School choice comes in many different varieties (school vouchers, public charter schools, education savings accounts, and more), but nothing is quite like the freedom of choice provided by the nonprofit group Parents Challenge.

Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., the group has given more educational freedom to more than 2,000 low-income students over the last 18 years. Students who choose to attend private school get scholarships up to $2,000, paid to the private school of the student’s choice. But what’s truly unique is the $1,000 grants available to eligible students attending a traditional public school, a charter school, or anyone that’s home-schooled: Subject to approval (to prevent fraud) from Parents Challenge, parents can spend the grants on whatever education expense they choose, whether it’s computers, tutoring, extracurriculars, transportation, or uniforms.