By using ABBA Fund’s existing loan and grant process the local church is able to make adoptions possible by offering interest-free loans and matching grants:

- Many people feel they have the resources to meet the financial obligations of an adoption over a period of time, but they cannot afford to pay all of those obligations up front. An adoption loan fund allows families to bridge the financial gap by making the necessary funds available up front and providing reasonable repayment plans.
- A church adoption loan fund becomes a self-sustaining program which can benefit many fami- lies over time with the same funds, because as loan repayments are received they are recirculated into new adoption loans for other qualified couples within the church.
- Loan funds enable couples to make use of the Federal Adoption tax credit of up to $12,150 per child (While adoption grants can certainly be beneficial, adoption payments made with grant funds are not eligible for the tax credit).
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Matching grants provide families with a "support raising" process to help them gather prayer and financial support for their adoption. The funds raised are matched “dollar-for-dollar” up to a specified amount.

- Establishing an adoption fund provides an opportunity for the church to become engaged in the Scriptural mandate to care for orphans.
- An adoption fund provides a tangible means for the church to support and provide for the financial needs of families adopting.
- Adoption funds further enable adoptions to happen, providing the opportunity to reach across the globe and bring children into homes where the Gospel is proclaimed.

- By using ABBA Fund’s existing loan and grant process (i.e. qualifying families on mutually agreed upon criteria, disbursing and administrating funds, receipts etc.) an organization eliminates the need to re-create the wheel in establishing a Fund or create it’s own 501(c)(3).
- The organization can establish a fully-functioning adoption fund ministry without the added burden of administering a new program.
- ABBA Fund offers tremendous flexibility for a church to be as involved, or uninvolved, as it wishes regarding fund administration.
- Since ABBA Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all donations are 100% tax-deductible as allowed by law. ABBA Fund is a member of the ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability)

- Contact ABBA Fund with any questions and to discuss the specific needs at your church.
- Allow ABBA Fund to prepare church-specific tools to assist you in presenting the need and benefit of a church adoption loan fund to your church leadership.
- Contact us online or call us toll free at 1.888.775.3422

- Missions - ABBA Fund would like to be a part of your Missions ministry/budget. Donations will assist in our operations so that we can continue to serve families, children, and churches around the country and that everydollar donated for adoption will go towards interest-free loans and grants.
- Prayer - The most important way you can support us is through praying.