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The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a nonprofit public charity dedicated to finding permanent homes for children waiting in foster care in the United States and Canada. [2] Created in 1992 by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas , who was adopted, the Foundation implements evidence-based, results-driven national service programs, foster care ...
Nightlight Christian Adoptions is a national, non-profit, Hague-accredited, pro-life licensed adoption agency that counsels pregnant women and arranges adoptions. They have locations in ten U.S. states and arrange adoptions both domestically and internationally. The agency was founded in 1959. Nightlight was the first agency beginning in 1995 ...
Adopt a Pet is an adoption web service that advocates pet adoption, gathering information from over 15,000 pet shelters in the U.S. and Canada, with a searchable data base. [1][2] The web site promotes spaying and neutering of pets and pet adoption through conventional and social media presence, public service announcements, and interactions ...
Nathan W. Gwilliam is an entrepreneur, who is the founder CEO of Adoption.com, [1] which is the world's most-used adoption site, founded in 1997. [2] [3] Gwilliam has been inducted into the Adoption Hall of Fame by Family Services & Families Supporting Adoption in 2007 [4] and was awarded the U.S. Congressional Coalition 's Angels in Adoption ...
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is a charity operating in England and Wales which promotes animal welfare. The RSPCA is funded primarily by voluntary donations. Founded in 1824, it is the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world, [3] and is one of the largest charities in the UK. [4]
Organizations that are part of a larger company are excluded, such as holding companies. The entries are ordered by the size of the organization's financial endowment. [1] The endowment value is a rounded estimate measured in United States dollars, based on the exchange rates on December 31, 2020. [2]
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is an American nonprofit organization that focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope. It uses strategies that are beyond the abilities of local organizations. [3] It works on issues including pets, wildlife, farm animals, horses and other equines, and animals ...
In the United States, adoption is the process of creating a legal parent–child relationship between a child and a parent who was not automatically recognized as the child's parent at birth. Most adoptions in the US are adoptions by a step-parent. The second most common type is a foster care adoption. In those cases, the child is unable to ...