Frequently Asked Questions

What is funding love’s mission?

Funding Love exists to create post-adoption experiences that strengthen bonds, build community and restore people. We strive to provide all-expenses-paid vacations for adoptive families, birth moms and adoptees, allowing them to form lasting memories, and heal and deepen their relational connections. By doing so, we aim to bring a sense of joy and restoration to all parts of the adoption triad - adoptees, birth families and adoptive families.

what are challenges facing adoptive families?

Many adoptive families face significant financial stress related to the need for medical care, therapy, adoption debt and the list goes on. Additionally, families may face challenges bonding and have difficulty building trust and attachment, especially if the child is older or has experienced trauma.

The emotional and physical toll of parenting through adoption, especially when navigating trauma-informed care, can be overwhelming. Adoption introduces unique relational dynamics that can be emotionally taxing, including managing birth family relationships and navigating societal misunderstandings.

Adoptees may wrestle with questions of identity, belonging, where they fit into the world and may even grapple with feelings of abandonment of loss, even when placed in loving homes.

What is the adoption triad?

The adoption triad refers to the adoptee, the adoptive family (the family whom an adoptee has been placed with) and the birth mother (a woman who has placed a child up for adoption).

Why send adoptive families and birth moms to Walt Disney World?

For families touched by adoption, the journey is often filled with complexities - emotional highs and lows, moments of joy and seasons of grief or uncertainty for everyone in the adoption triad. Not just the adoption process itself, but the ongoing work of nurturing connection, healing wounds and fostering a sense of belonging.

An all-expenses-paid trip to Disney may seem like a luxury or indulgence, but in reality, it’s a gift and opportunity for relief, renewal and restoration. Funding Love vacations provide birth moms and adoptive families with: a needed escape from the weight of responsibility, space to reconnect and celebrate, relief from financial pressure and memories that endure.

When I give, where does the money go toward?

One hundred percent of the proceeds Funding Love takes in throughout any calendar year goes directly back into our programs so we can continue to serve adoptive families, adoptees and birth mothers.

Why does funding love do a separate trip just for Birth Moms?

Birth mothers often experience deep grief and a sense of loss after placing their child for adoption. They may feel isolated or sometimes forgotten, struggling to find spaces where their sacrifice is honored and recognized. Some birth moms also wrestle with guilt over their decision or how society perceives them.

At Funding Love, we understand the value in elevating and honoring all corners of the adoption triad - especially birth mothers. Our dream is for every birth mom to feel worthy of love, respect and joy, and to know they have a voice that matters. Sending birth moms on a one-of-a-kind VIP vacation to Walt Disney World allows them to create bonds and build community with other strong women who understand them like no one else could.

Is Funding Love associated with any local organizations?

Funding Love is a member of the West Orange Chamber of Commerce.