Financial Accountability

Details on Our Financial Stewardship

With high marks from some of the biggest charity watchdogs and a strong commitment to donor and website visitor privacy, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has demonstrated time and time again that we take our responsibility to our donors seriously.

Guidestar Platinum

The Foundation is proud to be a GuideStar Platinum Nonprofit Profile participant, which allows us to show quantitative metrics on the progress we’re making toward our mission. We want to give donors and funders an alternative to simplistic financial ratios to evaluate us.

BBB Wise Giving Alliance

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance is a national charity watchdog affiliated with the Better Business Bureau system. The Alliance completes comprehensive, in-depth evaluations of a charitys governance, fundraising practices, solicitations and informational materials, as well as how it spends its money. As a BBB Accredited Charity, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption meets the Alliances Standards for Charity Accountability.

Charity Navigator

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, recognizing our commitment to good governance, financial transparency and other best practices. Only one-quarter of the organizations evaluated by Charity Navigator have received this “exceptional” designation.

CharityWatch Top-Rated Charity

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a CharityWatch Top-Rated Charity. Top-Rated Charities generally spend 75% or more of their budgets on programs, spend $25 or less to raise $100 in public support, do not hold excessive assets in reserve, have met CharityWatchs governance benchmarks, and receive open-book” status for disclosure of basic financial information and documents to CharityWatch.

SSL Technology

The security of your personal information is very important to us. We use online safeguards and also have security measures in place at our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you. To protect the security of your credit card information, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. This internet encryption protocol scrambles data as it travels from your computer to our server.

Donor Privacy

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is committed to respecting the privacy of our donors.

IRS Form 990

View the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoptions most recent IRS Form 990.

Audited Financial Statement

View the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoptions most recent audited financial statement.

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