How to Apply for a Homeschool Group Grant

Protecting homeschool liberty isn’t the work of one single organization or leader. It requires investment from the broader movement to be effective.

HSLDA’s Group Grants strive to promote homeschool freedom by strengthening local groups to do what they do best: serve their members!

Annual Focus

Each year, our grant focus shifts to support the various ways local groups come alongside their homeschool communities.

2026 Focus

HSLDA Discount Groups and the celebration of America's 250 birthday. (For more eligibility information, see below.)

Grant Overview

There will be 18 grants awarded, ranging from $500 to $1000.

All grant funds must be used for tax-exempt purposes to further the mission of homeschooling and cannot be used for any direct lobbying.

If you receive a grant and have questions about how your grant may be spent, please email our Director of Group Services, Darren Jones, at darren@hslda.org.

Group Eligibility

In celebration of America's 250th birthday, HSLDA is pleased to offer group grants to state homeschool organizations and local homeschool co-ops to support your group's events that honor our nation's history and founding principles. We intend these grants to encourage your homeschool families to come together in creative ways—through learning, service, and celebration—to reflect on these words from the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

We invite homeschool groups to apply by proposing a thoughtful plan for a commemorative event that engages students and families and highlights the significance of this historic milestone. To be considered for a grant, a homeschool organization, group, or co-op needs to meet these eligibility qualifications:

Be an HSLDA Discount Group
Be incorporated or able to provide a sufficient explanation of how the group is organized
Located in the United States
NOT be receiving government funding
Able to deposit a check made payable to the group name (grant checks will NOT be made payable to an individual on behalf of a group)

Preference will be given to homeschool groups that primarily serve families who are privately homeschooling at least one child (as opposed to public school at home or virtual charter school).

Previous Grant Recipients: In order to be eligible for a future grant, you must have submitted an HSLDA Grant Usage Form documenting how your prior grant money was spent. If you are unsure that you have fulfilled this requirement, contact the Group Grant Program Coordinator at groupgrants@hslda.org.

Grant Timeline

Applications due by Friday, July 24, 2026.

Applicants will be notified of grant funding decisions in mid-summer. Grant checks will be mailed out late summer.

Online Application

Groups can apply using this form. The grant application typically takes 30–45 minutes to complete.

After Receiving this Grant . . .

1. Host an event celebrating liberty

Event must be held on or before December 31, 2026.
The event may be already planned or newly created for the purposes of fulfilling the grant agreement.
HSLDA will supply informational materials, brochures, and a short video.
If desired, HSLDA attorneys may be available to attend the event in person or online. Contact HSLDA Group Services at darren@hslda.org to discuss availability.
Special discounted HSLDA membership pricing will be made available to all families who attend the event.

2. Fill out a Grant Usage Form

Groups must fill out an HSLDA Grant Usage Form after receiving their grant, providing an account of how the funds were used and reporting on the event where they promoted HSLDA membership.