Show Hope is currently accepting applications for its Adoption Aid Grant 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Show Hope - Adoption Aid Grant
The Show Hope Adoption Aid Program is a financial assistance initiative designed to support prospective adoptive families with the high costs of adoption.It provides grants to families who meet specific eligibility criteria and are actively working through a licensed adoption process. The goal is to reduce financial barriers and make adoption more accessible.
Benefits of Show Hope - Adoption Aid Grant
- Grant Amount: $8,000 to $12,000 per family
Show Hope - Adoption Aid Grant Requirements
- Your home study or home study update must be completed.
- Your agency must be 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 with an adoption consultant or using a multi-agency approach, you cannot apply for a grant until you have been matched through a placing agency.
- Please review Show Hope’s Statement of Faith.
- Applications cannot be submitted for:
- Independent adoptions through lawyers, facilitators, or humanitarian organizations
- Adoptions through foster care
- Private family adoptions
- Embryo adoptions
- Adoptions from non-Hague Convention countries (Click here for more information.)
- Adoptions through for-profit agencies
- Adoptions for which placement has occurred
- Adoptions for which an application has already been submitted
- 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 (1040 and W2 or 1099 forms) for the prior year
- Net worth details (assets and liabilities)
- Annual budget
- Adoption agency address, phone, name, and email of your caseworker
- Approved home study
- Family and/or referral photos (optional)
Application Date and Process
- The complete application process is online. You will be able to save your application and return to it as needed. You will also be able to view the status of your application at any time after submission. You will be required to upload documents.
- Your application is complete after you successfully submit your application, and all references and documents are submitted. Your application date is the day your complete application is submitted to Show Hope. If a portion of your application or references is not complete, you may be moved to the next deadline.
- References from your pastor and adoption agency must be requested using the online reference tool. We recommend notifying your references that they will receive an email request to fill out a reference form. You can view the status of the references in your grant application portal. It is your responsibility to ensure the references are completed. Please note: We are unable to accept previous reference letters.
- While we understand AI can be a helpful tool, we ask that your application reflect your own, unassisted answers.
Application Deadline
30 June, 2026
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