Federal §25F, from tax year 2027
Choose where $1,700 of your federal tax dollars go.
Give up to $1,700 a year to a scholarship organization and your federal income tax falls by the same amount, dollar for dollar. You choose the organization. We keep the records.
The credit
Give $1,700. Your federal tax falls by $1,700.
A deduction lowers the income you are taxed on. A credit comes straight off the tax you owe. This is a credit, so if you owe at least $1,700 and give $1,700 to an eligible scholarship organization, you pay $1,700 less.
You may know it as the Education Freedom Tax Credit, the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, or simply §25F. One credit, three names.
Four steps, start to finish.
Taking control of where your money is going couldn’t be easier.
Step 01
Pick an organization
The directory lists every organization we can find, with where it works and who it serves, where the listing came from and whether anyone has verified it. No account needed to look.
Step 02
Choose an amount
We show what you have given this year and what is left under the $1,700 ceiling. Give past it if you like; we will say plainly that the extra may not qualify.
Step 03
Pay the organization directly
Your card is charged by Stripe and the money settles in the organization’s own account. Their name is on your statement. It never sits in an account of ours.
Step 04
Keep the paperwork
Every contribution is filed in your account with its receipt and your running total for the year. Next April you have one page to look at instead of an inbox to search.
- $1,7001
- a year, from 2027
- 77
- organizations in the directory
- 5 years2
- to use what you cannot use this year
- 1The §25F credit is nonrefundable. It can reduce your federal income tax to zero but will not generate a refund. Your actual benefit depends on your tax liability.
- 2Unused credit may be carried forward, subject to the requirements of §25F.
One limit a year
Give to one organization, or to six.
Give $500 to one, $300 to another and $900 to a third, or give all $1,700 to one. The limit is yours, and only the running total matters.
2027 federal scholarship credit
Example
- March
- SGO A
- $500
- June
- SGO B
- $300
- November
- SGO C
- $900
Built for SGOs and donors.
For scholarship organizations
Sign in to see every contribution you have received, your running total for the year, and the records behind each gift, all in one dashboard. When it is time to report, the documentation is already assembled.
For donors
Follow every dollar from the moment you give. Your dashboard shows where each contribution went, how much of your annual credit you have used, and the receipts you will need at tax time, ready to download.
For everyone
Browse every organization in every participating state, with the source behind each listing and the date we checked it. Where you live does not limit who you can support; the organization’s state is what counts.