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Education Freedom Alabama

To empower families to choose the school that best fits their child's unique educational needs.

$5.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
86
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$746k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$18MYouth Development$472kReligion$53kArts & Culture$12k
02FY2025 · 86 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k48 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k25 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.6M
$32,030
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUCCESS UNLIMITED ACADEMY$746,057
MCGILL-TOOLEN CATHOLIC HS$331,500
FAITH ACADEMY$294,875
EVANGEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$255,366
MOST PURE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL$192,967
MOBILE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$153,955
MONTGOMERY CATHOLIC PREP SCHOOL$140,500
OAKWOOD ADVENTIST ACADEMY$124,363
GOVERNMENT STREET CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$121,435
COTTAGE HILL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$114,691
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL$107,000
EPHESUS JR ACADEMY$104,025
RIVER REGION ACADEMY$102,625
SPRING VALLEY SCHOOL$100,000
HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL$95,525
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%SAFE HAVEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $17k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 77 repeat orgs$210k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

77 repeat relationships: 69 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
5

Total granted

$19M
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+3%

Still filing today

29%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $169k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FA
    FAITH ACADEMY OF MOBILE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +4%
  • MC
    MOBILE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $508k · revenue +5%
  • VC
    VALIANT CROSS ACADEMY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $328k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CC
    CLAY COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $11k · revenue -56%
  • MP
    MT PILGRIM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $9k
  • AA
    AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Christian Schools Inc

Education - private christian school grades k-12

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2
Crowleys Ridge Academy

Christian education

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3
Hampton Christian Academy

Hampton christian academy provides a private christian education for grades 4k through 12th grade.

Education
4
Christian Academy of the Cumberlands

Elementary and high school education

Education
5
Trinity Christian Academy Inc

Christian education, pre-k through 12th grade

Education
6
Central Texas Christian School Inc

To educate students with the transforming truth of christ, inspiring academic excellence, godly character, and integrity in life pursuits.

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7
Victory Christian Academy

The mission of victory christian academy, in partnership with christian parents, is to provide a loving, christ-centered environment of educational excellence so that the students may develop their gifts, knowledge, skills and energies to…

Education
8
Kentucky Christian School Inc

Education of students from preschool to 12th grade

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9
The Christian Academy

The christian academy provides christian education to 300 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. the christian academy is a college-preparatory school.

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10
Heritage Classical Christian Academy

Aiding parents in their responsibility to educate their children so that they may love the lord their god with all their heart, all their soul, all their mind and all their strength.

Education
11
Chattahoochee Christian School Inc

Chattahoochee christian school is committed to be a school that partners with families to create a foundation of christian faith and character upon which to build academic excellence.

Education
12
Ankeny Christian Academy

Ankeny christian academy provides a biblical based education to over 500 children per school year.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heritage Christian Academy; the most unlike its peers is Bethany Christain Academy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 89 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUCCESS UNLIMITED ACADEMY: $2,265,361 · OtherSUCCESS UNLIMITED ACADEMYDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM IN ALABAMA INC: $1,809,869 · OtherDIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM IN ALABAMA INCMCGILL TOOLEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $1,718,654 · OtherMCGILL TOOLEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLEVANGEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $821,604 · OtherMONTGOMERY CATHOLIC PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $552,200 · Other+66 more: $8,814,819 · Other+66 moreFAITH ACADEMY OF MOBILE INC: $1,090,122 · EducationFAITH ACADEMY OF…CONECUH SPRINGS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $398,229 · EducationCONECUH SPRINGS …VALIANT CROSS ACADEMY: $328,197 · EducationVALIANT CROSS AC…CHAMBERS CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION CHAMBERS CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $174,563 · EducationCHAMBERS CO EDUC…TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INC: $138,500 · EducationHERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $116,961 · EducationLINDSAY LANE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $114,000 · Education+9 more: $368,504 · Education+9 moreLIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH: $16,920 · ReligionSAFE HAVEN DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH INC: $16,725 · Human Services
Other$15,982,507Education$2,729,076Religion$16,920Human Services$16,725

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAITH ACADEMY OF MOBILE INC: $1,090,122 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetMOBILE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $508,020 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetCONECUH SPRINGS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $398,229 over 5y, 15% of budgetVALIANT CROSS ACADEMY: $328,197 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetALABAMA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $318,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHOLY FAMILY CRISTO REY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $256,136 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCHAMBERS CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION CHAMBERS CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $174,563 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetPRATTVILLE CHRISTIAN: $168,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INC: $138,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $116,961 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetLINDSAY LANE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $114,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWEST MONTGOMERY ED FOUNDATION: $79,788 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMADISON ACADEMY INC: $72,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetATMORE PRIVATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $66,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetGLENWOOD SCHOOL INC: $63,631 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe Jackson Academy Inc: $55,690 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMARSHALL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $37,750 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Christian Ed Assoc Inc: $27,629 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHT ACADEMY: $27,500 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetUNION CHAPEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $18,790 over 2y, 19% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCLAY COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $11,211 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMACON EAST ACADEMY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FAITH ACADEMY OF MOBILE INC ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CONECUH SPRINGS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VALIANT CROSS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds HOLY FAMILY CRISTO REY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMBERS CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION CHAMBERS CO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRATTVILLE CHRISTIAN ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds LINDSAY LANE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Scholarships for Kids…Folds of Honor Founda…New York Life Foundat…Tulsa Community Found…The Community Foundat…Alabama Partnership f…Alabama Power Foundat…Greater Houston Commu…The US Charitable Gif…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…
Scholarships for Kids IncAL82.3× affinity37 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Scholarships for Kids Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · New York Life Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Partnership for Children · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Education Freedom Alabama funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Education Freedom Alabama. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Education Freedom Alabama?

    Find your warmest path to Education Freedom Alabama through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 89 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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