Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Civic and community
Dublin, Ohio
EIN 31-1356151
Tax-exempt since 1992

Firms paid: 4
Fees reported, 2018–2023: $3.8M
Fees reported in 2023: $1.5M
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $56.1M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2023

$1,477,939 to 2 fundraisers · $1,829,712 in professional fundraising fees on the return

Fundraisers Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption paid in 2023, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
M&R StrategicDirect responseProfessional fundraising consultant	Professional fundraising consultant	$1,113,705
Avalon Consulting GroupDirect responseProfessional fundraising consultant	Professional fundraising consultant	$364,234

Also among its largest contractors in 2023

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

M&R StrategicDirect responseFundraising consultant$1,116,483

All firms paid

Fundraisers Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
M&R StrategicDirect response	2018–2023 · 5 years	$3,155,709
Avalon Consulting GroupDirect response	2020–2023 · 3 years	$665,045

Listed as a client by:

Per firm websites

PLENTIFUL PHILANTHROPY LLCMajor gifts

Form 990 Snapshot

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2023	$56.1M	$51.3M	$4.1M	$1.8M
2022	$52.4M	$48.7M	$3.3M	$1.4M
2020	$39.2M	$38.6M	$2.3M	$861K
2019	$28.2M	$27.2M	$2.1M	$585K
2018	$30.1M	$28.2M	$1.4M	$110K

Fees are what Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.