CSFP has earned our seventh consecutive 4 star rating!
Lottery Day on Fox29
Watch as CSFP staff, donors, volunteers, and current families gather to make calls to the newest winners of our K-8th grade scholarship lottery.
read moreDinosaurs, Frogs, Butterflies, and More Attract CSFP Families to the Academy of Natural Sciences
On March 11 and 12, over 500 CSFP families visited the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University as part of CSFP’s annual Weekend at the Academy event. For 12 years, CSFP has opened the doors to the Academy for the families of children in our program by providing greatly-reduced admission rates for one weekend…
read moreYoung Friends of CSFP Gives Back Through Career Day
“Does anyone know what this is?” PSPCA Humane Law Enforcement officer Sergeant Wayne Smith asked a classroom full of fifth-graders, holding up what looked to be a giant pair of welding gloves. “Cat gloves,” he answered, among squeals from his young audience. In a classroom down the hall, Stephanie Mertz of local sandwich shop Rybrew…
read moreSuperskate Sunday Brings CSFP Families to Dilworth Park
CSFP children eager to skate and parents eager to get some quality family time with their children joined us on February 5 for our second annual Superskate Sunday event. Over 200 families came out to ice skate and spend time together. As CSFP staff taught skating lessons to children who had never been on the…
read moreCSFP Reads – Family Book Club Initiative – Holds First Meeting
Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia knows that a love for reading begins at home and depends on parent encouragement and involvement. We created CSFP Reads, a family book club geared toward 3rd-5th grade students and their families, to foster a sense of joy and excitement around reading. On January 28, 2017, nearly thirty book club participants…
read moreCSFP Welcomes New Families at New Parent Forum and Registration Clinic
St. Malachy School buzzed with excitement and activity on Saturday, January 14 as hundreds of new scholarship recipient families gathered to meet CSFP staff and learn more about our scholarship program. CSFP conducted orientation sessions on program requirements for families, and provided one-on-one assistance with the online registration process. The presentations provided parents with important…
read moreParent Ambassadors Meet for Midyear Review
Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP)’s Parent Ambassador (PA) program was initiated this summer. We are pleased to report that this pilot program is going strong. CSFP and current PAs gathered recently to discuss program activities and developments, and to strategize ways to improve the program for the remainder of school year. Currently, 12 parents with…
read moreChildren’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia earned a perfect score from Charity Navigator
Julie Zeglen of local social impact news and events group Generocity discusses CSFP’s recent score of 100 from Charity Navigator, highlighting our 91.9% of expenses spent directly on our scholarship program.
read moreChildren’s Scholarship Fund Earns Kudos
One of just three education-based nonprofits to earn a perfect score from Charity Navigator this past year, CSFP received a 100 on the independent charity evaluator’s metric system. Martha Woodall covers this story on Philly.com and in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
read moreCharity Navigator Gives CSFP 100 Score, Names CSFP Top Ten Privately-Funded Charity
This December, Charity Navigator, a renowned, independent charity evaluator, gave CSFP a perfect score on all of its metric rankings. CSFP was one of only three education-focused nonprofits in the entire nation to receive this honor. CSFP also made Charity Navigator’s top 10 list for Highly Rated Charities Relying on Private Contributions. Highlighted for our…
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