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Tax-Credit Scholarships
Tax-credit scholarships allow taxpayers to receive full or partial tax credits when they donate to nonprofits that provide private school scholarships. Eligible taxpayers can include both individuals and businesses. In some states, scholarship-giving nonprofits also provide innovation grants to public schools and/or transportation assistance to students choosing alternative public schools.
Watch the short video below to see how tax-credit scholarships work for families.
Twenty-one States with Tax-Credit Scholarships
Check out the list below for quick links to those program details, which include approved expense types, family eligibility tests, participation numbers, funding amounts and more.
- AlabamaEducation Scholarship Program >
- ArizonaLexie’s Law for Disabled and Displaced Students Tax Credit Scholarship Program >
- ArizonaLow-Income Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program >
- ArizonaOriginal Individual Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program >
- Arizona“Switcher” Individual Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program >
- ArkansasPhilanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids Scholarship Program >
- FloridaHope Scholarship Program >
- GeorgiaQualified Education Expense Tax Credit >
- IllinoisInvest in Kids Program >
- IndianaSchool Scholarship Tax Credit >
- IowaSchool Tuition Organization Tax Credit >
- KansasTax Credit for Low-Income Students Scholarship Program >
- LouisianaTuition Donation Credit Program >
- MontanaTax Credits for Contributions to Student Scholarship Organizations >
- NevadaNevada Educational Choice Scholarship Program >
- New HampshireEducation Tax Credit Program >
- OhioOhio Tax-Credit Scholarship Program >
- OklahomaOklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarships >
- PennsylvaniaEducational Improvement Tax Credit Program >
- PennsylvaniaOpportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program >
- Rhode IslandTax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship Organizations >
- South CarolinaEducational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children Fund >
- South DakotaPartners in Education Tax Credit Program >
- UtahSpecial Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program >
- VirginiaEducation Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program >
Fast Facts
Do you know how many kids across the country are using tax-credit scholarship programs? Which state has the biggest tax-credit scholarship program? For more little-known truths about these programs, visit our Tax-Credit Scholarship fast facts.
Are parents satisfied with tax-credit scholarships?
Researchers have surveyed parents who use the largest tax-credit scholarship program in the nation: the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship. The majority of Florida scholarship parents are satisfied with their children’s schools. Read more of from this report below.