Adoption Support Alliance
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To help adoptive families through the unique challenges of building their forever family.
- Income
- $145,997
- Spending
- $143,096
- Reserves
- 1.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 65%
- Highest pay
- $59,712, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 46 out of 100. Higher than 20% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.6 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 30% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $46,829 spent. In 2025 ASAs counseling program provided 955 hours of counseling support.
- $2,496 spent. We offered 2Adoption 101 classes in 2025 and taught 7 attendees about the logistics of adoption and what factors to consider when making decisions about adoption. Our free virtual Focus on the Nervous System to Change Behavior taught 39 parents about the foundations of relational and neuroscience and how it impacts children who have experienced trauma. We hosted a Trauma-Informed Babysitter Training and taught 9 babysitters and extended family members how to respond to behaviors that stem from trauma exposure.
- $6,972 spent. ASA runs three ongoing support groups - one for adoptive parents of teenagers and young adults one for adult adoptees and one for parents who have adopted from foster care in partnership with another community nonprofit that serves foster parents. Each group meets monthly and serves 1-12 participants monthly. In 2025 we also offered short-term groups including Renew Your Hope to 4 adoptive parents. Our Be You summer camp served 35 adopted children utilizing art as a way of embracing their unique identities as adoptees.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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