Funding Scholarships
Through Tax Credits

Does your company have a Florida tax liability? We invite your corporation to join us in this vital effort as we strive to ensure all children have equal opportunity to achieve their maximum potential through education.

Florida’s business taxpayers can earn dollar-for-dollar tax credits while funding K-12 scholarships for children with financial need.

This program provides dollar-for-dollar tax credits to companies that redirect certain Florida tax liabilities to Step Up For Students, a state-approved Scholarship Funding Organization (SFO). The redirected tax dollars fund education scholarships for lower-income Florida children in Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Dollar-for-dollar credits are available for these Florida tax liabilities:

Complete the online application with the Florida Department of Revenue to reserve your credits.

Annual independent research shows that once in the program, beneficiaries who were once the worst performers at their previous assigned schools kept pace with the learning gains of their peers regardless of income level. In 2019, an Urban Institute report showed that students receiving the scholarship for four years or more are 99% percent more likely to enroll in college and 45% more likely to earn a degree.