Saint Paul, MN

FAMILIES RISING (formerly North American Council on Adoptable Children)

EIN 51-0188951

Housing, Food & Basic Needs Foster Care, Adoption & Child Welfare Children & youth Black communities Latino communities Indigenous communities Communities of color Low-income

Mission

Families Rising harnesses the power of lived experience to provide education, support, and advocacy for families and professionals involved in adoption, foster care, and kinship care, working to ensure every child has a permanent, culturally connected family.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About FAMILIES RISING (formerly North American Council on Adoptable Children)

Families Rising is a national, donor-facing 501(c)(3) headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota (EIN 51-0188951), formerly known as the North American Council on Adoptable Children. The organization provides direct family supports, professional training, public education, and policy advocacy focused on adoption, foster care, and kinship care. In recent years Families Rising has expanded national programming (including the Center for Workforce Equity & Leadership), delivered extensive training and resources to caregivers and child-welfare professionals, and published an annual report documenting program reach and financial transparency. The EIN 51-0188951 is the organization’s active tax ID and is reflected consistently across the charity’s public materials and nonprofit registries.

Notable achievements

High Program Investment

In its 2025 annual report Families Rising reported that 96% of expenses were directed to programs, with major investments in CWEL, the Adoption Subsidy Resource Center, and caregiver support services.

Workforce & National Programs (CWEL)

Established and scaled the Center for Workforce Equity & Leadership (CWEL) to advance race equity and workforce well-being in child welfare, funded by the U.S. Children’s Bureau and active at national scale through 2025.

Measured Reach and Training

In the most recent reporting cycle Families Rising documented roughly 30,000 web views for key program pages, over 800 direct interactions with families and professionals, and trained more than 750 individuals through in-person and virtual sessions.

At a glance

Total assets: $1.5M
Annual revenue: $5.7M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 51-0188951
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Website: wearefamiliesrising.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Listed in workplace giving and charity networks (included in America’s Best Charities/combined campaign listings and eligible for Combined Federal Campaign donations).

Recognized by independent nonprofit data services and charity evaluators as an active public charity serving adoption, foster, and kinship families; appears in registry and Form 990 aggregators.

Named and promoted publicly as a long-standing national organization with a multi-decade legacy (50+ years since founding in the 1970s).

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