• Education

  • Early Excellence
  • Denver Preschool Program
  • K-12 Education
  • The Charter Fund

• Economic Opportunity

  • Post-Secondary Education
  • Employment Skills
  • Asset Building

• Strengthening Communities

  • Support to Community Organizing
  • Social Networks

• Earned Income Tax Credit

  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  • Tax Sites
  • The Piton Foundation's Tax Credits for Working Families Campaign
  • Tax Help Colorado
  • Low Income Taxpayer Help
  • 2009 Tax Year Promotional Materials
  • Filing Options Available
  • The Earned Income Tax Credit in Colorado
  • Learn More about the Earned Income Tax Credit
  • Employers: Help Your Workers Get Their Tax Credits
  • More Tax Credits
  • Non-Profits: Help Your Clients Get Their Tax Credits
  • Still Another Tax Benefit for Families! The Child and Dependent Care Credit
  • The Child Tax Credit: Extra Credit for Many Working Families!
  • Education Tax Credits for Families: The Hope Credit
  • Education Tax Credits for Families: The Lifetime Learning Credit
  • Saver's Tax Credit: Workers Can Save for Retirement and Reduce Income Taxes

The Piton Foundation's Tax Credits for Working Families Campaign

The Piton Foundation has conducted the Tax Credits for Working Families Campaign for 20 years. The primary goal of this campaign is to increase the number of eligible families in Colorado receiving the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, as well as other tax credits aimed at helping lower-income working families. About 268,000 Colorado families receive $470 million in EITC refunds. Read more: Report on The Piton Foundation's Outreach Campaign in Colorado: Tax Year 2008.

The Piton Foundation's campaign uses three strategies:

1. a community outreach effort involving both direct communication with low- and moderate-income families and a joint effort with a wide array of organizations that work with this target population. Non-Profits: Help Your Clients Get Their Tax Credits
2. an employer outreach effort aimed at informing businesses about the EITC and assisting them in helping their eligible workers to benefit from the tax credit. Employers: Help Your Workers Get Their Tax Credits
3. a public advertising/media campaign seeking to increase overall public awareness about the EITC.

During the 2009 campaign, more than 1,300,000 pieces of EITC educational materials were disseminated statewide.

For information on obtaining campaign materials, please phone Bernita Hadley at 303.825.6246 x350 or email bhadley@piton.org

• The Earned Income Tax Credit in Colorado
• EITC Statistics by County in Colorado
• Who Can Get the EITC, How Much Is It Worth, and Which Children Qualify

Related Links

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities operates a national EITC outreach campaign.