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EDUCATION FREEDOM ALABAMA

EIN 86-1722407 BIRMINGHAM, AL

Revenue 2023
$8,947,277
Expenses 2023
$5,434,493

Program services were 96.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
1000
Street
1101 26TH ST S APT 202

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

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.

  • THE ALABAMA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND (ALOSF) IS A SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATION FORMED TO IMPLEMENT THE ALABAMA ACOUNTABILITY 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 8 1/2 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.

    Expenses $4,521,869 · Grants $4,271,109

  • THE C2 OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND C2 IS A SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATION FORMED TO IMPLEMENT THE ALABAMA ACOUNTABILITY 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.

    Expenses $723,647 · Grants $706,179

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Andrew Ryan

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $138,893
    From this org
    $132,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,893
    Hours/week
    40
  • Julie Benz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Hk Matthews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lesley Searcy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,947,277
    Expenses
    $5,434,493
    Contributions
    $8,603,038
    Grants paid
    $4,977,288
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,106,923
    Expenses
    $4,862,516
    Contributions
    $7,106,923
    Grants paid
    $4,500,464
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,287,101
    Expenses
    $1,976,712
    Contributions
    $2,287,101
    Grants paid
    $1,802,782

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,182,344
    Expenses
    $2,529,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,993,380

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • SUCCESS UNLIMITED ACADEMY

    $619,860

    2023 EDUCATION

  • SUCCESS UNLIMITED ACADEMY

    $471,500

    2022 TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO

  • 2023 EDUCATION

  • 2022 TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO

  • 2023 EDUCATION

  • 2022 TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO

  • EVANGEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

    $230,970

    2023 EDUCATION

  • EVANGEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

    $207,889

    2022 TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO

  • MOST PURE HEART OF MARY SCHOOL

    $170,122

    2023 EDUCATION

  • ST MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

    $160,825

    2022 TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • ALABAMA OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUN

    SCHOLARSHI · AL · income $8,222,413 · assets $9,393,496

  • C2 OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS LLC

    SCHOLARSHI · AL · income $854,699 · assets $514,410

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.