Adopt a Character
Do you want your company to be strongly associated with the 
emoji? Do you feel like
the poor semicolon and the equals sign never get any respect?
Do you want to declare your love with a 
or 
dedication for your
spouse?
Now you can adopt a character! Show your business or hobby with
, honor your Asian heritage
with 
, or give your
niece Olivia the gift of capital letter O. For
sports enthusiasts, there are 
,
, 
, and more. In
fact, more
than 136,000 characters can be adopted. At the same time,
adopting a character helps the non-profit Unicode Consortium in
its goal to
support the world’s languages. It’s also a tax-deductible
donation in the United States, to the extent allowed by law—and
your company may provide matching funds. You could even be able
to adopt an additional character with an employer matching
gifts program: see Double
the Donation!
Here are some of the new possibilities from Emoji
11.0:
When you choose a character you’d like to support, you’ll
get the satisfaction of knowing you’ve contributed toward
making digital space more inclusive—as well as a custom
digital badge you can add to your website or online profiles.
The badges are an easy way to show and spread awareness of the
importance of digital infrastructure—all the way down to
the scripts it supports.
Here is how some of our gold sponsors have shown their
support:
We’d like to thank all our sponsors for their support!
Your contributions are helping the Adopt a Character program
reach its goals.
Adopt-a-Character grants made under the
program are for support of the following:
See How to Apply for an
Adopt-a-Character Grant.
Adopting a Character
Adopting a character is easy. Simply choose your sponsorship
level, select
your character, and make your donation. That’s all there is to
it! There is no limit to the number of characters you can
adopt. Adopted characters at the Bronze
($100) level make truly unique gifts. The Silver ($1,000) and Gold
($5,000) levels demonstrate a strong commitment on the part of
the sponsor. These levels are ideal for small or large
businesses and other organizations, as well as strong
supporters. All character adoptions are permanent. Adoption of
a specific character at the limited gold and silver levels is
on a first-come, first-served basis.
All sponsors are acknowledged in Sponsors of Adopted
Characters and our public Twitter feed with their level of
support, and will receive a custom digital badge for their
character. (Thanks to Jake Giltsoff of Adobe for the designs!)
Want to be the sole sponsor of a character at the gold level?
Choose the gold level and you or your business will be the sole
gold level sponsor for your character (note that others may
still sponsor the character at a lower level). Gold sponsors
are listed on the Sponsors of Adopted Characters page
with their characters. They may include a URL or a hyperlink on
their name.
You or your designated recipient will also receive a
custom-engraved thank-you gift with the name you supply and the
character you are sponsoring.
Looking for something special but not quite ready for a gold
level adoption? The silver level is perfect for small
businesses and individuals, too. Sponsorship at the silver
level is limited to at most five silver-level sponsors per
character. (Note that others may still sponsor the character at
another level.) Silver sponsors are listed on the Sponsors
of Adopted Characters page with their characters. They may
include a URL or a hyperlink on their name.
You or your designated recipient will also receive a
thank-you gift with the name you supply and the character you
are sponsoring.
A bronze sponsorship makes a great gift and is a terrific way
to show your support for one or more of the thousands of lonely
characters out there. There is no limit to the number of
sponsors for a specific character at this level. Bronze
Sponsors are listed on the Sponsors of Adopted Characters page
with their characters. They do not have the option of
including a URL or a hyperlink on their name.
You or your designated recipient will also receive a
custom digital badge, showing the character you are sponsoring.
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