Donate
Two ways to give
Pick the fund you want to support. Each fund has its own account, and gifts are never mixed between them.
Online giving opens soon. We're finishing the setup of our bank accounts, so we can't accept donations just yet. Tap a "notify me" button and we'll email you the day giving goes live.
General Assistance Fund
Help neighbors facing hardship
Your gift provides charitable help to individuals and families in need across Lafayette and Acadiana, and helps run our programs well.
- Help for people facing hardship
- Chosen under fair, written criteria
- Kept separate from scholarship money
K-12 Scholarship Fund
Fund a K-12 scholarship
Your gift helps eligible Louisiana students pay for qualified K-12 education expenses. Over 90% of scholarship donations go directly to student scholarships, with overhead capped below 10%.
- 90%+ to student scholarships
- Held in a separate scholarship-only account
- K-12 only; no college scholarships
Good to know before you give
- Tax status. Next Step Charity, Inc. is a Louisiana nonprofit corporation. Our application for federal tax-exempt status is in process; we'll update this page once the IRS recognizes us. Until then, we are not able to say that gifts are tax-deductible.
- Scholarship tax credit. Once the federal scholarship tax credit program and our status are in place, eligible donors may be able to claim a federal tax credit for gifts to our Scholarship Fund. We'll explain how when that happens. Please consult your tax advisor.
- Receipts. Every donor will receive a written receipt for their gift.
- Other ways to help. Want to volunteer, partner, or give another way? Get in touch.