What other schools are participating in Georgia GCSSF Scholarship Program?
There are presently 15 GCSSF Partner Schools. The list of GCSSF Partner Schools is posted on the GCSSF website. • How do Partner Schools benefit from this legislation? As a GCSSF Partner School, the school is eligible to promote the GCSSF program to its donors who, in turn, can designate that their contributions to GCSSF be used to provide scholarships at that school. A Partner School is also eligible to receive undesignated contributions from GCSSF. Thus, each Partner School will be able to increase the amount of scholarships for which its students and their families are eligible. • How does the tax credit work? A taxpayer re-directing all or a portion of his or her Georgia income tax payments to GCSSF and designating a Partner School receives an income tax CREDIT against their Georgia income taxes for their contribution. Thus, if a married couple filing a joint return owes $5,000 of Georgia income taxes and makes the maximum contribution to GCSSF of $2,500, they will only have to pay
