Biggs Leads Arizona Delegation Effort To Recognize GCU’s Nonprofit Status

Under the leadership of Congressman Andy Biggs, Arizona’s entire Congressional delegation – minus Congressman Raul Grijalva, introduced legislation to rectify an untenable situation faced by the Christian-based Grand Canyon University created by the Biden administration.

The bill, cosigned by Rep. Eli Crane, Rep. Abraham J. Hamadeh, Rep. Paul Gosar, Rep. David Schweikert, Rep. Greg Stanton, Rep. Juan Ciscomani, Rep. Yassamin Ansari, Sen. Mark Kelly, and Sen. Ruben Gallego, clarifies that any institution of higher education (IHE) considered a nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should also be considered a nonprofit IHE by the Department of Education (ED).

Biggs says the “IHE Nonprofit Clarity Act will provide long-overdue financial relief to Grand Canyon University (GCU). Because the Department of Education has failed to recognize GCU’s IRS designation as a nonprofit institution, GCU has been hampered in efforts to improve—like enhancing student services, unlocking student loan opportunities, and receiving tax-deductible donations from outside individuals and entities. Congressman Biggs’s legislation will allow GCU to lower tuition costs, expand athletics programs, conduct more academic research, and provide more and higher quality student services.”

Congressman Biggs also led an Arizona delegation letter to ED Secretary Linda McMahon urging her department to update GCU’s nonprofit status at ED.

“ED’s refusal to designate GCU as a nonprofit institution of higher education is residual damage from the Biden-Harris regime’s weaponization of government against Christian universities,” said Biggs.

“Now that ED is under new leadership, I am confident that Secretary McMahon will right the wrongs committed by Joe Biden and his cronies. America’s Golden Age is here, and Congress stands ready to enact the mandate delivered by the American people.”