Founded by Arizona-based philanthropists Doug Fougnies and Larry Day in 2013, the Arizona Education & Scholarship Opportunity Program (AESOP) exists to provide Arizona families with expanded education opportunities for their students.
AESOP is proud to announce that in school year 2023-24, it awarded $1,924,907 (56%) of A.R.S. §43-1501 (the "Corporate Low Income" program) scholarship dollars to students with household income less than 185% of the federal poverty line, and $1,475,358 (44%) of those dollars to students with household income between 185% and 342.25% of the federal poverty line. While AESOP made no awards of A.R.S. §43-1601 (the "Individual Original/Switcher" programs) Original scholarship dollars, AESOP awarded $7,800 Switcher scholarship dollars to students with household income less than 185% of the federal poverty line (39%) and $12,200 (61%) of those dollars to students with household income between 185% and 342.25% of the federal poverty line.
