The mission of Children’s Scholarship Fund New York (CSF New York) is to increase educational opportunity by offering partial tuition assistance for children in low-income families.
CSF New York was launched in 1998 as part of the Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF), a national organization that was founded by Ted Forstmann and John Walton. Since its founding, CSF has provided scholarships for 224,252 children nationwide, including more than 43,055 children in New York.
In the 2025-26 school year, CSF New York is providing scholarships to more than 6,400 students in the five boroughs of New York City and several counties north of the city. The average scholarship amount is $2,757 and the average private school tuition was $7,985. A recent CSF survey showed that 97 percent of CSF New York alumni graduated from high school on time in 2025, and data from the National Student Clearinghouse shows that CSF alumni enroll in and graduate from college at much higher rates than their peers.
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