The idea for the Grace Roots Effort was initiated by a group of newly married couples from South Austin after their missional community group studied the first chapter in the book of James. The passion to care for orphans grew deeper through a 3-part sermon series presented by the Austin Stone Community Church on adoption.
When members of the group felt compelled to donate to a worthwhile cause leading up to the 2012 Christmas season, the ABBA Fund seemed like the perfect choice. The group hopes to grow their fund through personal monthly donations, as well as gain support from other missional community groups and individuals in order to provide encouragement and financial gifts to deserving families who are answering God’s call to adopt children into their own familes, just as he has adopted us into His.
To DONATE BY MAIL, please make out the check to ABBA Fund (do not write the family name on the physical check, which will invalidate the charitable aspect of your gift ... instead either print out this page to send with it or include a separate note to request that we preference your gift toward the family profiled on this page) -- then mail your check and preference request to:
ABBA Fund, PO BOX 868049, Plano, TX 75086-8049
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**AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION FROM ABBA FUND ABOUT YOUR DONATION**
Using the online form on this page automatically submits a request to preference your gift to the family profiled on this page as part of ABBA Fund’s Christian Family Adoption Grant Fund. ABBA Fund administers this fund and maintains full control and administration of all donated funds. We also strive to honor our donor’s preference requests in accordance with IRS and Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) guidelines.
The IRS allows donors to state a preference of how their contribution is used and request that the gift support a particular family — and it allows the charitable organization (ABBA Fund) to fully consider that request as long as the donor understands and acknowledges for charitably given tax-deductible gifts that the ultimate authority regarding the disposition of your gift is at the discretion of the charitable organization. By using this online form, or other method described above, you are acknowledging an understanding of those IRS guidelines.