
Total Revenue
$498K
Total Expenses
$3.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $50K, with a median of $35K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$35K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National24 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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