SAN DAMIANO SCHOLARS
EIN 85-3751546 · Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
What they do
AS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT is A SIGNIFICANT NEED and A BARRIER to BREAKING CYCLES of GENERATIONAL POVERTY and ECONOMIC MOBILITY, THE PURPOSE of SAN DAMIANO SCHOLARS is to ASSIST WITH PROVIDING ACCESS to EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, for GRADES KINDERGARTEN to TWELVE, to LOW-RESOURCE FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING THROUGH THE STATE of LOUISIANAS STUDENT TUITION ORGANIZATION PROGRAM. SAN DAMIANO SCHOLARS OPERATES WITHIN THE PARAMETERS of LOUISIANAS SCHOOL TUITION ORGANIZATION and TUITION DONATION CREDIT PROGRAMS, RAISING PRIVATE FUNDS to PROVIDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS to THOSE MOST IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. SAN DAMIANO SCHOLARS WORKS WITH PARENTS and STUDENTS to APPLY for SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING AT ONE of THREE BATON ROUGE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, AND, PENDING ACCEPTANCE INTO THOSE SCHOOLS, THEN PROVIDES THE NEEDED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING to ATTEND. SAN DAMIANO SCHOLARS ALSO ISSUES TAX CREDITS to DONORS WHO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS for THOSE CREDITS.
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Board and leadership roster (6)
AMANDA SPAINCHAIRWOMAN
ERIC ENGEMANNPRESIDENT
JAY MONTALBANOTREASURER
JOSEPH CAMPBELL JRDIRECTOR
MACKENZIE LEDETSECRETARY
ROLFE MILLERDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 6110 MORGAN BEND DRIVE, BATON ROUGE, LA 70820
- County
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- In care of
- ERIC ENGEMANN
- Primary officer
- ERIC ENGEMANN, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- FAULK & WINKLER LLC
- NTEE classification
- Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
- IRS tax category
- Scholarships & Student Financial Aid