About The Cradle
About The Cradle
The Cradle is a licensed, nonprofit adoption agency headquartered in Evanston, Illinois. We provide infant adoption services, counseling and educational support. Since opening in 1923, The Cradle has facilitated over 16,000 domestic and international adoptions, and has been at the forefront of open adoption, African American infant adoption and placements with LGBTQ+-identifying families.
We are so grateful for your Giving Tuesday support, helping us raise critical resources to advance our mission of building families through adoption, supporting families through life’s challenges, and strengthening communities through education.

Coast-to-Coast Cradle Challenge
The Cradle is proud of our nationwide community of alumni, families and supporters who begin and continue their adoption journeys with us. This map shares where in the U.S. we have received gifts for Giving Tuesday 2022. New donations will also add to this heat map.