New York · Nonprofit
THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND (New York) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,337,560 to it, the largest being THE THEODORE J FORSTMANN CHARITABLE TR ($27,964,900). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $32M
- Funders on record
- 102
- Grants received
- $112M
- Net assets
- $46M
What The Childrens Scholarship Fund does
Mission
The Children's Scholarship Fund (CSF) empowers families by providing children in need with scholarships, and by supporting expanded educational opportunities for all children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In fiscal year 2025 nearly 30,290 children across the US benefited from scholarships awarded by CSF and its partner programs. These children, all of whom are from low-income families, are receiving the education desired by their families due to the generosity of our donors and the efforts of scholarship programs in 24 communities. Since its inception in 1998, nearly 217,430 children from low-income families have benefited from attending the private school of their choice with more than $1.155 billion in tuition assistance from CSF and its partner programs.
$20,145,756 spentof which $20,145,756 as grants85% of program spendingProgram management and administration of New Hampshire Education Freedom (EFA) program: The EFA program provides students who are not enrolled full time in a New Hampshire public school and whose family earns 350% of the poverty line or below with a state grant to spend on eligible education related expenses. CSF administers the funding provided from the State of New Hampshire to each student account. Program staff verifies eligibility of students through the application process, reviews and approves payment of eligible education expenses, and approves educational providers. In addition, program staff provide outreach and support to NH families to inform them about the EFA program. During fiscal year 2025, CSF received approximately $28.7 million from the State of NH to fund over 5,800 EFAs.
$2,437,945 spent$2,263,190 earned by the program10% of program spendingProgram management, outreach and support: CSF's program staff works with parents and schools to ensure the integrity and efficient management of the program. The program staff verifies eligibility and student attendance, disburses the tuition assistance payments to schools and annually requalifies returning students. The Children's Scholarship Fund maintains partnerships with local scholarship programs in communities around the country. In addition to providing matching grants to these organizations, the Children's Scholarship Fund also trains local program staff and has developed and maintains specialized software that is used to manage scholarship awards.
$1,124,226 spent5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,707,927.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $41M to $56M (+36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
85% of THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 43 funders, grant income rose $3.0M → $17M.
19 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
40% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 63% · 2019 62% · 2020 45% · 2021 27% · 2022 27% · 2023 23% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
47% of THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 49 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND?
- THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND (New York) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,337,560 to it, the largest being THE THEODORE J FORSTMANN CHARITABLE TR ($27,964,900). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND have?
- IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $112,337,560 in grants to THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND?
- THE THEODORE J FORSTMANN CHARITABLE TR is the largest funder on record, with $27,964,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 102 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing