2025 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List

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 19th 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 $15,709 in financial reimbursement for adoption costs. The average amount of paid leave is 8.8 weeks. The amount of paid leave offered to foster parents also grew to an average of 8.8 weeks. 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 2025

  1. Ferring Pharmaceuticals*
  2. NVIDIA*
  3. MongoDB Inc.
  4. NBA (National Basketball Association)
  5. KPMG LLP
  6. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
  7. Akin
  8. Ally Financial
  9. Diageo North America
  10. GAF Materials LLC
  11. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
  12. Comcast NBCUniversal
  13. Bank of America*
  14. ServiceTitan*
  15. Fiducient Advisors
  16. Alston & Bird LLP
  1. Fifth Third Bancorp
  2. Capital One Financial Corporation*
  3. Hyland*
  4. Barilla America, Inc.*
  5. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP*
  6. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP*
  7. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
  8. Sanofi
  9. The Fetzer Institute
  10. Nielsen
  11. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  12. Quality Supply Chain Co-op
  13. Henkel*
  14. TCG, Inc.*
  15. VML*
  16. Novo Nordisk Inc.
  1. Sallie Mae*
  2. TransUnion*
  3. Baker Tilly US, LLP
  4. Nutter
  5. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
  6. American Academy of Pediatrics
  7. Unum Group
  8. Crum & Forster*
  9. QBE North America*
  10. Enterprise Community Partners
  11. First Reliance Bank
  12. Newly Weds Foods
  13. Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
  14. Protiviti
  15. Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
  16. Rockefeller Group International, Inc.
  1. Development Dimensions International
  2. Robins & Morton
  3. Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.*
  4. TCW*
  5. Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.*
  6. Kao USA, Inc.*
  7. Hasbro, Inc.
  8. AMC Networks Inc.*
  9. CauseLabs*
  10. Microsoft Corporation*
  11. Trane Technologies
  12. Maximus, Inc.
  13. Ryan, LLC
  14. Children’s Health
  15. Boston Scientific
  16. Lennar Corporation
  17. Safety National Casualty Corporation
  18. Next PR
  1. Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV)
  2. Blackbaud, Inc.*
  3. GE Aerospace*
  4. American Century Investments
  5. Franklin International
  6. E. & J. Gallo Winery
  7. Domino
  8. National Futures Association
  9. Nemours Children’s Health
  10. PeoplesBank
  11. Expand Energy Corporation
  12. Aster Brands
  13. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  14. First Horizon Corporation*
  15. Wellmark Inc*
  16. MetLife, Inc.
  17. Dollar Tree, Inc.
  18. PJM Interconnection*
  1. Wellstar Health System*
  2. T. Marzetti Company
  3. Jackson Financial Inc.
  4. Carter’s, Inc.
  5. Analog Devices, Inc.
  6. Qualtrics, LLC
  7. Charles River Labs
  8. NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
  9. UScellular
  10. Edgewell Personal Care Company
  11. Daniel J. Edelman Holdings, Inc.
  12. Baylor University
  13. University of Notre Dame
  14. AARP
  15. Lexmark International
  16. Arkansas Children

*Indicates a tie

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