Donate to GOAL

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of low-income children in Georgia? We encourage you to donate to GOAL, one of the Peach State’s premier student scholarship organizations. Together, we can achieve our shared goal of improving education for all of Georgia’s kids.

We need your help today to make a difference!

Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc., is a qualified student scholarship organization listed as approved on the Georgia Department of Education’s official website.

The Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program staff is experienced in administering scholarship programs in an effective, efficient, and ethical manner, with accountability to scholarship recipients, to the schools attended by scholarship recipients, and to scholarship donors. This long-standing commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for children from low-income families throughout Georgia makes the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program the ideal vehicle to assist you in helping disadvantaged children receive a better education.

Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia; is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization; and is recognized by the Georgia Department of Education as a student scholarship organization under Georgia law. The Taxpayer ID for Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc. is 65-1280229.

For Corporations

Corporations are encouraged to get involved and help improve education for Georgia’s kids!

Corporations who contribute to the GOAL Scholarship Program are eligible for a credit against their Georgia income tax liability in an amount not to exceed the actual amount expended or 75 percent of the corporation’s income tax liability, whichever is less.

For any corporate donor that desires to make its participation in the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program broadly known to its employees, customers, or the public, the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program will create and maintain a scholarship fund in the name of the corporation.

Although the Board of Directors of Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc. will make all final scholarship decisions, corporations may appoint representatives to serve as scholarship committee advisors during the scholarship selection process. Employees of the corporation, as well as others, will be able to make donations to the designated fund and receive the applicable tax credit amount for individual donors.

For Individuals

Now, you can make a contribution to benefit Georgia’s kids and get credit for your generosity!

Individuals who contribute to Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc., in the case of a single individual or a head of household, will receive a credit against their Georgia income tax liability in an amount equal to the actual amount expended or $1,000 per tax year, whichever is less. In the case of a contribution made by a married couple filing a joint return, the amount of the tax credit is equal to the actual amount expended or $2,500 per tax year, whichever is less.

Federal Income Tax Deduction

In addition to receiving a credit against their Georgia income taxes, taxpayers may take a charitable deduction on their federal income tax returns for amounts contributed to Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc.  However, in calculating their Georgia taxable income on their state returns, taxpayers who take the tax credit for their contributions to the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program will have to add back to Georgia taxable income the corresponding amount taken as a federal charitable income tax deduction.

Designated Funds

Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc. must obligate 90 percent of its annual revenue for scholarships.   Generally, amounts contributed to the Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program will be held in a general fund from which scholarships will be awarded to deserving students at the discretion of the board of directors. However, as an alternative to donating to the general scholarship fund, donors can designate that their contributions be used in support of one or more scholarship funds established for students attending a network of private schools located in a specific geographic region. The existing GOAL Scholarship Program designated scholarship funds and particpating schools include:

Allatoona Area GOAL Fund- Cherokee Christian Schools; Mount Paran Christian School; The Walker School

Augusta Area GOAL Fund- Augusta Christian Schools; Augusta Heritage Academy; Augusta Preparatory Day School; Episcopal Day School; Westminster Schools of Augusta

BAEO-Atlanta GOAL Fund- Atlanta Youth Academy; New Birth Christian Academy; Pathway Christian School; Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy; The Ron Clark Academy

Catholic Schools GOAL Fund- Holy Spirit Preparatory School; Marist School; Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School; Notre Dame Academy; Pinecrest Academy; Solidarity School

Central Georgia GOAL Fund- Covenant Academy; First Presbyterian Day School; Southland Academy; Stratford Academy; Westfield School

Chattahoochee River Area GOAL Fund- Brookstone School; Fellowship Christian School; Mt. Bethel Christian Academy; Mount Pisgah Christian School; Perimeter Christian School; Whitefield Academy

Georgia Foothills GOAL Fund- Darlington School; Mountain Area Christian Academy; Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School; Unity Christian School; Wildwood Christian Academy

Georgia Lowlands GOAL Fund- Bethesda Home for Boys; Bulloch Academy; Calvary Day School; Valwood School

Gwinnett Area GOAL Fund- Hebron Christian Academy; Greater Atlanta Christian School; Killian Hill Christian School; Loganville Christian Academy; Old Suwanee Christian School; Providence Christian Academy; Wesleyan School

Oconee River Area GOAL Fund- Athens Christian School; Brentwood School; Gatewood School; John Milledge Academy; Redeemer Episcopal Academy; Trinity Christian School

Southern Crescent GOAL Fund- Arlington Christian School; Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy; Landmark Christian School; Strong Rock Christian School

Specialized Schools GOAL Fund- Lionheart School; Sophia Academy; The Cottage School; The Swift School

Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc. is still recruiting private schools to collaborate in our designated funds.  If you are a school administrator or parent who would like a representative of the GOAL Scholarship Program to contact your school, please contact Jim Kelly at jkellyiii@goalscholarship.org.