For heads of school and boards
The money for your scholarships is already in your community.
Your families, alumni and local businesses already pay it in taxes. Education tax-credit programs let them redirect part of those taxes to scholarships. We find the supporters, make the ask and handle the paperwork, so your staff stays on the school.
20 minutes with Jeff, no cost. He builds your school's number before you talk, so book at least one business day ahead. It's yours to keep whether or not you work with us.
- Tens of millions in scholarship funding for our client schools
- Registered and bonded professional solicitor
- Since 2017
You already know the problem.
- One person is handling admissions, enrollment, fundraising and the tax credits. It's a lot.
- You need new donors, and nobody has time to go find them. So you ask the same families every year, and they are tired of being asked.
- The rules keep changing: state programs shift, a federal credit starts in 2027, deadlines move.
Your scholarships shouldn't depend on the same twenty families.
Tax-credit giving is open to far more people than most schools ever ask: parents, grandparents, alumni, the businesses on your street. Reaching them is a marketing problem, not a fundraising problem. That's the part we do.
Why we do this
Jeff Wilson started FundEDU in 2017, when he found out his children's school, St. Thomas the Apostle in Bedford, was closing. Since then we have done one thing: help schools raise scholarship money through education tax-credit programs. We register as a professional solicitor before we fundraise in a state, and your contract is filed with the state where the law requires it.
How to verify any fundraising partnerOne wealthy family, or a hundred ordinary ones?
Figures assume each supporter gives , the most one taxpayer can claim.
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100 supporters
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250 supporters
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500 supporters
Illustrative planning figures. Federal rules are proposed, not final. Actual amounts depend on each supporter's taxes and on whether your state takes part. State programs can add to it.
- Talk for 20 minutes. Tell us about your school and your community.
- Get your school's number. What the programs you qualify for could realistically bring in, on one page you keep.
- We run the outreach and report every gift. We find and ask supporters, coordinate each gift with the right scholarship organization, and show you where every pledge stands and what has arrived.
What school leaders ask us
Will this take my staff's time?
Very little, by design: a decision-maker for approvals, basic information, and introductions where they help.
Will you call our families?
Only the ones you choose. You decide which of your own families, alumni and donors we contact. Beyond your list, we find and ask new donors.
Is this compliant?
We register before we fundraise in a state, and your contract is filed where the law requires it. Our registration is a public record you can check.
What does it cost?
A written contract agreed before any work begins: a base fee, fees tied to the funding we help bring in, or both.
What do you do that we can't?
Reach. Your team asks the community it knows; we find and ask donors well beyond it.
The Diocese of Greensburg highly appreciates FundEDU's exceptional services in securing Educational Improvement Tax Credits (EITC) for our schools. Their outbound calling efforts helped us secure crucial funds to enhance the quality of education for our students and significantly increased the volume of our EITC program during the time we worked together. FundEDU's professionalism and dedication were outstanding, and we highly recommend their services to other organizations seeking EITC credits.
The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit starts January 1, 2027. Our FSTC hub tracks every state's status and helps schools prepare.
Giving as a business or individual? See how donors take part
Your school's supporters are writing this check right now. To the IRS.
Tell us about your school. We'll show you what is realistically there, and tell you honestly whether we can help.
Get your school's number