About SOL Freedom Fund
Our Story
SOL Freedom Fund emerged from a simple but urgent question:
What would it look like if families had both the freedom and the financial support to choose learning environments where their children can thrive?
Through the work of SOL Learning Center, we have seen what becomes possible when education is personalized, relational, project-based, and rooted in community. Families often find in alternative learning environments what they have long been seeking — belonging, flexibility, challenge, joy, and support.
Yet for many families, access to these opportunities is limited by cost.
SOL Freedom Fund was created to help change that.
We are building pathways so that educational freedom is not reserved for a few, but accessible to many.
Building Pathways to Educational Freedom
SOL Freedom Fund is a public initiative of Support, Opportunity, and Love Foundation, Inc., created to expand access to family-directed learning through scholarships, partnerships, and community-rooted opportunity.
We believe families deserve meaningful choices in how children learn — and the resources to pursue them.
Our Mission
The mission of Support, Opportunity, and Love Foundation is to enrich the lives of children and adults by expanding access to alternative learning models and community-rooted opportunities.
Through SOL Freedom Fund, we advance that mission by:
Providing scholarships and microgrants to families
Strengthening unconventional learning models through partnerships
Building the funding infrastructure needed to support educational freedom in Maryland
Why Maryland Needs This
Families are increasingly choosing homeschooling, microschools, tutoring collectives, and co-learning communities.
Yet unlike states with Education Savings Accounts and scholarship programs, Maryland offers no direct funding support for families pursuing these pathways.
This creates a gap between educational choice and educational access.
We believe Maryland families deserve more.
SOL Freedom Fund exists to help build the support system that has been missing.
Rooted in What We’ve Already Seen
SOL Freedom Fund is informed by lessons from SOL Learning Center, a community-based co-learning model grounded in Support, Opportunity, and Love.
That work has shown us:
Children thrive in personalized environments
Families value flexible, relationship-centered learning
Community-led models can expand what education looks like
SOL Learning Center serves as a proof-of-concept for what is possible.
SOL Freedom Fund seeks to help more families and learning communities access those possibilities.
Support
Every child and family deserves a learning community where they are seen and supported.
Opportunity
Education should expand possibilities, not limit them.
Love
Learning flourishes in environments grounded in care, belonging, and human dignity.
Our Values
We envision a future where:
Family-directed learning is accessible
Community-rooted education can thrive
Financial barriers do not determine educational opportunity
Maryland becomes a place where educational freedom is supported and sustainable
We are helping build that future.
Our Vision
Board
Tatiana Alexander
Chair
Founder of Support, Opportunity, and Love Foundation and SOL Learning Center, Tatiana is an educator and community builder committed to expanding educational opportunity through innovative learning models.
Taliyah Smith
Vice Chair
Taliyah brings leadership and strategic partnership support to advance the Foundation’s vision and governance.
Whitley Bacchus
Treasurer
Whitley supports the Foundation’s fiscal stewardship and long-term sustainability.
Join Us in Building What’s Next
SOL Freedom Fund is in its founding stage, and we are actively building partnerships, support networks, and pathways for families across Maryland.
We invite you to join us.