Blair County non-profit provides scholarships for students statewide

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BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Did you know there is a way to donate your state taxes to a tuition-based school of your choice in Pennsylvania?

The Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund (CPSF), a 501c3 organization, helps balance private and public school education programs. CPSF specializes in the educational improvement tax credit program through businesses and individual donations.

Why is it important?

While public schools are funded by the state, private schools are not. The CPSF program gives people the opportunity to donate their Pa. tax liability to tuition-based institutions from Pre-K-12th grade.

What is the Pa. state tax liability?

The state tax liability is what you owe based on your federal income. It's 3.07% of your federal income that you can use in order to donate that percentage of your liability to a tuition-based school of your choice. So, instead of paying that to the state, it can go to the CPSF fund.

This is an option most people don...