The BISON Scholarship Fund is a privately funded tuition assistance program for low-income children living in the eight counties of Western New York: Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming and Orleans. Families awarded a BISON scholarship are able to send their child to a private school of their choice.
BISON’s goal is to equalize educational opportunities for elementary students by offering low-income families educational options normally denied them because of cost. BISON believes that every child should have the chance to succeed. BISON makes a minimum of a four-year commitment to each student awarded a scholarship, but has set a goal of providing scholarships to students throughout their grammar school years.
Thanks to the generosity of the Western New York community and matching grants from the Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF), the BISON Scholarship Fund has grown from helping 200 children in its first year to more than 1,800 children today. These BISON children attend over 75 different private or Catholic schools in the greater Buffalo area.
BISON Scholarship Awards a maximum of $2500. A household of 4 with less than $71,550/yr is extremely encouraged to apply (income guidelines for other size households are available at the link below). The application deadline is Feb. 28. Apply online at www.bisonfund.com or by contacting our Business Office.