scholarships

EdChoice on Department of Treasury guidance affecting tax-credit scholarship donors

by Brian June 14, 2019
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Treasury Department Issues Guidance on Tax Credits – June 11, 2019

by Brian June 12, 2019

On Monday June 10th, Az4Education was invited by the Treasury department to attend a meeting via phone call regarding final guidance on recent tax law changes. The US Department of Education was there and the meeting produced answers to a number of questions related to how S corporations and individuals could get a tax deduction when making a tax credit donation. Mostly good news! The official press release from the Treasury is here: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm705 More information will be made available later.

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Now Accepting Applications for 2018-19 School Year

by Brian February 15, 2018

Beginning February 15, 2018, Az4Education is accepting scholarship applications for the 2018-19 school year. Even though your school may not start until the fall and tuition isn’t needed by the school until July, it’s a good idea to get your application submitted sooner than later. We work with all private K-12 schools in Arizona and our mission is to help families get a real choice!    You only need to submit one application and it is good for the entire school year.  The application takes about 7 minutes on average to complete and submitting your tax returns is optional.    There […]

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2014 Tax Credit Amounts Go Up!

by admin January 10, 2014

We all know it is now 9 days into 2014! Winter intersession is completed and students are back at school. Life is getting back to the routine that we feel comfortable with. For many that is music to your ears. What is new in 2014? The Arizona Tax Credits are going up…  So, if you are donating now for Tax Year 2014 – the dollar amounts have changed. I received a call yesterday asking if things were going to change – they are. Look below for those changes in dollar amounts. Tax Year 2014: “Original” Credit. Under the first type […]

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GivingTuesday

by admin November 19, 2013

We are under 2 weeks away from Thanksgiving. Time for family and friends to get together to enjoy each others company and give thanks for all of the wonderful blessing this past year has brought. It is a very special time! What follows Thanksgiving is normally Black Friday and Cyber Monday – the retailers way to kick off the holiday season. GivingTuesday is a movement to celebrate and kick off the giving season. The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3, 2013. In the same way that retail stores take part in Black Friday, #GT wants the giving community to […]

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Spring Semester Application Review Deadline

by admin October 22, 2013

I felt it was important to put out a reminder about the upcoming deadline of November 1st 2013. This is the last day that we will be accepting applications for spring semester awards. If you have already submitted an application this year, you are 100% done. We will be reviewing all scholarship applications that have been submitted. If you are thinking about applying for a scholarship, you only have until November 1st to get your application in. Please don’t miss out on this opportunity! This will be the last time that we will be reviewing general scholarship applications for the […]

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Scholarship Application Update!

by admin June 17, 2013

We would like to take this time to update all parents, students and school’s on our progress on the many scholarship applications we received this year. As many know, we turned off the on-line application process a couple days after the 6/1 deadline. This was to help us collect all necessary information in order to complete the application review process. We looked for incomplete information, and sent out emails to folks to get the completed information. Our on-line application process was turned back on-line starting 6/16. For those that did not get their application in, please do so as quickly […]

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You Have Spoken, We’re Doing!

by admin May 21, 2013

We have spent time some time with quite a few of our donors and scholarship applicants discussing what Az4Education can do better. Some of the response, highlighted much of the work that we have been doing since the beginning of January. We still have much that we are going to over the summer that you have asked for! Let’s discuss the work that has been completed… You asked for better visibility into the process. We have provided a tool that gives you all of your donation data in one simple location. You can see you donation history with us! You […]

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