Sponsor a Site
Getting Started
Thank you for your interest in joining the CDF Freedom Schools® family!
The curated resources below are meant to help your organization learn more about the benefits of hosting a program, as well as the application, training, fiduciary, and programmatic requirements that accepted sponsor organizations must uphold. The steps to applying are as follows:
Step 1 – Review CDF Freedom Schools® video
Step 2 – Attend CDF Freedom Schools® Application Informational Session
Learn more about becoming an official CDF Freedom Schools partner by joining our informational session on Wednesday, August 28, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Registration is required.
Step 3 – Submit a CDF Freedom Schools® Application
If you are an organization applying as a first-time CDF Freedom Schools sponsor, please click here.
If you are renewing your sponsorship to operate a CDF Freedom Schools program, please click here.
This application is only for organizations that operated a CDF Freedom Schools program in 2023, 2024, or applied to facilitate a program within the last two years.
Step 4 – Review CDF Freedom Schools® Calendar
Abbreviated 2025 program operating calendar below
August 2024
2023-2024 End of Year Report Deadline
August 15, 2024
2025 Application Release
August 19, 2024
Virtual Application Informational Session
August 28, 2024, 4:00 pm-5:00 pm ET
September 2024
Labor Day – CDF Office Closed
September 2, 2024
2025 CDF Freedom Schools Sponsor Application Deadline
September 30, 2024
October 2024
2025 CDF Freedom Schools Application Review & Response
Application Interviews & Notification Letters Sent Out
January 2025
New Year’s Day- CDF Office Closed
January 1, 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day – CDF Office Closed
January 20, 2025
Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute: Executive Director and Project Director Orientation & Training (In person at CDF Haley Farm)
January 24-26, 2025
March 2025
Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute: Site Coordinator Orientation & Training (Virtual Training Session)
March 20-23, 2025
June 2025
CDF Founder’s Day – CDF Office Closed
June 7, 2025
Juneteenth – CDF Office Closed
June 19, 2025
Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute: National Training for Site Coordinators and Servant Leader Interns (In person at CDF Haley Farm)
June 3- 8, 2025
July 2025
Independence Day – CDF Office Closed
July 4, 2025
National Day of Social Action (NDSA)
July 16, 2025