History
Patrick Henry College was incorporated in 1998 by Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association, who in 1993, ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor of Virginia. It officially opened September 20, 2000, with a class of 92 students. Since then the school has grown to approximately 450 students. The college eschews federal financial aid and is therefore relieved from Department of Education reporting requirements on demographic makeup of its student body and from other federal reporting requirements. The school does not ask for race on applications and the ethnic demographics are unknown.
PHC receives all of its funding from tuition fees or donations. The college states that it does not accept any money from government, or any other source that includes terms which supersede the authority of its Board of Trustees or conflict with its foundational statements. PHC only adds new facilities and programs as funds are available. The Home School Legal Defense Association is one of the primary benefactors of the school, and all members of the association receive a thirteen hundred dollar grant if accepted as students.
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