Free tax help! - The average cost of paid tax preparation is $273, for many families,
these are dollars that could otherwise go toward monthly bills and emergency savings. By preparing taxes for free, we help our taxpayers get more of the money they earned back. The families we serve use their tax refunds to “build their aspirations for upward mobility.”

Awareness of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) - The EITC is our nation’s most
effective anti-poverty tool. It is a refundable tax credit available to low- and moderate-income
households with members who work. In 2019, 27 million tax filers claimed the EITC, receiving
an average benefit of $2,445. For tax year 2019, a married couple with two children and an
income of $40,000 qualified for an EITC of $2,226, meaning their EITC benefit was the
equivalent of 6 percent of their annual income. Refundable tax credits can help lower-income
families build wealth.