Scholarship Opportunities
Resources for Children Attending Urban
Please check the websites of these scholarship funds for detailed and timely information.
Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF)
This is a national fund which has a local chapter in center city
Black Association for Educational Options (BAEO)
The national organization also has a local chapter and one of their programs provides scholarships for lower income urban parents. They have a national scholarship program and a local scholarship program. They also provide assistance for locating other educational options for urban parents. Website: www.baeo.org
Pennsylvania Family Institute (PFI)
PFI is a Christian family advocacy organization. This program receives funding through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program and is headquartered in
Faith First Educational Assistance Corporation
This organization trains parents to seek scholarship funds from various sources and provides its own scholarships of $500 per family for those who receive an award from the funds it receives. Website: www.faithschoice.org
Association of
The Pennsylvania ACSI office sponsors a scholarship program funded by contributions received from corporations under the EITC program (see above). Most ACSI schools will want families to apply through the school for these funds. Website: www.acsi.org
Children’s Jubilee Fund
Does not accept applications from parents for scholarships but rather grants block grants to 21 member schools listed in the website (under schools). These schools make scholarship awards at their own discretion to newly enrolled families whose family income is less than $36,000. There is normally no application process for these specific funds at the local schools. If you are newly enrolled in one of these schools you could inquire as to whether there might be funds from Jubilee to assist your child. Web site: www.jubileefund.org.
Note: Please verify this information with each scholarship source because we cannot guarantee that changes in policy or funding have taken place or that all this information is up to date and correct. This information is provided as a starting point.