Step Up For Students
Step Up For Students
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About this organization
Mission
Step Up For Students empowers families to pursue and engage in the most appropriate learning options for their children, with an emphasis on families who lack the information and financial resources to access these options. By pursuing this mission, we help public education fulfill the promise of equal opportunity.
About
FLORIDA TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: IN THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR, 100,320 UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS ATTENDED 1,825 PRIVATE SCHOOLS ON A STEP UP FOR STUDENTS' TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP. THE K-12 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WAS CREATED IN 2001 TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE ENORMOUS EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES FACED BY CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN POVERTY, AND IT IS NOW THE LARGEST SUCH SCHOLARSHIP IN THE NATION. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS COULD CHOOSE BETWEEN SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH UP TO $7,111 FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION AND FEES OR UP TO $750 IN TRANSPORTATION COSTS TO ATTEND AN OUT-OF-DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL. THE AVERAGE INCOME FOR PARTICIPANTS WAS 13% ABOVE THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, AND 55% OF THE STUDENTS WERE FROM SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS. STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES RELEASED IN AUGUST 2018 SHOWED THAT SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS WERE ACHIEVING THE SAME GAINS IN READING AND MATH AS STUDENTS OF ALL INCOME LEVELS NATIONALLY, EVEN AS THE STUDENTS WHO CHOSE THE SCHOLARSHIP WERE AMONG THE POOREST AND LOWEST-PERFORMING STUDENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEY LEFT BEHIND. IN FEBRUARY 2019, THE URBAN INSTITUTE REPORTED THAT SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS ARE 43 PERCENT MORE LIKELY THAN THEIR PUBLIC-SCHOOL PEERS TO ATTEND COLLEGE AND 20 PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO EARN BACHELOR'S DEGREES. FOR THE 14TH TIME, STEP UP FOR STUDENTS WAS AWARDED THE COVETED FOUR-STAR RATING BY CHARITY NAVIGATOR FOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
According to the filing, the non-profit's mission is “Step up for students empowers parents to pursue and engage in the most appropriate learning options for their children, with an emphasis on families who lack the information and financial resources to access these options. by pursuing this mission, we help public education fulfill the promise of equal opportunity.”.
When referring to its actions, they were described as: “Step up for students empowers parents to pursue and engage in the most appropriate learning options for their children.”.
- According to the law, the state of operation reported by the non-profit is FL.
- As per the filing, the address of the non-profit for 2020 is 4655 SALISBURY ROAD NO 400, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32256.
- According to their form, the non-profit as of 2020 has a total of 291 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $63,161,116.
- The organization has 8 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2000.
- The organization pays $19,899,245 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $2,666,911 in fundraising expenses.
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