Adoption • Independent Living • Advocacy
Transforming the lives of youth impacted by foster care.
Welcome to Selfless Love Foundation
A Decade of Dedication
In 2015, Ashley and Ed Brown set out to make the world a better place for children in foster care; a world where every child has a family, youth know they belong and that their voices matter.
As an adoptee, Ashley’s passion was to help children find their forever families. Ed aspired to support youth aging out of foster care. Together, they started Selfless Love Foundation, fostering dreams for foster children.
In 2025, we are celebrating 10 Years of Selfless Love and the thousands of lives that have been changed through adoption, independent living, and advocacy.
Cheers to a decade of dedication! → Blog Post
Over 100,000 children in the U.S. are sitting in foster care waiting to be adopted.
Our 2024
Annual report is here!
Selfless Love Foundation is proud of all that we accomplished in 2024. We are rising as a thought leader in child welfare and setting the national standard for how to protect vulnerable youth.
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, Selfless Love Foundation has helped more than 500 children get adopted, housed more than 600 youth, and provided over 13 thousand hours of life and leadership training.
507 Finalized Adoptions
This year, nearly 20,000 youth will age out of the system without a family to support them during their transition to adulthood.
Families Served
Aged-Out Youth Housing
Youth Engaged
Training Hours
ADOPTION
Guiding families along their adoption journey, providing opportunities for children in foster care to find their forever families, and supporting partner agencies to reduce barriers to adoption.
Independent living
Advocacy
Forever Families
Your support will find forever families and help youth become thriving adults.
100% of your donations go toward transforming the lives of children and youth in foster care.
2025 Q1
Mission Moments First Quarter
2015-2025
10 Years of Selfless Love
November is
National Adoption Month
Let’s Get To Work
Current Focus
National Adoption Month
Together, we can help children in foster care find their forever families.
November is National Adoption Month. Join Selfless Love Foundation and child welfare agencies across the state in the “Love Grows a Family” campaign.
Foster Youth Voice Month
Nearly 400,000 children are in foster care in the United States. Selfless Love Foundation believes youth impacted by foster care deserve a say in the decisions that affect them. Each October, SLF spearheads Foster Youth Voice Month to elevate youth voice nationwide and impact policy.
Brown's Harbor
Youth at Brown’s Harbor are enjoying feeling connected.
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Ways to Make a Difference
- Sponsor An Adoption Connection
- Sponsor Housing For Youth
- Host a workshop
- Support Brown’s Harbor
- Advance Advocacy
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
– Helen Keller
