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 18th 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 $16,422 in financial reimbursement for adoption costs, up 10% from 2023. The average amount of paid leave is 9.6 weeks, an increase of 6% since 2023. The amount of paid leave offered to foster parents also grew to an average of 9.7 weeks, up 3% 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 2024
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- NVIDIA
- Liberty Media Corporation
- American Express
- MongoDB Inc.
- S&P Global Inc.
- Bloomberg
- NewYork-Presbyterian
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
- Diageo North America
- The Walt Disney Company
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- PwC
- Ally Financial
- Bank of America*
- ServiceTitan*
- KPMG LLP
- Alston & Bird LLP*
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP*
- DWS Investment Management Americas*
- Deutsche Bank*
- Paramount Global
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- AbbVie*
- Fiducient Advisors*
- Sanofi*
- Nutter
- Comcast NBCUniversal*
- Sallie Mae*
- Barilla America, Inc.*
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company*
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP*
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP*
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
- Nielsen
- Sony Music Entertainment*
- TCG, Inc.*
- GAF, LLC
- Capital One Financial Corporation
- Rockefeller Group International, Inc.
- TransUnion
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Bridges Homeward, Inc
- QBE North America
- Quality Supply Chain Co-op
- Fifth Third Bancorp
- Newly Weds Foods
- Walmart Inc.
- Enterprise Community Partners
- Ryan, LLC
- Ziff Davis Inc
- AMC Networks Inc.*
- CauseLabs*
- Microsoft Corporation*
- Novo Nordisk Inc.*
- Ketchum, Inc.
- Crum & Forster
- Mr. Cooper Group Inc.
- Unum Group
- adidas America
- Protiviti
- Children’s Health
- Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV)
- Hasbro, Inc.
- VML
- Robins & Morton
- Abbott*
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.*
- Kao USA, Inc.*
- Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
- E. & J. Gallo Winery
- Development Dimensions International
- American Century Investments*
- General Electric Company*
- Western Union*
- Foley & Lardner LLP
- Boston Scientific
- PeoplesBank
- The Fetzer Institute
- The TCW Group
- Walker & Dunlop Inc
- 3M Company
- Safety National Casualty Corporation
- National Futures Association
- Franklin International
- MetLife, Inc.*
- New York Life*
- Yale University*
- Olympus Corporation of the Americas
- First Horizon Corporation*
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey*
- Wellmark Inc
- Chesapeake Energy Corporation
- Daniel J. Edelman Holdings, Inc.
- Domino
- Aster Brands
- Baker Tilly US, LLP
- Qualtrics, LLC
*Indicates a tie
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