GOAL Program Results as of April 15, 2025
Georgia GOAL Scholarship Program, Inc. (GOAL), the largest K-12 student scholarship organization (SSO) operating under Georgia's Education Expense Credit law, has updated its 2025 contribution and scholarship award results.
Click here to view the 2025 GOAL program results.
As of April 15, 2025:
- 14,717 Georgia taxpayers contributed a total of $62,100,646 to GOAL.
- Of the 2025 contributions, 36% came from individuals, 41% came from pass-throughs electing HB 149, 14% came from individual pass-through owners, and 9% came from corporations and trusts.
- Since the inception of the program in 2008, GOAL has received $491,885,428 in contributions, which represents an estimated 44% of the total amount contributed statewide under the K-12 tuition tax credit program.
- Through April 15, 2025, GOAL has awarded 82,631 scholarships worth $372.5 million to 31,488 students.
- The average value of the scholarship awarded to each student has been $4,508, with the balance of tuition costs being paid by scholarship families together with other financial aid provided by the participating private schools.
- Since inception, the average adjusted gross income (AGI) of the scholarship recipient families (as adjusted for family size) has been $32,481.
- GOAL has awarded 42% of its scholarships to families with an AGI of less than $24,000 and 79% of its scholarships to families with an AGI of less than $48,000.
- 46.3% of GOAL scholarships have been awarded to students of color.
- GOAL has awarded 8,909 scholarships in north Georgia, 36,279 scholarships in metro Atlanta, 18,244 scholarships in middle Georgia, and 19,196 scholarships in south Georgia.