Philadelphia families were surprised with the exciting news during the non-profit’s annual Lottery Day celebration at Independence Blue Cross PHILADELPHIA – Thousands of Philadelphia families were surprised this week with the news that their children will receive scholarships from Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) for the 2024 – 2025 school year. On December 14, volunteers,…

Philadelphia families were surprised with the exciting news during the non-profit’s annual Lottery Day celebration at Philadelphia Insurance Companies PHILADELPHIA – This week, Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) surprised thousands of families across the City with the news that their children will receive scholarships for the 2023-2024 school year. Volunteers and staff from CSFP and…

PHILADELPHIA – Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP), an organization providing scholarships for children from under-resourced Philadelphia families to attend K-8th grade tuition-based schools, celebrated its 20th anniversary on Monday at the 2022 Legacy Gala. The event took place at the Mann Center for Performing Arts and honored two decades of hope, opportunity, and success through…

Thursday, December 13, 2018

6-8 p.m.

Lincoln Financial Field
1 Lincoln Financial Field Way
Philadelphia, PA 19148

The happiest day of the year!

Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia and GreatPhillySchools are teaming up again to host the 3rd-annual Philly K-8 School Fair on Saturday, October 27, from 10am-1pm at Girard College. This cross-sector School Fair will showcase public district, public charter, and private elementary and middle schools in the Philadelphia area. Over 100 schools will table the event, in addition to representatives from…

Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia is thrilled to announce that applications to our random lottery for K-8th grade scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year will open on Saturday, September 22, 2018!   To kick off application season, we invite you to join us at our Citywide Application Launch. To spread the word about our need-based, K-8th…

Thursday, December 7, 2017

5:30-7:30PM

FS Investments
201 Rouse Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA

CSFP staff, volunteers, and friends will call the winners of our November 15th priority deadline random lottery at Lottery Day. Callers will share the great news with families of their opportunity to receive partial scholarships (for up to 3 kids in their family)! CSFP scholarships make quality K-8th grade education within reach. It’s the most…

Saturday, October 7, 2017

10AM-2PM

St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
1733 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia

CSFP and Great Philly Schools have teamed up to host the Philly K-8 School Fair! Join us for this cross-sector school fair, which will showcase Charter, District, and Private elementary and middle schools in the Philadelphia area. Over 100 public, private, and charter schools will table the event, in addition to representatives from the Philadelphia…

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

1:00PM-2:00PM

National Constitution Center
525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Interested in applying to CSFP’s need-based, random, scholarship lottery?  CSFP scholarship applications for next school year (2018-2019) will open on September 20, 2017. Increase your chances of winning a CSFP scholarship for your children and apply, in person, at our launch event to win one of 200 randomly-selected “opening day” scholarships.*  *The “Opening Day” scholarships will…

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

10-11 am

Kimmel Center
300 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

Honoring Sharmain Matlock-Turner, Citizen of the Year and Colonial Penn Life Insurance, Corporate Citizen of the Year In addition to honoring the contributions of our CItizens of the Year, CSFP will welcome the newest cohort of our random scholarship lottery winners to our program. This group of 2,000 students will receive their four-year, needs-based scholarships…