January is Collection Month

by admin January 11, 2013

We all go through most of January with the sense that the holidays are over, the kids are back in school and our mailbox gets filled up with all of our important tax information. Hence I call it collection month. We go to the mailbox and pull out all of those important documents and put them in our favorite tax collection method. For me, it is a shoe box. After all of the documents are in, we either work on our taxes or we have someone that prepares them for us.  It is always an interesting event – taxes. We […]

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Spring 2013 Scholarships Awarded

by admin December 17, 2012

Our spring scholarships have been awarded! Email notification to all scholarship recipients were sent out December 15! If you received the email, congratulations. If you did not receive an email notification, we truly wish that we could have done more. We continue to see more applications on every deadline that we have from the previous year. For me, it breaks my heart not to give everyone that is deserving a scholarship. Our promise to everyone. The volunteer staff will continue to increase our efforts in gathering as many donations as possible. We would like nothing more than to increase our […]

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2012 Az Tax Forms Available!

by admin December 13, 2012

The Arizona Department of Revenue has updated most of their site with the new 2012 tax forms. Yeah! We have also updated our donor page with those new forms and instructions. Check them out… DON’T FORGET NEW THIS YEAR:  Az Form 348 is for those donors that took advantage of the “switcher credit“. Don’t forget that if you want to take advantage of the Federal tax deduction, you must complete your donation by 12/31/2012. As we all know that date is just around the corner! Donate Now For the folks and families that have already donated this year, THANKS AGAIN! Now we […]

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Give to AZ4Education and make a recommendation

by Brian November 28, 2012

Did you know that when you donate to AZ4Education, you can recommend a student or school to receive your donation? It’s one of the many benefits of donating that allows you more control of where your donation (ie. tax dollars) goes.   It’s no wonder why more donators are taking advantage of this feature. As you know, when you donate to AZ4Education, every dime is returned through an Arizona State tax credit.    That means you get to spend your tax dollars directly on education. So how does this work?   When you make your donation, simply give a name for a private […]

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Meet Joseph

by admin November 15, 2012

You have met Brian and Steve in other blog postings. It is now time to meet Joe Bourcier, our newest board member. Growing up on the southwest side of Detroit as a young boy I wasn’t sure what the future held for me.  As I watched my Mother and Father gain success in their respective professions and my sister (who is 8 years older) earn straight A’s I knew that hard work was in my blood and a non-negotiable to succeed in life. I was the type of student athlete that had to study and practice every day to achieve […]

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We Partnered With Promote Together

by admin October 9, 2012

We are very excited to announce a partnership with Promote Together to help raise funding for scholarships. Promote Together is a very simple, easy to use crowd funding concept for schools to raise donations that can be applied to scholarships. Crowd funding is the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their resources to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. We will be the first STO to use this crowd funding model for all schools. We view this as an opportunity for the schools to have a more active role in fund raising for scholarships. We also […]

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Scholarships and the new Switcher Credit

by Brian October 1, 2012

For those of you who are interested in supporting school choice and have given to AZ4Education or other STO’s, you might have already heard, but in case you haven’t, you can now give twice as much to AZ4Education and it still doesn’t cost you a dime!     That means twice as many tax credits to donators and 2x more dollars for families. For those who are interested in applying for a scholarship, the process hasn’t changed, it just has a few more qualifications and questions.   In short, we used to have one bucket to pull from for scholarships but now we […]

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School is Back (Or Really Close)

by admin August 9, 2012

The air is filled with the excitement of parents getting the students ready to start another school year. Students are excited to get back with the friends. The meeting place is the school! The new school year begins it is almost met with a new beginning feeling. For some, this is their first year at a new school. For others, it is the beginning of a new year, where your grades and workload start at zero. We all know that will be changing quickly. Make sure not to forget: Set your goals for the new year! What are you going […]

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