Sentences with phrase «donating scholarship money»

The Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program is giving businesses an opportunity to obtain tax credits in exchange for donating scholarship money for students to leave low - achieving Pennsylvania schools.

The stated intent of last year's trip was to educate North Carolina lawmakers about Florida's tax credit scholarship program, which encourages companies to donate scholarship money for low - income children to attend private schools by providing matching state tax dollars.

The March 14 to 15 trip to the Miami area was for lawmakers to learn about Florida's Tax Credit Scholarships Program, a controversial initiative that gives dollar - for - dollar state tax credits to encourage companies to donate scholarship money for low - income children attending private schools, according to Darrell Allison, the director and chief lobbyist for Parents for Educational Freedom (PEFNC).

The state Department of Community and Economic Development will continue to review applications from businesses who are willing to donate scholarship money and adjust the list.

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The campus foundations are private, not - for - profit organizations designed to raise and manage money and real estate donated by alumni, parents, community members, family foundations, university employees and corporations to fund approved university activities and scholarships.

Senate Republicans and Cuomo have been pressing for an education tax credit that would allow donors who give up to $ 1 million a $ 750,000 credit on their taxes, if they donate the money to fund scholarships to poor children at private schools.

Trustees of Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish organization, told Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, a Sheepshead Bay Democrat, during an Albany meeting in April that he would be the target of a 2016 primary if the education investment tax credit, a bill that would give a tax break to people and companies donating money to public schools and private school scholarship funds, does not become law this session.

Mr. Cuomo has also voiced support for a bill, backed by the Catholic Church and advocates of vouchers, that would offer tax credits to individuals and corporations who donate money to public schools, or to scholarship programs that help poor and middle - class students attend private schools.

He donated $ 15,000 AUD from this fund and secured further support from the Australian Academy of Science ($ 15,000 AUD) and the Australian universities of the Group of Eight ($ 40,000 AUD), using the money to offer young Italian and Australian scientists 14 scholarships of $ 5000 AUD each.

Scholarship Tax Credits: allow individuals and businesses to take tax credits for donating money to private, nonprofit organizations that provide private school scholarships.

Rather than reallocating dollars slated for education, supporters proposed to give tax credits to individuals and businesses that donated money to nonprofit organizations providing low - income students with scholarship grants to attend private schools (see Table 1).

NASA officials said last week that the agency had received calls from hundreds of people offering to donate money for a new shuttle orbiter, to help provide for the children of the astronauts, or to contribute to scholarship funds set up in their honor.

Private individuals and businesses would donate their own money to private nonprofits that would, in turn, provide scholarships to private individuals.

It's expected DeVos will roll out a Trump administration plan to provide tax credits to corporations and individuals who donate money to groups and schools that provide school choice scholarships to students and parents.

Mr. Cuomo has also voiced support for a bill, backed by the Catholic Church and advocates of vouchers, that would offer tax credits to individuals and corporations who donate money to public schools, or to scholarship programs that help poor and middle - class students attend private schools.

He has also expressed support for a tax credit for people and companies donating money to public schools and private school scholarships.

The program allows corporations to donate money for private school scholarships and in return deduct 70 percent of the value of those gifts from certain types of tax liability.

Allstate donated $ 5,000 to the school's Hall of Fame Scholarship fund, which gives students enough money to cover food, housing and book costs for their first year at the college of their choice.

Under that law, those who donate money to scholarship - granting organizations receive a tax credit equal to a portion of their donation.

Only credits let taxpayers control their own money - they get to spend it directly on a child's education or donate it to a scholarship fund.

He has touted a federal version of Florida's tax credit scholarship program, which gives corporations and businesses a tax credit if they donate money to state - approved nonprofit organizations that award scholarships to low - income students to attend private and religious schools.

In Pennsylvania, for instance, businesses can get a tax credit for money they donate to scholarship organizations that help low - income children pay for a good education.

She paid tuition with help from Florida's tax - credit scholarship program, which gives corporations tax breaks when they donate to nonprofits that then distribute the money in the form of scholarships to private and religious schools.

State legislators left Albany last week without passing the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would have created up to $ 300 million in tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate money to schools and scholarship programs for poor students at private and religious schools.

It would give tax credits to businesses if they donate money to scholarship programs that would send students to private schools.

Rather, through tax credits, the state forfeits revenue it would otherwise collect from corporations, which instead donate the money for the scholarships.

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Funding sources may include, but are not limited to institutions, companies, or individuals who wish to donate monies to sponsor the scholarship program.

Sabina also plans to donate some of her 2014 ISA Scholarship money to a local surf organization.

Then the defendant sought to disqualify the trial judge — Justice Charbonneau — because he is a University of Ottawa graduate and donates money to its scholarship fund.

They decided to donate money for 10 college scholarships up to $ 5,000, renewable for another three years, for graduating seniors in honor of their late son, who was killed in an accident.

Ann and John Wood are donating money for 10 college scholarships for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School seniors.

Speaking as a Parkland resident, not in her official capacity as a School Board member, Abby Freedman told the commission she'd prefer to see the money donated to the Broward Education Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money to benefit Broward schools and provide free school supplies to qualified students and offer college scholarships.