Educational Improvement Tax Credit Grant Program

From Wayne Community Foundation

Established in 1991, the Wayne County Community Foundation aims to serve the entire Wayne County by offering a platform for a multitude of long and short-range causes. It emphasizes creating a community pool of assets to benefit the county for years to come, through gifts that give back forever. The foundation has attracted a variety of permanent charitable funds over three decades, addressing the evolving challenges of changing times by investing in and administering these funds to support humanitarian, educational, and cultural organizations.

Type of Support

Overview

The grant program of the Wayne County Community Foundation focuses on supporting innovative and unique programs and projects within the education sector that are beyond the scope of regular school budgets. Specifically, it aligns with the State’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program, emphasizing the funding of state-approved programs that upgrade and integrate technology in education. The program encourages businesses to contribute towards educational improvements, offering tax credits in return. The foundation then awards grants to public schools in Wayne County for innovative educational programs that enhance the curriculum or academic program beyond the standard offerings, with an awards process taking place in the late fall annually.

Eligibility

Organization's Location
USA
Program Location
PA (Wayne County)
Organization Type
Other
  • Must support innovative educational programs (EITC)
  • Can be integrated with the instructional program of the school
  • Provides a different focus, delivery, methodology, or skill training than typical public school programs
  • Supplements, reconstructs, or involves major revision to the curriculum of the public school
  • Offered outside of public school curriculum or academic program
  • Must be delivered outside of regular school hours or as an extension of the school year
  • Should meet state law's minimum instructional hours or days requirements
  • May include internships and work-based learning opportunities
  • Offers programming that provides credits/advanced placement at an authorized college or university
  • Involves reconfiguring, renovating or equipping facilities owned by a public school for a specialized educational environment
  • Encourages seed money applications for new programs or adding to existing ones
  • Supports applications for transitional funds for programs with a proven record
  • Favors collaborative efforts to meet high priority community needs
  • Encourages proposals for resources to enhance agency operation or services
  • Supports proposals integral to the success of new or existing programs
  • Open to proposals associated with new or newly renovated facilities

Ineligibility

Organizations applying for multiple projects during the same year
Advertising, public relations, media events, or expenses
Individual conferences and trips
Agencies with taxing authority
Public, private, or charter schools, unless it's an Education Grant
Scholarships, unless it's a Scholarship opportunity
Umbrella agencies for the purpose of re-granting
Endowments
Sectarian religious agencies unless event or activity is open to other denominations
Deficit financing
Routine operating expenses
Political lobbying efforts or campaigns
Organizations located outside Wayne County.
not specified

Submission

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