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The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national nonprofit public charity, is proud to announce that more than 1,500 Ohio children who lingered in foster care, now have permanent, loving homes, thanks to its signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids. This program is implemented in the state of Ohio through a partnership with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and adoption professionals across the state. Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national nonprofit public charity, is proud to announce that more than 1,000 children have been adopted from foster care in Florida through its signature program, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids. Read More

Rita Soronen from the Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption and Stephen Halasnik from Financing Solutions, a leading provider of loans for nonprofits, discuss running an integrated fundraising and marketing team for your nonprofit. Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption announced that Rob Geen, has been elected as chair of its board of trustees. Geen formerly served as vice chair and has been a member of the Foundation’s board since 2016. Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national non-profit public charity, welcomed Jelani Freeman as a member of its board of trustees, serving a three-year term. Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national non-profit public charity, welcomed Rich Krumholz as a member of its board of trustees, serving a three-year term. Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national non-profit public charity, welcomed Kris Kaffenbarger as a member of its board of trustees, serving a three-year term. Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) are proud to announce a partnership that will lead to more adoptions of the longest-waiting youth waiting in foster care.   Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and the State of Alabama are proud to announce a unique public-private partnership to expand the Foundation's Wendy's Wonderful Kids program that helps find permanent, loving homes for the longest-waiting youth in foster care. Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is pleased to share our 16th annual Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces list, recognizing organizations that are leading the way in making adoption a supported option for their employees. Read More

The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services kicked off a new partnership with the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. This partnership expands Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, a signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. The two organizations share a key belief: every child deserves a permanent, loving home. Read More

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption received an unconditional, multi-million dollar donation from philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott to help advance its mission of dramatically increasing the number of adoptions of children waiting in North America’s foster care systems. Read More