Mount Carmel High School Illinois Tax Credit Scholarship Program

We are excited to announce the application period will open for families on:

Empower Illinois Tax Credit Scholarship Program Tuesday, January 15, 2019 7:00 p.m.

Big Shoulders Fund Tax Credit Scholarship Program Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 8:00 a.m.

Big Shoulders Fund and Empower Illinois will be an SGO under this program. More information can be found here:

https://www.bigshouldersfundsgo.org/apply/

https://empowerillinois.org/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Illinois Scholarship Tax Credit Program?

The program allows individuals and corporations to donate to a Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) and receive a credit on their State Income Tax return.
SGO’s will use the monies to grant scholarships to qualifying students.
Qualifying Students family income based on the following charts:

Chart 1: You could receive 100 percent of tuition and eligible fees if you fit the following:
Number of People Living in your Household	Total Household income per year
2	$16,240 - $30,044
3	$20,420 - $37,777
4	$24,600 - $45,510
5	$28,780 - $53,243
6	$32,960 - $60,976
7	$37,140 - $68,709
8	$41,320 - $76,442

Chart 2: You could receive 75 percent of tuition and eligible fees if you fit the following:
Number of people living in your household	Total Household income per year
2	$30,206 - $40,600
3	$37,981 - $51,050
4	$45,756 - $61,500
5	$53,531 - $71,950
6	$61,309 - $82,400
7	$69,080 - $92,850
8	$76,855 - $103,300

Chart 3: You could receive 50 percent of tuition and eligible fees if you fit the following:
Number of people living in your household	Total household inome per year
2	$40,762 - $48,720
3	$51,254 - $61,260
4	$61,746 - $73,800
5	$72,238 - $86,340
6	$82,730 - $98,880
7	$93,221 - $111,420
8	$103,713 - $123,960

Student Process:

Mount Carmel will help eligible families with the application process.

You will need to apply to a Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO), a separate organization that is responsible for receiving and processing scholarship applications.

Documents Needed in order to apply for a tax credit scholarship:

If you do not have all the documentation, you may upload at a later date.

Families will be required to provide the following information for all members living in the household.

Names
Addresses
Phone Numbers
Dates of Birth
Current School
School You Plan to Attend

The following documents must be submitted electronically in individual files:

Form 1040 Federal Tax Return and all household members 18 years of age and older (first two pages only)
Parent/Guardian Driver’s License or State ID
Current Utility Bill
Student’s Birth Certificate, State ID or Driver’s License
Most Recent Report Card
Other documents may be required