Gladney Center for Adoption

About Gladney Center for Adoption

A single 2024 grant of $6,500,000 to The Gladney Fund anchors The Gladney Center for Adoption’s current grant record, showing how directly its philanthropy supports its own endowment and operations. The foundation’s giving is tied to adoption services rather than a broad external portfolio, and its active programs point to a mix of domestic infant adoption support, international adoption assistance, foster care adoption, post-adoption services, and education-related aid for adoptees and families. The Gladney Fund is the clearest example of that internal support structure: it is described as an endowment fund that provides financial support to the Gladney Center for Adoption through investment management and helps cover day-to-day operational needs and endowment campaigns. Alongside that, the organization runs targeted assistance programs such as the Gladney Domestic Infant Support Fund, which helps reduce adoption costs for families working with Gladney’s Domestic Infant Program. Another defined stream is the Aleda Madison International Adoptee Scholarship Fund, a scholarship for adoptees placed through Madison or Gladney to support educational pursuits. Together, these activities show a funder focused on adoption-related financial barriers, family support, and long-term services for adoptees and adoptive families.

What Gladney Center for Adoption Funds

In domestic infant adoption, the Gladney Domestic Infant Support Fund provides assistance for families working with Gladney’s Domestic Infant Program to reduce adoption costs and financial barriers for adopting infants or older children. For adoptee education, the Aleda Madison International Adoptee Scholarship Fund offers a $5,000 scholarship for adoptees placed through Madison or Gladney to support educational pursuits. The organization also supports international adoption through Project Hope Ministries — Matching Grants for Colombian Adoptions, which provides matching grants to Christian families adopting older children, children with special needs, or sibling groups from Colombia. A closely related program, Project Hope Ministries — Matching Grant for Christian Families Adopting from Colombia, uses matching grants to encourage family, church, and community fundraising toward adoption expenses. In addition, The Gladney Fund channels financial support to the organization’s endowment and day-to-day operations.

How Gladney Center for Adoption Gives