Family changes everything

We believe every child deserves to be safe, loved, and connected through family. Bethany is a global nonprofit supporting children and families with world-class social services, all designed to help families thrive.

Families around the world are facing challenges from every direction—poverty, violence, isolation, trauma, and more. They’re fighting with everything they’ve got to keep their family together. That’s why we stand with families everywhere that want what we all want: the chance for their kids to just be kids.

Bethany's impact

We are a global nonprofit—in 30 U.S. states and eight countries—dedicated to helping families thrive.

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Our mission

Bethany demonstrates the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by protecting children, empowering youth, and strengthening families through quality social services.

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The people we support

Kids and families in the U.S.

When children and families need support, we respond. In the U.S., we provide essential services to strengthen families and keep them together. When this isn’t possible, we engage loving foster parents and facilitate adoption through foster care. We also offer pregnancy counseling and post-adoption services.

Refugees & immigrants

For refugees fleeing danger, the search for safety can be extremely challenging. That’s why we guide, protect, advocate for, and support refugees. In the U.S., we offer resettlement and continued support services for families and temporary foster care for children awaiting reunification with a family member.

Global families

We believe children thrive when they belong to a loving family. Rather than placing vulnerable children in orphanages, we find a family for them in their own country. We also support families struggling to stay together by providing the resources and training they need to lead their family to self-sufficiency.

Bethany’s vision

Bethany envisions a world where all children, youth, and families are safe, loved, and connected.

Discover the 5 values that drive our daily work

At Bethany Christian Services, our culture is driven by five core values. We are motivated by our faith. We support one another. We champion justice. We pursue excellence. We are in it for the long haul. We rely on staff at all levels to help these values come to life. We do this by investing in our people. By stewarding our resources and adapting our work to meet the greatest needs of children and families. Together, we can change the world through family.

We are a fully accredited organization

Bethany is regularly reviewed by the Council of Accreditation to receive its reaccreditation. The accreditation process is designed to identify providers that have set high performance standards for themselves and have made a commitment to their constituents to deliver the highest quality services. COA continually recognizes Bethany Christian Services as one of these outstanding providers.

The Council on Accreditation partners with human service organizations worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying, and promoting accreditation standards.

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Our actions are inspired by faith

For more than 75 years, our faith has inspired us to serve children close to home and around the world.

Why do we do this work?

Because there's a sobering gap between the way God sees people and the way the world sees people. Until everyone sees people the same way God does, until every person is loved, connected, and empowered, people need to stand up, speak out, and advocate, loudly and courageously.

So that’s what we do. Our core beliefs are simple: We love God and we love people.

Financial accountability

We are committed to financial transparency. Our form 990s can be found here and here.

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Our origin story

Read the story of how our movement started with a single child.

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Meet our leaders

Learn more about the Bethany leadership team and board members.

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140 million reasons to help.

Today, 140 million kids don't have a permanent home. To us, that's unacceptable.

Together, we can change the world through family.

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Global Headquarters

901 Eastern Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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