Donate Your Taxes, Pay a Student’s Tuition - At No Cost to You!
Students with autism and other exceptionalities need help funding their private school tuition. At no cost to you, you can help families in need. How? By participating in the Arizona Private School Tax Credit Program. Simply redirect your state taxes to one of our preferred School Tuitions Organizations (STOs), APESF, and they will, in turn, create tuition scholarships for our students. And you get a dollar-for-dollar tax credit against what you owe in taxes.
Currently, How do parents afford tuition?
Thanks to the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program from the Arizona Department of Education, over 90% of our students get their tuition completely covered. However, there are very specific requirements that must be met in order for students to qualify for these scholarships. This leaves about 10% of our families ineligible for this source of funding to pay for their student's education.
In these cases, parents turn to School Tuition Organizations (STOs), which use tax credit donations to fund tuition scholarships for K-12 students who attend private schools. Where do STOs get these donations? Well, from people like YOU!
We AsK: do you know where your tax dollars are going?
Rather than simply paying your taxes, you can choose to redirect your taxes to a School Tuition Organization and help fund a student's tuition! Arizona allows you to turn your state taxes into tuition scholarships for kids in private schools. 100% of this contribution can be taken as a dollar-for-dollar tax credit against what you owe in your Arizona state taxes.
Every dollar claimed as a tax credit cancels any dollar owed to your taxes! By redirecting your taxes, you can help students receive the education they deserve, and also know exactly where your tax dollars are going!
S-Corps and C-Corps can also redirect the amount they owe in state taxes and receive a dollar-for-dollar credit by participating in the Private School Tax Credit Program for corporations. When corporations or businesses donate their taxes and recommend PS Academy Arizona, they are helping to fund scholarships for low-income students and students with disabilities at our school! For more information on how your company can make a difference in the lives of PS Academy Arizona students, contact: lisa.philips@psacademyarizona.com.
DOnate your taxes now to help
Visit our preferred partner STO website (featured below) and complete the form. Please indicate that you'd like to donate to PS Academy Arizona. Once you complete the form, you will receive a receipt which can then be used to deduct from your taxes owed for the year.
“My older son was bullied mercilessly in public schools and I prayed that I would find a school where he fit in. He struggled to learn because the “one size fits all” approach didn’t fit him. Since his first day at PS Academy, he has made amazing strides academically and socially. He is getting straight A’s and has a group of friends whom he socializes regularly. I work two jobs and yet could never afford private school tuition. Because he does not qualify for the Empowerment Scholarship Account, utilizing funding from a school tuition organization is our only option. It takes commitment on the part of the parents to be successful using this program, but I know that my son is where he belongs and I will do whatever it takes to keep him there. I am so grateful that Arizona has this program in place so that parents can choose the best placement for their student!”