Overview Based in Gainesville, Georgia, Pay It Forward Scholarships is a non-profit organization that provides roughly $6 million annually to fund students’ educations at private schools throughout the state. The organization receives contributions from individuals, families, and businesses, which then become scholarships for children in grades K through 12, 50 percent of whom come from low-income households. Pay It Forward also has access to $58 million in dollar-for-dollar tax credits to reserve for Georgia taxpayers who donate money. The catch: The state of Georgia gives Pay It Forward just 24 hours – January 1st of each year – to enter relevant information on each of its thousands of donors into their Department of Revenue’s (DOR) online portal. The non-profit risks losing

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