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AMERICA WORLD ADOPTION ASSOCIATION

EIN 54-1720006 MCLEAN, VA

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Revenue 2024
$2,596,162
Expenses 2024
$2,452,111

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P31
Classification
1000
Street
6723 WHITTIER AVE STE 202

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 5451), covering 1 subordinate organization. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN WHILE CARING FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD.

  • AMERICA WORLD ADOPTION ASSOCIATION IS A CHRISTIAN BASED, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HELPING FAMILIES ADOPT CHILDREN FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $1,916,404 · Revenue $2,135,817

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • David Barwell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Thornette

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Watson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renee Luwis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Gregston

    CHAIRMAN/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debbie Taylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Luwis

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Graham

    COO

    Total calculated
    $101,653
    From this org
    $90,178
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,475
    Hours/week
    40
  • Julia Norris

    DIR AFFILIATE OFFICES

    Total calculated
    $84,077
    From this org
    $82,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,923
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,596,162
    Expenses
    $2,452,111
    Contributions
    $422,562
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,747,426
    Expenses
    $2,360,881
    Contributions
    $972,677
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,711,242
    Expenses
    $2,741,453
    Contributions
    $803,654
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,674,002
    Expenses
    $2,729,302
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,346,161
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,514,830
    Expenses
    $2,645,122
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,508,965
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,698,409
    Expenses
    $3,847,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,212,076

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • AWAA-FLORIDA

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · FL · controlled entity

  • AWAA - ILLINOIS

    501 (C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · IL · controlled entity

  • AWAA - INDIANA

    501 (C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · IN · controlled entity

  • AWAA-NEW JERSEY

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · NJ · controlled entity

  • AWAA-NEW YORK

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · NY · controlled entity

  • AWAA-NORTH CAROLINA

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · NC · controlled entity

  • AWAA-OHIO

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · OH · controlled entity

  • AWAA-OKLAHOMA

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · OK · controlled entity

  • AWAA-OREGON

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · OR · controlled entity

  • AWAA-PENNSYLVANIA

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · PA · controlled entity

  • SOUTH CAROLINA

    501 (C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · SC · controlled entity

  • AWAA-TENNESSEE

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · TN · controlled entity

  • AWAA-TEXAS

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · TX · controlled entity

  • AWAA-IOWA

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · IA · controlled entity

  • AWAA-CALIFORNIA

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · CA · controlled entity

  • AWAA-GEORGIA

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · GA · controlled entity

  • AWAA-KENTUCKY

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · KY · controlled entity

  • AWAA-MARYLAND

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · MD · controlled entity

  • AWAA-MINNESOTA

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · MN · controlled entity

  • AWAA-MISSOURI

    501(C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · MO · controlled entity

  • AWAA - WASHINGTON

    501 (C)3 · SOCIAL SERVICES RELATED TO ADOPTION · WA · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2018, reinstated 15 May 2018.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.