IL Tax Credit Scholarship

What is a Tax Credit Scholarship Program?

 A Tax Credit Scholarship Program allows taxpayers – individuals, corporations, partnerships or trusts – to donate to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGO) and receive a credit on their state taxes in return. Schools in the Diocese of Joliet will utilize the SGO entitled Empower Illinois. 

Empower Illinois will then use the donations to grant scholarships to qualifying students to attend a qualifying non-public school. However, we are asking donors to designate St. Pius X when submitting your application for donation to the State of Illinois. This insures that your tax credit donation will provide financial assistance to a  St. Pius student. 

Corporate and individual donors as well as incoming and current families are eligible to participate in this new program from the State of Illinois.

• Corporate donors will need to designate Region 2 (St. Pius is in Region 2) on their application form.
• Individual donors will need to designate St. Pius X/Region 2 on their application form.

To view the Step-by-Step Donation Instructions, please click here.