About 10 years after HSLDA’s founding in 1983, we started to form an idea. What if HSLDA could encourage and support the greater homeschooling community by providing financial assistance to meet specific needs? This idea resulted in the official formation of the Home School Foundation, which began by offering grants to assist homeschooling organizations.
Then, in 2000, the foundation increased its reach to individual homeschooling families when a donor with a heart for widows offered a sizeable gift to help bereaved children and spouses. From there, the mission of offering grants to assist families grew to include children with special needs (2002), single parents and victims of disaster (2005), and military families (2012).
The foundation then merged with HSLDA in 2018, enabling us to offer these grants directly. In fiscal year 2022, we were privileged to give out nearly $1.9 million to homeschooling groups and families across the US and our territories.
For comparison, in 2002, that figure was $224,000. In 20 years, we have realized an 848% increase in grant funding. This is only possible because of caring donors and a loving God who answers prayer.