Fiscal Year 2013-2014 PA Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Scholarships Awarded - Descending by Amount Received

Pennsylvania Constitution Article III Section § 15.  

Public school money not available to sectarian schools.

        No money raised for the support of the public schools of the
     Commonwealth shall be appropriated to or used for the support of
     any sectarian school.

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Fiscal Year 2013-2014
PA Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Scholarships Awarded
Descending by Amount Received
Source: PA Dept of Community & Economic Development

Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program (OSTC - Previously Known As EITC 2.0)

Overview

For Parents, Students and Opportunity Scholarship OrganizationsThe program provides tax credits to eligible businesses contributing to an Opportunity Scholarship Organization. Business contributions are then used by Opportunity Scholarship Organizations to provide tuition assistance in the form of scholarships to eligible students residing within the boundaries of a low-achieving school to attend another public school outside of their district or nonpublic school. A low-achieving school is defined as a public elementary or secondary school ranking in the bottom 15 percent of their designation as an elementary or secondary school based upon combined math and reading Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) scores.

Students who live within the attendance boundaries of a low-achieving school, as determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, are eligible to receive a scholarship if their household’s annual income is no greater than $75,000 plus $15,000 for each dependent member of the household. For the 2014-15 school year, the maximum scholarship award available to non-special education students is $8,500 and the maximum for a special education student is $15,000.

http://www.newpa.com/find-and-apply-for-funding/funding-and-program-finder/opportunity-scholarship-tax-credit-program

