EITC Contributions
Supporting Education through Corporate Tax Credits
In 2001, the Pennsylvania legislature established the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development. The tuition tax credit program gives tax credits to corporations that make contributions to scholarship organizations (SO) or educational improvement organizations (EIO). SOs provide students with vouchers that can be used at private and religious schools; EIOs funnel corporate contributions to public schools to support innovative educational programs.
Thank You: 2026 EITC Partners
In 2025-2026 EITC Funds helped support:
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28 Residencies across 4 counties
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10,814 learners ages 5-102 served
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Over $95,000 put in the pockets of local teaching artists
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Over $70,000 in grant provided to our community
EITC Funded Arts in Education Highlights
Arts Education in York, PA: Cooking Up Connections
Cooking Up Connections encourages every child to celebrate and educate others about their heritage. Music and recipes from places around the world, like Haiti and Santo Domingo, are shared in this classroom kitchen.
The Cultural Alliance Arts in Education program is funded in part by our dedicated EITC donors. Support for this program allowed LTo learn more about the EITC program contact CAYC Development Director, Amy Spellman at Amy@culturalyork.org
Read more about the residency HERE
Residency Highlight: Jason Reed at Edgar Fahs STEAM Academy
Long time teaching artist Jason Reed bring dance into the classroom for elementary school students at the Edgar Fahs Steam Academy in York. Students gain not only physical education and discipline, but access to the cultural history of dance and how it relates to them today.
Residency Highlight: Carla Long, Seeing the Future Through a New Lens
2025 Sideling Hill Turnpike Plaza Installation
Inspired by the area’s natural beauty and Pennsylvania’s native landscape, the sculpture includes a summer and fall oak tree panel on each side, with the Keystone logo and Liberty Bell within the trees. A sign reading “Bike Wash” in soap-bubble-like font, sits on the top. Visitors riding nearby trails can access a hose at the bike wash to clean up after riding.
The project is led by Carolyn Mottern, an art teacher at Southern Fulton High School, Bruce Shipley – a Fulton County Area Vocational Technical School welding instructor, and Jeremy Waak – a sculptor, metalsmith and teaching artist for PA Council on the Arts.
Read about the Project Dedication event HERE