By CatholicPhilly Staff Report • Posted July 21, 2026

BLOCS, Pennsylvania’s leading scholarship organization dedicated to facilitating Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC), is serving the most students in its history.

Founded in 1980 as Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools, the nonprofit expects to serve more than 43,000 nonpublic students in Pennsylvania in the coming academic year.

BLOCS closed its fiscal year June 30 on track to raise $250 million in need-based scholarships.

CEO Rob Delany cited the participation of community of donors, schools, students, and supporters of the EITC program for the organization’s achievements.

“BLOCS is proud to reach this milestone of serving over 43,000 students in the coming year,” Delany said. “We are incredibly grateful to our more than 150 corporate donors, thousands of individual donors, and hundreds of school partners who work with us in each facet of the EITC program to create opportunities for deserving students.”

In addition to the increased number of students served, BLOCS also ensures that children receive the greatest scholarship support possible. Thanks to the efficiencies of responsible management, more than 98 cents of every dollar contributed to BLOCS is directed to a student as a need-based scholarship.

As an independent charitable organization BLOCS provides access to high-quality, value-based education for children in grades Pre-K through 12th across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Through the generosity of its donors, BLOCS partners with over 500 schools to provide over 40,000 need-based scholarships. Learn more at www.blocs.org.