FY 13-14 Opportunity Scholarships Awarded
OSTC Organization	Contributions Received	County
Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS)	$     6,005,093	Delaware
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia	$     3,105,276	Philadelphia
Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of Greater Philadelphia	$     2,113,047	Philadelphia
Henkels Foundation	$     1,144,446	Montgomery
Imani Christian Academy	$        948,700	Allegheny
Scholastic Opportunity Scholarship Fund	$        858,288	Allegheny
Eastern Pennsylvania Scholarship Foundation - Diocese of Allentown	$        750,533	Lehigh
William Penn Charter School	$        703,259	Philadelphia
Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School	$        667,000	Philadelphia
The Haverford School	$        500,500	Montgomery
AAA Scholarship Foundation, Inc.	$        500,000	Dauphin
The Episcopal Academy	$        498,750	Delaware
The Philadelphia School	$        489,500	Philadelphia
Gesu School, Inc.	$        489,389	Philadelphia
The Baldwin School	$        448,250	Montgomery
Neumann Scholarship Foundation	$        372,900	Dauphin
George School	$        338,605	Bucks
ACSI Children's Tuition Fund	$        320,737	Lancaster
Delaware Valley Friends School	$        290,314	Chester
Community Partnership School	$        283,000	Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Jewish Educational Improvement Foundation	$        279,000	Allegheny
The Shipley School	$        273,000	Montgomery
Erie Catholic Preparatory School d/b/a Cathedral Prep and Villa Maria Academy Scholarship Fund	$        272,500	Erie
Benchmark School	$        267,500	Delaware
Academy in Manayunk d/b/a AIM Academy	$        256,000	Montgomery
Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund	$        248,667	Blair
Saint James School	$        242,000	Philadelphia
Holy Family Foundation	$        238,500	Allegheny
Bridge Educational Foundation	$        230,000	Dauphin
Joey F. Casey Memorial Foundation	$        230,000	Philadelphia
The Neighborhood Academy	$        225,000	Allegheny
Hope Partnership for Education	$        223,000	Philadelphia
Faith Builders Educational Programs, Inc.	$        203,189	Crawford
The Village of Arts and Humanities, Inc.	$        200,000	Philadelphia
Agnes Irwin School	$        192,000	Delaware
The Hillside School	$        190,000	Lehigh
Children's Scholarship Fund of Pennsylvania	$        188,269	Clarion
La Salle Academy	$        183,500	Philadelphia
Mennonite Foundation, Inc., The	$        181,084	Out of State
Valley Forge Military Academy Foundation	$        180,000	Delaware
Germantown Academy (Public School of Germantown)	$        175,000	Montgomery
Wyoming Seminary	$        174,500	Luzerne
Cornerstone Christian Academy	$        164,250	Philadelphia
PJHS Scholarship Organization (St. Joe's Prep & Scranton Prep)	$        163,250	Lackawanna
Children's Jubilee Fund	$        154,100	Philadelphia
Drexel Neumann Academy	$        147,500	Delaware
Moravian Academy	$        147,000	Northampton
Lancaster Country Day School	$        144,400	Lancaster
STAR Foundation	$        139,667	Erie
Carnegie Mellon Children's School	$        138,000	Allegheny
Country Day School of the Sacred Heart	$        130,000	Delaware
ATG Learning Academy	$        126,570	Bucks
Rosemont School of the Holy Child	$        126,000	Montgomery
Family Choice Scholarship Fund of the PA Family Institute	$        124,528	Dauphin
The Church Farm School	$        121,750	Chester
Mercy Vocational High School	$        120,000	Philadelphia
United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties	$        115,000	Lackawanna
York College of Pennsylvania	$        114,661	York
Yeshiva Beth Moshe NEPA Jewish Educational Scholarship Fund	$        114,000	Lackawanna
Mercyhurst Preparatory School	$        113,840	Erie
The Woodlynde School Corporation	$        113,250	Chester
Berks County Community Foundation	$        112,000	Berks
Waldron Mercy Academy	$        110,000	Montgomery
Merion Mercy Academy	$        108,750	Montgomery
Shady Side Academy	$        104,500	Allegheny
Greater Philadelphia Association for Recovery Education	$        100,000	Philadelphia
Mastery Charter Schools Foundation	$        100,000	Philadelphia
Hill School	$          99,167	Montgomery
Poise Foundation	$          99,000	Allegheny
The Janus School	$          92,500	Lancaster
Second Century Scholarship Fund	$          88,797	Blair
Dayspring Christian Academy	$          88,300	Lancaster
Fund for the Advancement of Minorities through Education, Inc. (FAME)	$          80,500	Allegheny
Abington Friends School	$          80,200	Montgomery
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra	$          80,000	Philadelphia
Abington Monthly Meeting	$          77,700	Montgomery
Talk Institute and School a/k/a Talk, Inc.	$          76,000	Delaware
Malvern Preparatory School	$          75,500	Chester
Holy Child Academy	$          73,283	Delaware
Community Country Day School	$          71,000	Erie
Media-Providence Friends School, Inc.	$          68,250	Delaware
Carson Long Military Academy	$          65,000	Perry
Friends Select School	$          64,500	Philadelphia
Gladwyne Montessori School	$          63,750	Montgomery
MMI Preparatory School	$          63,500	Luzerne
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur	$          61,500	Delaware
Pittsburgh Urban Christian School, Inc.	$          60,550	Allegheny
Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation	$          57,000	Blair
Diocese of Scranton Scholarship Foundation	$          56,333	Lackawanna
Children First America Delaware County	$          56,000	Delaware
Friends' Central School	$          51,714	Montgomery
Erie Day School, Inc.	$          43,000	Erie
Free Enterprise, Inc.	$          43,000	Snyder
Scholarship Partners Foundation	$          42,500	Westmoreland
Community Foundation of Western PA and Eastern OH	$          41,500	Mercer
Falk Laboratory School of the University of Pittsburgh	$          40,500	Allegheny
Pen Ryn School	$          39,662	Bucks
Germantown Friends School	$          36,000	Philadelphia
Archbishop Carroll Fund for Catholic Education	$          35,000	Delaware
Faith First Educational Assistance Corporation	$          35,000	Out of State
Penngift Foundation, Inc.	$          35,000	Chester
La Salle College High School Scholarship Fund	$          32,250	Montgomery
The Joshua Group	$          31,500	Dauphin
Mount Saint Joseph Academy	$          31,000	Montgomery
The New School of Lancaster	$          30,892	Lancaster
The Swain School, Inc.	$          30,500	Lehigh
Crossroads Foundation	$          29,000	Allegheny
Fox Chapel Country Day School	$          28,625	Allegheny
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities	$          28,000	Dauphin
The Learning Lamp, Inc.	$          28,000	Cambria
Center School	$          27,500	Montgomery
Delaware County Community Foundation	$          25,000	Delaware
Yeshiva Academy of Harrisburg Foundation	$          25,000	Dauphin
Calvary Christian Academy	$          24,250	Philadelphia
Our Mother of Consolation Parish School	$          24,250	Philadelphia
Villa Maria Academy (Malvern)	$          22,500	Chester
Devon Preparatory School	$          22,000	Chester
Best of the Batch Foundation	$          21,000	Allegheny
Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg	$          21,000	Dauphin
Lansdowne Friends School	$          21,000	Delaware
The Miquon School	$          20,000	Montgomery
Foundation for Catholic Education	$          17,250	Chester
Washington County Community Foundation	$          17,000	Washington
The Hill Top Preparatory School, Inc.	$          16,000	Delaware
African Americans for Educational Opportunities, Inc.	$          15,000	Philadelphia
BAEO Scholarship Program of Philadelphia	$          15,000	Philadelphia
Capstone Legacy Foundation, Inc.	$          15,000	Delaware
Christian School Association of Greater Harrisburg, Inc.	$          15,000	Dauphin
Discovery Time School	$          15,000	Bedford
Redeemer Lutheran School	$          15,000	Allegheny
Sky Community Partners, Inc.	$          15,000	Philadelphia
The Better Way Christian Academy, Inc.	$          15,000	Philadelphia
Christian School Association of York	$          14,500	York
Jubilee School	$          14,000	Philadelphia
Plymouth Meeting Friends School	$          14,000	Montgomery
Logos Academy Opportunity Scholarship Organization	$          13,000	York
Perkiomen School	$          11,500	Montgomery
St. Edmund's Academy	$          11,000	Allegheny
Greene Street Friends School	$            8,200	Philadelphia
Quaker School at Horsham	$            8,000	Montgomery
Indian Creek Valley Christian Family and Children's Center	$            7,500	Fayette
Bryn Athyn Church of the New Jerusalem	$            5,000	Montgomery
Carlow College	$            5,000	Allegheny
Friends School Haverford	$            5,000	Delaware
The Meadowbrook School	$            5,000	Montgomery
The Walden School	$            5,000	Delaware
The Wyndcroft School	$            5,000	Montgomery
United Friends' School of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Inc.	$            5,000	Bucks
West Branch School	$            5,000	Lycoming
Waldorf School of Pittsburgh	$            4,500	Allegheny
The Glen Montessori School	$            4,000	Allegheny
French International School of Philadelphia	$            2,500	Montgomery
Linden Hall School for Girls	$            2,500	Lancaster
Jump Street, Inc.	$            2,000	Dauphin
The Samuel School	$            2,000	Dauphin
Junior Achievement of Western PA	$            1,000	Allegheny
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School	$            1,000	Allegheny
	$   31,829,235