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Hello STO Donors. Thank you for your continued support of the Our Faith STO and Catholic education. Your support will be needed as much now, or possibly more so, than ever before. We will do our best to get your tax documents out as gifts are made, however, they may not come as quickly as they have in the past. For 2019 tax documents or any other questions, please call at 563-556-2580 x219 or email at jeff.schneider@dbqarch.org. God bless you all!

Applications for the School Tuition Organization (STO) tuition assistance program for the 2020-21 school year continue to be accepted. The two deadlines of April 15th (Round #1) and July 15th (Round #2) will still be in place, but due to the COVID-19 situation, funds will be proportionately distributed with similar awarding parameters being used for both rounds. Thus, families that apply in Round #2 will not be at a significant disadvantage. We still encourage all families that are able to apply by April 15th as those applicants will be notified by mid-May of their awards. Families in Round #2 won't be notified of their award until the second week of August. Due to social distancing requirements, all group “help sessions” have been postponed but families can schedule a “virtual” help session by calling their local school office.

The online application for STO Tuition Assistance program opens on January 1, 2020. The deadline for round #1 awards is April 15, 2020. Click the link above to apply.

We are a charitable organization representing all of the Catholic K-12 schools in the Archdiocese of Dubuque and St. Paul's Lutheran School in Waverly, IA. The STO receives voluntary cash contributions from Iowa taxpayers and allocates those funds in tuition grants to Iowa school children, who in turn, use those grants to attend one of the schools represented by the STO.