Gift of Identity

help adoptees discover their roots

Give The Gift of Identity:
Help an Adoptee Discover Their Roots

Every adoptee deserves the chance to connect with their roots—not just geographically, but emotionally, culturally, and spiritually. But for many, the cost of returning to their birth country is out of reach. That’s where you come in. The Gift of Identity Fund was established to make that possible by providing financial assistance for adoptees seeking to return to their birth countries through The Ties Program.

The Gift of Identity Fund exists to remove financial barriers and make heritage travel possible for adoptees. Your support provides more than just a plane ticket and hotel stay; it opens the door to healing, belonging, and self-discovery.

Gift of Identity Fund has provided 76 grants to adoptees from 11 countries

You Gift Can Help an Adoptee Discover Their Birth Country

What Your Donation Makes Possible

  • An adoptee and loved ones standing in the place where their story began

  • A young adult visiting their birthplace for the first time

  • A teenager learning their native language

  • An adoptive parent and child processing complex emotions together

Why Heritage Travel Matters

  • Adoptees deepen their understanding of self and origin

  • Build new connections with culture and see people that look like them

  • Navigate complex emotions in community

  • Strengthen lifelong identity

These journeys are not vacations—they are deeply personal milestones that shape identity, form community and build confidence for adoptees all over the world. These trips offer a rare opportunity to ask questions, seek answers, and walk in one’s truth. 

Hear first hand accounts of how the Gift of Identity changed the lives of adoptees and their loved ones.

Be Part of their Story

When you give to the Gift of Identity Fund, you help adoptees access powerful experiences in their birth countries they will carry with them for a lifetime.