EITC & OSTC

EITC & OSTC

Businesses and qualified individuals can receive up to a 90% credit on PA state taxes by contributing to Mercy Career & Technical High School through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and/or the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs. EITC and OSTC gifts provide need-based scholarships for qualifying students.

The annual deadline for business applications is July 1. For more information about EITC and OSTC, visit  https://dced.pa.gov/programs/educational-improvement-tax-credit-program-eitc/ and https://dced.pa.gov/programs/opportunity-scholarship-tax-credit-program-ostc/

For information and qualifications for individual applications, visit blocs.org/personal-tax-credits. Be sure to designate your gift to Mercy Career & Technical High School.

For questions about either program and/or assistance in completing an application, please contact Director of Advancement Nancy C. Green at 215-226-1225 ext. 146 or ngreen@mercycte.org.

EITC/OSTC Donors Include:

  • Acme Corrugated Box Co., Inc.
  • Atlantic Paper Company
  • Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS)
  • Chubb
  • CNI Sales, Inc.
  • ECBM, LP
  • ELIZCO, Inc
  • Elliott-Lewis Corporation
  • Festlen, LLC
  • Firstrust Bank
  • Fulton Bank
  • Global Packaging, Inc.
  • Independence Blue Cross
  • J.P. Mascaro & Sons
  • KeyBank
  • Lincoln Investments Group Holdings
  • Maguire Enterprises II, LP
  • McCloskey Financial Group
  • Ollin LLC
  • Philadelphia Insurance Companies
  • PNC Bank
  • PTR Baler & Compactor Co.
  • Sloane Moving & Storage
  • Snider Hockey
  • TN Ward Company Builders
  • UGI Storage Company
  • UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc.
  • USLI
  • Wilkie Lexus
  • WSFS Bank