Grant Recipients
RetailROI is a brand new foundation as of November, 2008. Grant Recipients to date include the following organizations:
Warmblankets restores the lives of orphans in partnership with churches, corporations, organizations and individuals who have a passion to help needy, parentless children. They build and staff orphan homes around the world in countries where international adoption is not available. http://www.warmblankets.com
Lifesong for Orphans provides grants and zero interest loans for adoption. They also work with churches to manage adoption funds, reducing the administrative burden at no cost. They also support specific orphanages and act as advocates for adoption. http://www.lifesongfororphans.org/
Share the Blessings repsonds to the profound needs of children in developing countries, specifically in Africa, for education and clean water. They are currently working on constructing wells in Uganda in an area with a high concentration of orphans who are in desperate need for clean water. http://www.share-the-blessings.org
4Kids of South Florida provides safe houses for children who are removed from their homes. Every child in Broward County who is brought into the Child Welfare system due to abuse, neglece and/or abandonment is given loving shelter and supervision while case workers search for the best permanent placement. http://www.4kidsofsfl.org
Since 2005, Safe Families for Children has offered sanctuary to thousands of children, minimizing the risk for abuse or neglect and giving parents the time and tools they need to help their families thrive. The ultimate goal is to strengthen and support parents so they can become Safe Families for their own children and keep them out of foster care. http://www.safe-families.org/
Cornerstone Children's Home is the result of a resettling of previously homeless children in Southern Sudan. Today more than 60 children are housed, fed and nurtured in a loving environment. A building is nearing completion located on the same compound as the church, which will provide a safe and healthy place for the children to live. http://fulaalifeline.orgSteven Curtis Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth initially founded Show Hope out of their desire to see more children find their way into forever families. Though many families they talked to were willing to adopt, the financial costs to adoption were simply too high. From a six-story caring facility in China, equipped to provide surgeries and medical care to special needs orphans, to multiplying the effects of the adoption grant program by assisting churches in setting up their own adoption funds, Show Hope continues to expand its remarkable worldwide impact. http://www.showhope.org
Other Organizations We Work With
Some of the organizations that our donor trustees and board of advisors have worked with prior to RetailROI include the following:
Tender Hands rescues and rehabilitates street children and commercial sex workers from the streets of Bombay, India. Their focus is on outreach, the building and staffing of shelters for those they rescue and a teaching of lifeskills. Their goal is to create a safe, healthy, wholesome and loving environment to every child and woman entrusted to their care. http://www.tenderhands.org
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about the millions of orphans around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes; and to eliminating the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic right of a family. http://www.ccainstitute.org/
Joint Council on Internationial Children's Service is the lead voice on intercountry children’s services. With a mission to advocate on behalf of children in need of permanent, safe and loving families, Joint Council promotes ethical child welfare practices, strengthens professional standards and educates adoptive families, social service professionals and government representatives throughout the world. http://www.jcics.org
Family Legacies hopes to make adoption a reality for prospective parents who do not have the funds to pay for the total cost of adoption through grants and interest free loans. http://www.familylegacies.us
Free for Life raises awareness and financial aid for safe houses around the world that are working tirelessly in the rescue and restoration of children from labor and sex slavery.
Hope for Orphans exists to help your church do what God has called you to do on behalf of children in the United States and around the world. We serve churches through mobilizing resources, equipping through the provision of resources to launch and develop orphans ministries in churches, and building strategic relantionships through networking with other organizations as they care for the orphan. http://www.hopefororphans.org