Actually... Brenda has been operating for years mostly unpaid, covering costs either out of her own pocket or supported by individual donations from home education families.
For years, Brenda did everything herself at low, low, low cost. However, it's time for Brenda to bring on someone else she can train. She can't do a thumb-drive download of everything she knows (unfortunately!), and it's going to take meeting with them, training them, etc.
We can't expect someone to do all of that on a volunteer basis.
We've recently had some new peopel come on board (Jason Crawfordand Crystal Crawford, for example) who are trying to help make HEF more visible, run admin on the site, etc., and are ALSO doing this for free... but we need more support to make this sustainable.
We do not have big corporate supporters. Our supporters are YOU--home education parents.
Your support enables us to keep a full-time lobbyist in the capitol---and to get the word out to homeschooling famlies about important information and upcoming changes--so that YOU can continue to have the freedoms to home educate your children as you choose.
If you'd like to support what we're doing here, please join one of our monthly Support tiers here on the site! (You can also make a one-time donation, if you prefer that.) And please spread the word about HEF and what we do!
Every bit helps.