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Selfless Love Foundation (SLF) was created in 2015 by Ashley and Ed Brown to make the world a better place for children impacted by foster care. Adopted as an infant, Ashley experienced a second chance at life through the gift of family.
OUR HISTORY OUR MISSION
Selfless Love Foundation leverages resources, expertise, and proven solutions to improve the child welfare system, creating opportunities for more foster youth to find their forever families and thrive in adulthood.
OUR VISION
Child welfare transformed. A world where every child’s dreams can come true. Fostering dreams for foster children.
CUMULATIVE IMPACT
In 2015, Selfless Love Foundation set out to positively impact the lives of children in foster care, aged-out youth, and adoptive families. Through collaborative relationships with youth, agencies, and child welfare experts on the state and national levels, we are not only transforming the lives of the people we serve but the entire child welfare system.
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ADOPTIONS
Selfless Love Foundation believes that every child deserves a family.We are committed to supporting families along their adoption journey, creating opportunities for children in foster care to find their forever families, partnering with agencies to reduce barriers to adoption, and raising awareness regarding the need for adoptive parents.
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INDEPENDENT LIVING
Selfless Love Foundation supports transitional housing at Brown’s Harbor, provides leadership and life skills training, and opportunities for youth to build connections as they transition from foster care to adulthood
We facilitate virtual and in-person training for youth across Florida and Texas The nationally recognized curriculum, created by Foster Club, helps youth develop leadership and life skills Each year, SLF also provides opportunities for youth to participate in Dale Carnegie’s renowned Foundation for Success Young adults who complete Dale Carnegie are eligible to apply for the Dream Tank
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DALE CARNEGIE LEADERSHIP TRAINING
In 2024, we offered Dale Carnegie Foundation for Success leadership course in person Youth from across Florida joined our team in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, for personal and professional training, focusing on communication, leadership, and interpersonal effectiveness.
The 21 graduates were recognized during a luncheon at the Florida Coalition for Children’s conference
Selfless Love Foundation also offered Dale Carnegie leadership training to youth in Texas and celebrated our first graduating class
Selfless Love Foundation advocates for policy changes on the local, state, and national levels. Youth impacted by foster care are at the heart of our work. Our advocacy team partners with youth, child welfare agencies, and legislators to drive meaningful change for children in care today and for future generations.
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ONE VOICE IMPACT
Selfless Love Foundation’s youth initiative, One Voice Impact (OVI), empowers young adults to leverage their experiences in foster care to drive change OVI members are part of a statewide network of youth councils The network meets annually to set policy priorities, ensuring that the voices of those impacted by foster care help to shape the future of foster care.
FOSTER YOUTH VOICE MONTH
Selfless Love Foundation initiated a youth voice movement to elevate the voices of youth impacted by foster care. Each October, we spearhead the national Foster Youth Voice Month campaign, empowering youth to share their stories, ideas, and celebrate policy improvements.
NATIONAL NETWORK
The National Network is a coalition of youth with lived experience and child welfare professionals. The network leverages its collective voice to drive policy changes and transform the child welfare system.
Children’s ENSURING SAFETY
Selfless Love Foundation’s advocacy work has led to the first law to safeguard the photos of children in foster care who are available for adoption Our work began in 2022 after youth, previously in foster care, shared their concerns about the public having access to their private information.
The Permanency for Children law took effect in Florida on July 1, 2024, removing photos of adoptable children from public websites. Now, security credentials are required to access the statewide adoption portal It is the strongest step to safeguarding children in foster care in the country.
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DREAM TANK
Selfless Love Foundation’s Dream Tank helps youth impacted by foster care to develop leadership skills and self-confidence, while providing professional guidance Youth complete the program equipped with the skills and the belief that they can achieve their goals
During the nine-month program, finalists participate in 150 training hours on speech writing and presentation, professional etiquette, and investment basics, along with business tips from top leaders The program culminates with a speech competition
Christella Jean-Pierre took home the grand prize of $5,000 with her speech about implementing uniform resources to promote resilience in the lives of the most vulnerable youth All the finalists received $1,000 Special thanks to our judges, John Paul DeJoria, Amy Bassett, and Ed Brown, for their time and expertise
We are exceptionally grateful to Tony Robbins for gifting his Business Mastery Conference to some of our Dream Tank finalists and alums who attended in New York and Palm Beach.
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Points of Light also recognized actor and philanthropist, Patrick Dempsey, owner and chairman of Blank Family Businesses, Arthur Blank, and the founder of the Rise N Shine Foundation, Shrusti Amula
The 2024 Awards Celebration was held in Washington, D C , at the Capital Hilton on Wednesday, October 23
Selfless Love Foundation leads National Adoption Month in Florida, partnering with agencies to celebrate families and raise public awareness about the need for adoptive families, especially for sibling groups and teenagers. Our Selfless Love Families team attended National Adoption Month celebrations in eight regions across the state.
ADOPTION CONNECTION EVENTS
Selfless Love Foundation hosted two Adoption Connection Events in 2024. The informal gatherings are planned around fun activities to allow children in foster care to connect with prospective adoptive parents in a low-stress environment. We partnered with Family Support Service of North Florida and Children’s Home Society in Palm Beach County for the events, which resulted in six children being connected with families.
THE ART OF ADOPT
Selfless Love Foundation partnered with Family Support Services for a creative approach to promoting adoptions from foster care. We hosted The Art of Adoption in November as a combined celebration of National Adoption Month and Foster Youth Voice Month
The art exhibit at Manifest Distilling in Jacksonville, Florida welcomed the public to view art created by youth in foster care who are available for adoption As guests browsed the pieces, they were invited to listen to prerecorded audio messages from the young artists. Each youth shared their artistic inspiration, their interests, and their hopes for a family
The event, which raised awareness about adoption and the value of youth voices, aligned with SLF’s advocacy work to protect the images and information of adoptable children and our commitment to elevating youth voices.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Accountability
Selfless Love Foundation takes pride in adhering to best practices for non-profits.Our general and fundraising expenses are below the recommended best practice of 35%, and program expenses equal 70%.
Selfless Love Foundation’s fiscal year coincides with the calendar year The latest audited financial report is from fiscal year 2023 The 2024 report will be available on our website in the summer of 2025
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Selfless Love’s Founders, Ashley and Ed Brown, hold voluntary roles as CEO and Board Chair, respectively. Each year since our inception, they have generously donated a portion of staff salaries.
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OUR TEAM
Selfless Love Foundation believes personal experiences within the child welfare system can provide valuable insight into improving policies and programs. Along with professional expertise and passion for our work, many of our team members have personal connections to our mission – as foster parents, adoptive parents, adoptees, or having been in foster care.
We are people first, and we want everyone inside and outside our organization to feel like they are part of the Selfless Love family.
We are honest, open, ethical, and fair. People trust us to adhere to our word and be good stewards of supporter contributions; we work hard to earn and maintain that trust.
TRANSFORMATION
We are continuously moving forward, innovating, and improving. We act with courage, challenge the status quo, and find new paths to transform the foster care system from the inside out.
COLLABORATION
We are intentional about building partnerships with people, corporations, and agencies that share our vision. We believe that by working together toward a common goal, we can change the world for children in foster care.
