Funding Love

What started out as an obsession for Walt Disney World and a deep desire to see every family be able to make magical memories together, took shape after Funding Love Founders, Tim and Malorie Elrod, walked through the adoption process to bring home their fourth child. They were pleased to find that there were many organizations, grants, and support systems in place to help families navigate the emotional and financial needs of adoption on the front end. But what happens after finalization day? What happens when last names have changed, the Honeymoon phase is over, and real life begins? For many adoptive families, the Happily Ever After that people on the outside-looking-in assume, just isn't reality. Often, families are left to navigate how to bond as a new family unit on their own, while mounds of debt from court fees, counseling, therapy bills, new medical bills, and more, are piling up on the kitchen counter. Who has the margin to afford a vacation to take a break from all of the pressures of everyday life and just spend some time bonding and enjoying each other’s company? Disney World has been the place where millions of families form stronger bonds and valuable memories to last a lifetime, but for many adoptive families, the cost of that type of vacation is just out of the question. That's where we step in. Our mission is to create post-adoption experiences that strengthen bonds, build community, and restore people. We currently do that by providing all-expenses-paid vacations to Walt Disney World. Adoption is beautiful and messy and wonderful and hard; but above all, adoption is love. We are Funding Love.