How Schools Work with Us
A Partnership Built for Impact
This requires alignment across leadership, donors, messaging, and compliance. Few schools have the resources to undertake this. ECP helps with the heavy lifting.
The Education Covenant Project partners with Jewish day schools to fully leverage the federal scholarship tax credit launching in 2027 — turning new legislation into predictable scholarship funding that reduces tuition for families.
What Partnership Means.
ECP provides a structured, multi-phase process.
We work with school and lay leadership to:
Our goal is to help you build measurable participation.
What ECP Provides
ECP helps schools move from uncertainty to responsible planning — with visibility into anticipated scholarship dollars before the program launches.
Strategy
- Community assessment and participation estimates
- Achievable pledge targets
- Phased activation plan with milestones and accountability
Marketing & Campaign Support
- Comprehensive marketing campaigns to raise awareness, encourage pledging, and convert pledges into donations
- Plug-and-play toolkits to support each stage of the funnel
- Communication templates and presentation materials
- FAQs and donor-facing guidance
- Pledge infrastructure and participation tracking
- Progress leaderboards
Operational Enablement
- SGO coordination and guidance
- Assigned ECP liaison
- Community event support
- Access to shared resources across the ECP school network
What Schools Provide
Schools are the trusted voice in their communities. Successful partnerships require:
- Commitment from the Head of School and lay leadership
- An administrative point of contact
- A local campaign or advisory committee
- Active participation in outreach, events, and donor communication
- Subsidized participation fee shared with partner schools
The Partnership Timeline
Preparation
Immediately upon partnering with ECP
Understand the community landscape, set targets, develop phased activationplan
Awareness
Now–Mid 2026
Educate taxpayers on the credit
Pledge
Mid–Late 2026
Convert taxpayer interest into intent to participate
Action
Jan 2027+
Turn pledges into contributions via the SGO
Impact
2027-2028
Scholarships distributes, tuition burden reduced
What Success Looks Like
- Measurable pledge participation
- Reliable scholarship forecasts
- Reduced out-of-pocket tuition for families
- Happy parents
Ready to Get Started?
If your school is interested in exploring a structured approach to the federal scholarship tax credit, we would welcome a conversation.