Check out Lifesong for Orphans, a Christian organization that provides matching adoption grants, interest-free adoption loans, and assistance to churches that want to support adoption.
Find additional resources can be found at Carolina Hope’s Funding an Adoption page.

Tree, gifts, spiral ham and sparkling cider - we are not talking about gross excess here, but the simple things that are a traditional part of our culture. It’s the question of spending money that does not absolutely have to be spent while we are facing the inevitable reality of significant bills related to adoption.

Jason Kovacs of the ABBA Fund will participate in the Oct. 23 online workshop entitled Financing an Adoption.

On October 23 (Thursday) at 9 pm, Carolina Hope Director Laura Godwin is teaching an online education course entitled Funding an Adoption. This approximately hour-and-a-half-long course will be conducted by phone and internet, so you can participate from the comfort of your own home.

Have you ever been frustrated by how much an adoption costs and wished there were ways to offset those costs? You’re not alone. Funding an adoption is very difficult — but adoption agencies do recognize this reality. One way we try to help is by educating families about things they can do that might help cover some of those costs. This week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) Carolina Hope is offering a live online course about Financing an Adoption.

For those who need to help finance their adoption with an interest-free loan, Family Legacies is a Christian organization that raises funds and disperses them as loans for the purpose of adoption. Read more in this post.

In this June 2 online education course, learn creative ways to pay for your adoption while keeping your finances in good order.

Chris and Lindsey Wheeler, one of Carolina Hope’s families, are raising money for their Guatemala adoption by selling some über-cool t-shirts at ellieDub.com: Mission Tailored Clothing.
I’ve known about the site for a couple weeks, but I didn’t realize that this was a Carolina Hope family. When I found out, I decided to run a blog [...]

Today Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency added a “Donate” page to our main website (www.CarolinaHopeAdoption.org/chdonate.htm). Donations can be made by three methods:

Credit Card
PayPal Account
Google Checkout Account

Right now Carolina Hope is raising funds for two projects: repairs and improvements at an orphanage in Cambodia and start-up of an Ethiopian adoption program. More details will be posted [...]

Employers step up with benefits as adoption becomes more difficult
September 2, 2007
BY SUE SCHELLENBARGER The Wall Street Journal
Adopting a child from overseas has never been easy. But new restrictions on overseas adoptions have made the process much tougher, causing added stress and job disruptions for would-be parents.
The changes are demanding more patience on [...]

Taken from The Complete Adoption Book by Laura Beauvais-Godwin.
“The adoption tax credit is perhaps the greatest financial incentive for adoptive families. You can now earn up to $10,160 in tax credit on your federal taxes for each child who you adopt. A tax credit is not the same as a tax deduction; a credit [...]

Justin Taylor writes:
One of the few posts that I repeat and supplement on this site is a list of resources that might help couples to finance an adoption. The reason is that adoptions are very expensive–often $15,000+ for a domestic adoption and $25,000+ for an international adoption; therefore finances are a major factor in preventing [...]