Angel Scholarship Fund
Support St. Bernadette School and Catholic Education through Ohio Tax Credits!
Your participation in the Angel Scholarship Fund will help to strengthen St. Bernadette School’s future in countless ways! Through the Angel Scholarship Fund, families are invited to contribute funds that will be used to provide tuition assistance for St. Bernadette students. You will receive a 100% Ohio income tax credit, up to $750 ($1,500 if filing jointly). Contributing to this fund means you get to "spend" some of the state income taxes you'd pay anyway. This is a win-win-WIN for taxpayer donors, scholarship recipients, our diocese, and St. Bernadette School!
Angel Scholarship Fund donors are eligible to receive Ohio tax credit for the 2024 calendar year for contributions made between January 1, 2025 and April 15, 2025. Contributions received during this time frame may be eligible for the Ohio scholarship tax credit in either the 2024 or 2025 tax year.
Your contribution to the Angel Scholarship Fund is hugely instrumental because it will:
1. Make catholic education more affordable and accessible
2. Allow you to choose what your tax dollars support
We strongly encourage members of our parish and school communities to participate in this program. Participation is not complicated - just follow these 3 easy steps!
1. Review your tax liability from last year (20211040 IT, line 8c) to help estimate the amount of your tax liability for this year against which the credit can be taken.
2. Click here to make a one-time or monthly gift to the Angel Scholarship Fund or download a contribution card to mail in your contribution.
3. Claim your tax credit on your 2024 Ohio tax form with the tax credit receipt that will be mailed to you from the Catholic Community Foundation.
Angel Scholarship Application Information
To make application for the Angel Fund Scholarship program, please go to the FACTS website. Open the Grant/Aid Assessment portal and follow all prompts. You will need to upload your 2024 Tax Return into the system. This submission to FACTS will need to be made by April 15th. FACTS will do the calculated need assessment, which is one of the criteria for this program. The other criteria used will be the completed application below, number of siblings in Catholic schools, and your percentage of poverty level (similar to EdChoice). Submissions must be received by April 15th to accommodate the May 1st filing deadline with the Diocese of Cleveland.
Questions, please contact Mary Egan in the parish office: egan@stbern.net or 440-734-1300.