About Us
Foundations Homeschool Resource Center
Our Foundations
As an organization, FHRC is Christ-centered, and the Bible is the foundation for all FHRC does. FHRC works within a broad Christian framework, reflects our Biblical standards, and at all times attempts to be pleasing to God and uncompromising of our Christian values. FHRC does all that we do to glorify Christ and shine His love to our community.
FHRC requires a signed Statement of Faith from all of our Directors, officers, employees, instructors, and educators, and each principal or administrator of a home school.
Meet the Board
Matt Ansley – Founding Director and President
Matt Ansley is a Christian and confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior (Romans 1:16).
Matt is husband to Maria Ansley and father to Gabriel and Abbey Ansley. Matt supports both Christian homeschooling and private Christian schools, which Gabriel and Abbey have attended since they were old enough to go to school. Matt and his family have lived in Johnston County for over 20 years.
Matt has an undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Florida, and attended Graduate School at NC State where he graduated with a Master’s degree in Architecture in 2001. Matt is a North Carolina licensed Architect, and a Principal at his firm in Raleigh.
Matt brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will further the mission of FHRC.
Shane Niebaum – Founding Director and Treasurer
Tara Niebaum – Founding Director, Chair Board of Directors,
and Co-Secretary
Shane and Tara Niebaum have been married for 28 years and have three children and one grandchild, two of whom are homeschool graduates.
Shane has a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and a Master’s Degree in School Administration. He has more than 30 years’ experience as an educator, teacher, and coach in public and private schools. As a veteran homeschool father, Shane is a tireless advocate for homeschooling. Shane is a skilled musician and has served in multiple music ministries, youth and college ministries, and has been involved in missionary work for over three decades.
Tara studied American History and Political Science at the University of Central Florida. For more than 20 years, Tara has been a full-time wife and homeschool mother. Tara also has served as a music leader, a Sunday School Teacher, and a Women’s Bible Study Teacher. She has taught Biblical Worldview, Cultural Apologetics, Art, and American History to all ages.
Shane and Tara are followers of Jesus Christ and are dedicated to helping others obey the education mandate of Deuteronomy 6:7.
They are fully committed to loving God and serving others and view the work of FHRC as an opportunity to use their talents and experience as veteran homeschool parents, grandparents, and educators to help disciple and equip the next generation of homeschool families.
Dan Sportsman – Founding Director
Mindy Sportsman – Founding Director and Co-Secretary
Dan and Mindy Sportsman are a Christ-centered family, married for 30 years, blessed with two children, a daughter born in 2000, and a son born in 2004. By God’s guidance and with a Christian home school co-op, Dan and Mindy began their homeschooling journey in 2014. Both children are homeschool graduates, and their daughter graduated college a year early in December 2022.
Dan Sportsman is an Army Veteran. He has worked for an infrastructure and security company since 2008. His current position with the company is Division Manager. He is an outdoorsman, athlete, and a talented carpenter.
Mindy Sportsman retired after 24 years in the airline industry. She has been a licensed real estate agent since 2007. She is an animal lover who rescues, fosters, and trains dogs, an avid researcher, practitioner of functional medicine, and an outdoor adventurist from the mountains to the seas.
In obedience to their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Mindy and Dan serve and disciple in recognition of the Deuteronomy 6:7 mandate to teach our children morning, noon, and night, and in the admonition in Luke 6:40 that the student will be like the teacher.
Having served and functioned in many roles in their lives, Dan and Mindy are prepared and committed to serve and fulfill the FHRC mission.
