Become a literacy champion. Sign up for Education Freedom Tax Credit donations, starting Jan 1, 2027.

EDUCATION FREEDOM TAX CREDIT

Help First-Graders Learn to Read at No Cost to You

Starting January 1, 2027, when you donate to EducationSuperHighway’s literacy tutoring scholarships, you’ll receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit up to $1,700. Your no-cost gift funds 1:1 literacy tutoring for first graders who need it most. Sign up today, and we’ll let you know as soon as the tax credit is live.

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A New Law Lets You Redirect Your Federal Taxes to Education

Starting January 1, 2027, the Education Freedom Tax Credit (EFTC) lets taxpayers donate up to $1,700 to EducationSuperHighway — a non-profit Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) — and receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit.

$1,700

Maximum credit per taxpayer

You can donate up to $1,700 per year and receive every dollar back as a federal tax credit — not a deduction, a credit.

$0

No Cost to You

The Education Freedom Tax Credit makes contributing a no-brainer for federal taxpayers. Money that would have gone to the IRS goes to a child’s tutor instead.

8x

Impact of Your Donation

After receiving high-dosage literacy tutoring in first grade, the percentage of students reading at grade level rose from 6% to 48% — an 8x increase.

HOW IT WORKS

Four Simple Steps.
100% Tax-Credited. No Cost to You.

This isn’t a charity ask. It’s a choice about where your tax dollars go. Here’s exactly what happens when you participate — from sign-up to tax return.

STEP 01

Sign Up Today

Register your interest now. We’ll contact you as soon as the EFTC takes effect on January 1, 2027, with everything you need to donate.

STEP 02

Donate Up to $1,700

Make a one-time gift or start a monthly donation. Every dollar you redirect from your federal taxes, up to $1,700 per year, comes back as a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit.

STEP 03

Teach A Kid To Read

EducationSuperHighway uses your gift to fund tutoring scholarships for low-and middle-income first-grade students who are reading below grade level.

STEP 04

Claim Your Credit

File your federal taxes and claim up to $1,700 as a dollar-for-dollar credit, offsetting the taxes you would have owed. Net cost to you: zero.

THE EDUCATION FREEDOM TAX CREDIT IS DIFFERENT

Most charitable donations are tax-deductible — they reduce your taxable income. The EFTC is a credit — it reduces your tax bill dollar-for-dollar. That’s a fundamentally more powerful benefit for the donor. Use our tax savings calculator to determine the amount that’s right for your tax situation.

Tax Credit

$1,700 donated = $1,700 back. Net cost: $0.
Tax deduction

$1,700 donated = ~$374 back (at 22% bracket). Net cost: $1,326.

WHY THIS MATTERS

America Has a Literacy Crisis.
First Grade Is Where It Starts.

The literacy gap isn’t just an education problem — it’s an economic one. And it begins in the earliest grades, before most people realize a child is falling behind.

67%

of America’s third-graders read below grade level.

Source: The Nation’s Report Card (NAEP)

28%

of American adults are functionally illiterate.

Source: NCES PIAAC 2023

$2.2T

lost from the U.S. economy every year due to low literacy.

Source: Gallup / Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

SOLVING AMERICA'S LITERACY CRISIS

Reading by First Grade Changes Everything

If a child isn’t reading on grade level at the end of first grade, they rarely catch up. The literacy gap follows students for life — affecting their education, income, and opportunity. But with the right support at the right time, every child can become a confident, fluent reader.

Source: Center for Research and Reform in Education, Johns Hopkins University

Research shows that 85% of students who read at grade level by the end of first grade stay on track through third grade. In contrast, only 12% of those who fall behind in first grade manage to catch up later.

Early reading shapes lifelong outcomes.

Students who learn to read fluently in first grade are far more likely to graduate high school, attend college, and achieve economic stability.
Decoding gaps are solvable.

Most children who struggle with reading have specific, addressable decoding gaps — not a lack of ability. Expert one-to-one tutoring closes these gaps fast.
First grade is a narrow window — and it closes fast.

First grade is the moment to act. By second grade, phonics instruction shifts. By third grade, it's gone entirely — and teachers aren't trained to backfill it. Students who miss the window don't just fall behind. They fall off track.
Low-income Families Are Impacted Most

Children in under-resourced schools rarely have access to private tutors. Your support makes EducationSuperHighway's literacy tutoring scholarships available to the students who need it most.

If a student is reading on grade level at the end of 1st grade…

85%

of those students remain on grade level through 2nd grade.

If a student is below grade level at end of 1st grade? Only…

12%

of those students catch up by the end of 2nd grade.

8x

Studies show that after receiving high-dosage literacy tutoring in first grade, the percentage of students reading at grade level increased from 6% to 48%.

OUR WORK IN ACTION

What People Are Saying

"Students not only have a reading tutor, they also have a mentor, someone they can count on to see one-to-one for 15 minutes every single day. That's powerful."

Title I Supervisor, Westfield Public Schools, MA

WHY EDUCATIONSUPERHIGHWAY?

We've Done the Impossible Before

EducationSuperHighway didn’t just talk about closing the K–12 broadband gap — we closed it. In a decade, we connected 99.3% of America’s public schools to high-speed internet, and helped 5 million low-income households get online. Now, we’re turning those connections into opportunity — working to close the nation’s literacy gap.

99.3%

of America’s public schools connected to high-speed internet.

5M

low-income households connected to affordable broadband.

47M

students reached in 99.7% of America’s classrooms.

3M

students connected at home during the pandemic.

Ready To Turn Your Tax Dollars Into Opportunity?

Register your interest now. We’ll contact you as soon as the EFTC takes effect on January 1, 2027, with everything you need to donate. Every dollar goes directly to first graders who need a path to literacy.