Voice for Adoption
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Voice for Adoption exists to help promote the adoption of the estimated 113000 children in the public child welfare system who are waiting to be adopted by bringing the adoption community together to provide clear and consistent information about the adoption of children in foster care and educating the public and decision-makers about the plight of these children
- Income
- $95,811
- Spending
- $94,575
- Reserves
- 10.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 67%
- Highest pay
- $78,855, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 40% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 10.6 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 43% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 (2)
- $68,377 spent. Coordinating Communication and Dissemination of Information in the Adoption Field VFA informs the public the media and decision-makers about the needs of children in the foster care system who are waiting to be adopted VFA writes and distributes an e-mail newsletter that goes out to about 1000 recipients to alert them about current issues legislative initiatives and policy and practice within both the adoption field and child welfare community as a whole especially as they relate to special needs adoption efforts VFA now has over 2500 followers on social media including families frontline workers and policy makers
- $19,000 spent. The State Advisory Council is a convening of state adoption and permanency directors and other public agency staff from 46 states assembled by Voice for Adoption to develop consensus-based federal recommendations on adoption and permanency issues affecting children and youth in foster care
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 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 2024.
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 April 1997.
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 October 21, 2026.
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