Virginia · Public charity
Home School Legal Defense Association
HSLDA defends and advances the constitutional rights of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $34k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 64
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Home School Legal Defense Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $34k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $105k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 64 | $598k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $162k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Henry College | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Loving Education at Home Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Transitioned Corp | $31,000 | 2 | 6% |
| DeKalb Christian Home Educators Inc | $30,620 | 1 | 67% |
| Bridges to Science | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana Association of Home Educators Inc | $23,500 | 2 | 23% |
| Home Educators Association of Virginia | $23,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham | $15,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators | $13,500 | 1 | 4% |
| South Bay Faith Academy Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 10% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Henry College | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Loving Education at Home Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Transitioned Corp | $31,000 | 2 | 6% |
| DeKalb Christian Home Educators Inc | $30,620 | 1 | 67% |
| Bridges to Science | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana Association of Home Educators Inc | $23,500 | 2 | 23% |
| Home Educators Association of Virginia | $23,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham | $15,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators | $13,500 | 1 | 4% |
| South Bay Faith Academy Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 10% |
| South Jersey Homeschooling Association | $12,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Firmly Planted Family | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Homeschool South Dakota | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Century Educators Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Springboard 2 Universal Success | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lycoming & Clinton Counties Homeschool Community | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Four States Homeschooling Association | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quest Science Club Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nebraska Homeschool-The Home Educators Network Inc | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Midwest Parent Educators Inc | $11,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Missouri Association of Teaching Christian Homes | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasture Raised Kids Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| America's Keswick | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Climb Academy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Way Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Hope & Freedom Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Shabach Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shema Homeschool Co-Op | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Queen of Angels Home Educators | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Granite Classical Tutorials Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City on a Hill | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Educators Alliance of South Texas | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mississippi Home Educators Association | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kingdom Education for Young Scholars | $9,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Home Circle of Hernando County Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mineral Area Homeschool Community | $8,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Evergreen Christian Academy - Shiloh | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Little Town Robotics Academy (Pre-K-12) | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge Sarasota Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sola Gratia Classical Academy | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Finger Lakes Kids Empowerment Community | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolinians for Home Education | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Alaska Private & Home Educators Association | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Home Education Association | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Christian Academy | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barefoot University | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wellspring Christian Family Schools | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Watermark Homeschool Enrichment Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Maryland Association of Christian Home Educators | $6,516 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Home Educators of Colorado | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Love First Homeschool Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cumberland Classical Home Centered Educators | $6,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Choice Education Network Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Well Family Worship Center of Scottsboro Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Evansville Academy of Arts | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Families for Home Education | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Smoky Mountain Home Education Association | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lubbock Homeschool Christian Athletics Association | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kings Light Christian Academy of Culpeper Virginia | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wonder | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilgrim Institute | $6,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Virtus Classical Education Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge Elementary Tutorial Homeschool Ministries | $5,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Home Educators of the Kmc | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Home Educators of Ohio In | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Home School Legal Defense Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Home School Legal Defense Association
- How much does Home School Legal Defense Association give?
- Home School Legal Defense Association reported 3 itemized grants totaling $34,016, out of $1,067,204 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 64 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Home School Legal Defense Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (87%), Youth Development (7%), Religion (6%).
- Who are Home School Legal Defense Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Patrick Henry College ($150k), Loving Education at Home Inc ($32k), Transitioned Corp ($31k).
- Does Home School Legal Defense Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Home School Legal Defense Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Home School Legal Defense Association based?
- Home School Legal Defense Association is based in VA.
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