K-12 Tuition Scholarship

GECAC will no longer provide K-12 private school tuition scholarships. The Greater Erie Community Action Committee did not apply to be a scholarship organization through the Educational Improvement Tax Scholarship program operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development in 2025. 

• The private schools are better suited to accept scholarship applications, identify families that need scholarships, and transfer the tuition payments to the student's accounts.
  
  
• GECAC encourages the corporations that donated to our scholarship fund through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program to donate to local private schools that operate their own Educational Improvement Tax Credit scholarship programs.

• GECAC encourages you to explore the schools that operate their own Educational Improvement Tax Credit scholarship programs and consider applying for scholarships if you meet their criteria: (visit https://dced.pa.gov/scholarship-organizations/ for the complete list)

• Community Country Day School      www.ccdserie.com
• Erie Day School       www.eriedayschool.org
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America      www.luthermemorialacademy.org
• Mercyhurst Preparatory School     www.mpslakers.com
• STAR Foundation (Catholic Diocese of Erie)      www.eriercd.org
• Villa Maria Cathedral Preparatory Catholic School System      www.cathedralprep.com

Over the years, we have been grateful to receive support as a scholarship organization through the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development. We extend our sincere appreciation to the businesses that have contributed to our scholarship program, as their generous donations have made these tuition scholarships possible.