What is EITC?
The Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC) is administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development. Tax credits of up to 90% of the contribution amount can be awarded to businesses that make contributions to the Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow’s educational improvement programs that provide civic literacy and citizen engagement programs to visiting students from across the state!
The Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) is available to businesses authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that are subject to certain taxes. Businesses can apply to receive a tax credit of 75% of their contributions, up to $750,000. If a firm makes a two-year funding commitment, for the same amount in both years, the tax credit can be increased to 90%.
Applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis once submissions open on July 1. More information about specific eligibility can be found at: http://dced.pa.gov/programs/educational-improvement-tax-credit-program-eitc/
Giving through EITC to Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow:
Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow is approved as an Educational Improvement Organization (EIO), and is eligible to receive EITC funds. In order to be eligible to contribute to the Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow through this program, a business must elect on its application that it wishes to contribute to an EIO.
Funds received through the EITC program are used to offer free and subsidized educational programming to K-12 students coming from schools within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Donations support both field trips to our nature center at Honey Hollow and classroom programming.
What Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow Programs Benefit from EITC:
The Honey Hollow Environmental Education Center offers a wide variety of programs for children in grades K-12. Each year we provide high quality educational programs for over 5,000 people. Students get education on a wide variety of environmental topics and learn how to be good environmental stewards. Educational topics include: birds, water management, habitat discovery, STEM in the watershed, pollinators, butterflies, reptiles, and more.
For more information about supporting the Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow mission with a Pennsylvania EITC-eligible gift, please contact Michael Celec, Executive Director, at 215.297.5880 or MCelec@bcas.org