The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption partnered with RTI International to survey employers across the United States to conduct the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace survey.

The 17th annual 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces list includes a diverse group of organizations, representing 22 industries. Read the press release to learn more.

Participants were scored based on three criteria: financial reimbursement (45%), paid leave (45%) and the percentage of employees eligible for those benefits (10%). Employers that completed the survey offer an average of $14,831 in financial reimbursement for adoption costs — up 23.5% from 2022. The average amount of paid leave is 9 weeks, an increase of 8.4% since 2022. The amount of paid leave offered to foster parents also grew to an average of 9.4 weeks — up 7.4 weeks from last year. More companies are incorporating foster parent leave into their overall paid leave program and offering them the same amount of time off as adoptive and biological parents.

100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces of 2023

  1. Ferring Pharmaceuticals
  2. NVIDIA
  3. American Express
  4. MongoDB Inc.
  5. Etsy, Inc.
  6. S&P Global Inc.
  7. The Walt Disney Company
  8. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
  9. Bloomberg
  10. Diageo North America
  11. PwC
  12. Ally Financial
  13. KPMG LLP
  14. Pinterest
  15. GAF, LLC
  16. Bank of America*
  17. Fiducient Advisors*
  18. ServiceTitan*
  19. Paramount Global
  1. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
  2. Deutsche Bank
  3. Alston & Bird LLP*
  4. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP*
  5. AbbVie*
  6. Sanofi*
  7. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company*
  8. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP*
  9. Nielsen*
  10. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP*
  11. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated*
  12. Capital One Financial Corporation
  13. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  14. Nutter
  15. Sony Music Entertainment*
  1. VMLY&R*
  2. Comcast NBCUniversal
  3. Horizon Therapeutics
  4. Quality Supply Chain Co-op
  5. Bridges Homeward, Inc
  6. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
  7. American Academy of Pediatrics
  8. TransUnion
  9. Enterprise Community Partners
  10. Newly Weds Foods
  11. Unum Group
  12. Walmart Inc.
  13. Ketchum, Inc.
  14. Ryan, LLC
  15. Protiviti
  16. AMC Networks Inc.*
  17. Brown Rudnick LLP*
  18. Microsoft Corporation*
  19. Novo Nordisk Inc.*
  1. Mr. Cooper Group Inc.
  2. Rockefeller Group International, Inc.
  3. Sallie Mae
  4. Crum & Forster
  5. Maximus Inc.
  6. HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated
  7. Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
  8. Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV)
  9. Abbott*
  10. Kao USA, Inc.*
  11. Hasbro, Inc.
  12. Development Dimensions International
  13. Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
  14. CauseLabs
  15. Next PR
  16. PeoplesBank
  1. E. & J. Gallo Winery
  2. Boston Scientific
  3. American Century Investments*
  4. Blackbaud, Inc.*
  5. General Electric Company*
  6. Western Union*
  7. The Fetzer Institute
  8. Safety National Casualty Corporation
  9. Barilla America, Inc.
  10. adidas America
  11. National Futures Association
  12. Franklin International
  13. 3M Company
  14. MetLife, Inc.*
  15. QBE North America*
  16. Yale University*
  1. Wellmark, Inc.
  2. Domino
  3. Chesapeake Energy Corporation
  4. Aster Brands
  5. First Reliance Bank
  6. Baker Tilly US, LLP
  7. Daniel J. Edelman Holdings, Inc.
  8. Wellstar Health System
  9. PJM Interconnection
  10. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey*
  11. Hormel Foods Corporation*
  12. UScellular*
  13. TCG, Inc.
  14. Qualtrics, LLC
  15. First Horizon Corporation

*Indicates a tie

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Adoption Advocates

Organizations that offer financial reimbursement, paid leave or both, but did not make the 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces list.

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Breakout Lists

Organizations ranked by size, industry, best paid leave, foster care benefits and impact.

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