Alabama · Nonprofit
EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA
EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA (Alabama) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $202,524 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $203k
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What Education Freedom Alabama does
Mission
To empower families to choose the school that best fits their child's unique educational needs. We provide scholarships to low-income, k-12 children who are not succeeding in their current environment. Scholarships are funded by the donation of corporate and individual alabama income tax liability. Every alabama child has an equal opportunity to a quality education, which can only occur when educators and local communities are empowered to create diverse learning options and all parents are empowered to match their children to the learning option that best meets their needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The alabama opportunity scholarship fund (alosf) is a scholarship granting organization formed to implement the alabama accountability act. Alosf awards scholarships to eligible low-income k5-12th grade students with priority given to students who are zoned to attend a failing public school. The scholarships pay for private school tuition or transfer fees to a non- failing public school. The first scholarships were granted for the semester starting january 2014. Alosf has awarded over 12,000 scholarships over 9.5 years representing 46 of the 67 counties in alabama. The scholarships are funded by donations of income tax liability from individuals and corporations who receive an alabama state income tax credit.
$5,062,417 spentof which $4,645,703 as grants87% of program spendingThe c2 opportunity scholarship fund (c2) is a scholarship granting organization formed to implement the alabama accountability act for parents interested in catholic education within the diocese of birmingham. C2 awards scholarships to eligible low-income students with priority given to students who are zoned to attend a failing public school in grades k5-12. The scholarships are funded by donations of income tax liability from individuals and corporations who receive an alabama state income tax credit.
$743,094 spentof which $640,538 as grants13% of program spendingTo provide grants to eligible schools from funding sources that are not associated with the alabama accountability act.
$3,000 spentof which $3,000 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,808,511.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $6.5M to $10M (+54%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 69% · 2023 37% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $33k → $5k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 92% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fun · disregarded
- C2 Opportunity Scholarships LLC · disregarded
- Alabama Opportunity Action Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA?
- EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA (Alabama) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $202,524 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $202,524 in grants to EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA?
- AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing