Become a Corporate Partner
Why Partner with the Foundation?
Partnering with the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption means aligning your organization with a national, nonprofit public charity with evidence-based, results-driven programs and a long track record of successful corporate partnerships.
When you make the Foundation your signature charity, you establish a multi-year, primary philanthropic relationship rooted in measurable impact and shared values. Together, we work to find forever families for more children waiting in foster care and strengthen communities for generations to come.
A signature partnership includes three core components:A signature partnership includes a dedicated fundraising strategy that directly supports the Foundation’s mission to find permanent families for children waiting in foster care.
This may include employee giving campaigns, corporate matching gifts, fundraising events, in-store activations, point-of-sale campaigns or percentage-of-sales initiatives. You can feel good knowing that the Foundation has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, and more than 90% of dollars raised sustains and advances our life-changing programs.
A partnership with the Foundation creates opportunities to engage your employees and stakeholders in meaningful ways.
This may include educational sessions such as lunch & learns, volunteer opportunities, leadership briefings, tools to inform your employer’s adoption and foster care benefits or company-hosted events that raise awareness about foster care adoption. We equip your team with stories, resources and data that connect purpose to action.
Our partnerships are built to be mutually beneficial. We work alongside your team to develop co-branded messaging that aligns your brand with a mission that resonates across communities.
Opportunities may include integrated digital and social campaigns, email or newsletter content, employee storytelling, video assets, family impact stories and custom partnership materials that highlight the difference we are making together.
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Corporate Partner Highlights
The Wendy’s Company
Partnership established 1992
For more than 30 years, the Foundation has had a special relationship with Wendy’s built on a shared commitment to achieving Dave Thomas’ vision that every child should have a permanent home and a loving family.
The Wendy’s Company — along with its franchise owners and operators, suppliers and distributors, employees, and customers — unwaveringly support the Foundation through events, personal gifts and in-restaurant campaigns.
Through this incredible partnership, the Wendy’s family has raised more than $340 million in support of the Foundation’s mission.
Roof Maxx
Partnership established 2024
Roof Maxx chose the Foundation as its select giving partner, generously pledging a portion of its annual gross proceeds to benefit the Foundation’s mission.
Inspired by a child who was without a permanent home, Roof Maxx owner Mike Feazel knew he wanted his organization to be part of helping find forever homes for children in foster care facing the same fate.
Today, Roof Maxx dealers across the United States are helping to raise funds and awareness about foster care adoption by educating their customers and inviting them to make a difference.
How Partnerships Comes to Life
Corporate Gifts
Offering a matching gift for one of the Foundation’s public fundraising campaigns is a powerful way to amplify your organization’s support or make gift now through our website. Donations of any size make a difference.
Commercial Co-Venture (CCV)
Often referred to as cause marketing, commercial co-venture campaigns donate a percentage or portion of product or service sales to support the Foundation’s mission. Click the heart below to email Lori and start the conversation.
Employee Engagement
Engaging employees through meaningful opportunities, such as team fundraisers or awareness activities, builds connection and purpose while supporting children waiting for permanent families.
Workplace Giving
Establishing a workplace giving campaign is an easy and efficient way for employees to make a different year-round through tax-deductible donations. The Foundation’s payroll deduction toolkit offers campaign resources and messaging.
For more information about partnership opportunities, please email Lori Brittenham, Partnerships Director at lori.brittenham@davethomasfoundation.org.
For information on more ways to contribute to the Foundation, visit our ways to give page.