Founded in 1995, the BISON Children's Scholarship Fund is a privately funded organization whose mission is to broaden the educational opportunities for Western New York children by helping low-income families afford the cost of private K-12 schools.
Since 1995, BISON has awarded over 31,300 K-8 scholarships with a private investment of $28.8 million. BISON is a program that works right now, instead of needing to wait for reform and policy changes. BISON is a prime way for thousands of children to have immediate access to a safe, quality, and values-based education.
This school year, there are over 1,900 BISON Scholars in 85 different schools across Western New York.
Founded in 1995, the BISON Children's Scholarship Fund is a privately funded organization whose mission is to broaden the educational opportunities for Western New York children by helping low-income families afford the cost of private K-12 schools.
Since 1995, BISON has awarded over 31,300 K-8 scholarships with a private investment of $28.8 million. BISON is a program that works right now, instead of needing to wait for reform and policy changes. BISON is a prime way for thousands of children to have immediate access to a safe, quality, and values-based education.
This school year, there are over 1,900 BISON Scholars in 85 different schools across Western New York.
Charity Navigator is collaborating with
GuideStar,Classy, and
GlobalGiving,
to display impact-related information for rated nonprofits. However, not all rated nonprofits have provided impact information
yet. Each of these partners has supplied Charity Navigator with the impact information they receive
directly from nonprofits. Submissions must be made on our partner's websites and we plan to update
the display of this information regularly.
If you are interested in seeing this charity provide its impact information, please click below. Note, this is simply an
indication of your interest.
Program names and associated costs are listed for the top programs as reported on the charity's most recently filed Form 990. The top programs displayed will include the largest three programs, or those programs covering at least 60% of the charity's total expenses, whichever comes first.
Program Name
Amount Spent
% of Program Expenses
Scholarship Fund
$2,231,699
100.0%
Ratings History The BISON Children's Scholarship Fund has received 6 consecutive 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator.
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations).
Learn More
