Children's Scholarship Fund

About Children's Scholarship Fund: Founded in 1998 by the late John Walton and Ted Forstmann, Children's Scholarship Fund (CSF) provides children of low-income families with tuition assistance in grades K-8, and supports expanding educational opportunities for all children. This school year, more than 25,900 low-income children are using scholarships from CSF and CSF's 20 partner programs operating in 26 cities and regions nationwide to attend schools their parents have chosen so they can flourish and live up to their potential. In New York City, more than 7,200 scholarship recipients attend 251 elementary schools with the help of a CSF scholarship. Since its founding, CSF and its partners have invested $837 million in scholarships for 180,000 deserving children and their families, including 34,500 New York City children.