Form 80002
Created 7-2011
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Application as a Scholarship-Granting Organization (SGO)
Title 68 O.S. Section 2357.206
A. Legal Name of Scholarship-Granting Organization (hereinafter “SGO”)
FEIN
SGO Mailing Address
City, State, Zip
SGO Telephone Number
B. Name of SGO Officer Completing the Registration Form
Title
Mailing Address
Email Address
City, State, Zip
Telephone Number
C. Primary SGO Contact Person, if different than above
Title
Mailing Address
Email Address
City, State, Zip
Telephone Number
D. I understand that in order to participate as a Scholarship-Granting Organization
Office Use Only
(“SGO”) in Oklahoma certain requirements must be met. My initials by each statement
Exemption Number
below indicate that the SGO identified above complies with the statement.
______ The SGO is a non-profit entity exempt from federal income taxation under Section
Approved
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Denied
______ The SGO distributes periodic scholarship payments as checks made out to an eligible student’s (or eligible
special needs student’s) parent or guardian and mails said checks to the qualified school where the student is
enrolled.
______ The SGO will spend at least 90 percent of its annual revenue for educational scholarships as defined in 68 O.S.
§ 2357.206 (F) (3) to allow students to attend any qualified private school as defined in 68 O.S. § 2357.206 (F)
(5) or (F) (6).
______ The SGO also spends each year a portion of its annual revenue on educational scholarships for low-income
eligible students, as defined in 2357.206 (F) (4), in an amount equal to or greater than the percentage of low-
income eligible students in the state.
______ The SGO ensures that scholarships are portable during the school year and can be used at any qualified school
that accepts eligible students or at any qualified school for special needs students that accepts eligible special
needs students. Eligible students are defined in 2357.206 (F) (1). Eligible special needs students are defined in
2357.206 (F) (2).
______ The SGO has policies in place to carry out criminal background checks on all employees and board members to
ensure that no individual is involved with the organization who might reasonably pose a risk to the appropriate
use of contributed funds.
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