About The Cradle

The Cradle is a licensed, nonprofit adoption agency headquartered in Evanston, Illinois that provides infant adoption services, counseling, and educational support. Since opening our doors 100 years ago, 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 all the generous donations we received over Giving Tuesday. Every gift is an investment in families — your support is the only reason we can continue nurturing babies in need and building warm, happy homes through adoption, and we can’t thank you enough.