Public Charity

DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION

DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION is a Public Charity headquartered in DUBLIN, OH. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $61.6M revenue, $52.9M expenses, $117.3M total assets. 115 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $83.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 311356151 DUBLIN, OH Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$61.6M
Total Expenses$52.9M
Total Assets$117.3M
Grant Records115
Funding Total$83.2M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

THE DAVE THOMAS FOUNDATION FOR ADOPTION IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT PUBLIC CHARITY DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO FINDING PERMANENT HOMES FOR MORE THAN 150,000 CHILDREN WAITING IN NORTH AMERICA'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEMS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.CREATED BY WENDY'S FOUNDER DAVE THOMAS, WHO WAS ADOPTED, THE FOUNDATION IMPLEMENTS EVIDENCE-BASED, RESULTS-DRIVEN NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, FOSTER CARE ADOPTION AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AND INNOVATIVE GRANTMAKING INITIATIVES, AND OFFERS FREE RESOURCES TO ORGANIZATIONS AND PROSPECTIVE PARENTS.

Officers & Directors

VP, PROGRAMS Andrea Glass
VP, TRAINING Andrea Williams
TRUSTEE Blair Miller
TRUSTEE (ENTER 1/25) Carlos Ribas
SVP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT(EXIT 9/24) David Frissora
VP, DEVELOPMENT Dean Bring

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Top Grant Purposes

TO SUPPORT SCALING PLAN
$42,441,827 6 grants
HUMAN SERVICES
$28,261,500 9 grants
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$4,905,147 7 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$4,675,355 21 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$1,438,615 9 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $61.6M $52.9M $117.3M
2024 $56.1M $44.6M $107.3M
2023 $52.4M $40.5M $94.1M
2021 $39.2M $28.8M $65.4M
2020 $28.2M $30.3M $50.1M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $28.2M to $61.6M (+118%), with total assets most recently reported at $117.3M.

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