Category: Philanthropy
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O.A.R. Asks You to Vote!
The rock band O.A.R. is asking you to vote for CSF and help us win $200,000 through Members Project! Check out their Facebook page this afternoon. The band members have been CSF supporters for several years, visiting schools and even sponsoring an essay contest for CSF Scholars. Last November, after a CSF visit to Mt.…
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Week 2 of Members Project
Today marks the second week of Members Project and the CSF Scholars at Sacred Heart School in the Bronx have a special message for you! After the first week of our participation in Members Project, Children’s Scholarship Fund is currently ranked #2 among the ten education charities participating. However, the rankings can change quickly and…
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You Can Help CSF Win $200,000!
We have some exciting news, and also a favor to ask. The big news is that Children’s Scholarship Fund has been chosen to participate in Members Project®, a partnership between American Express and TakePart, a social action network, to help people everywhere support charitable organizations – and we have a chance to win $200,000 from…
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Letter from CSF President: Lending Superman a Hand…
By Darla Romfo The documentary, “Waiting for ‘Superman’,” captures many of the deficiencies in our public education system with tear-jerking accuracy. It is a good movie, but it doesn’t go far enough in arguing for better educational choices for America’s children. The director Davis Guggenheim and several of the experts he interviews argue that charter schools…
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Measuring School Choice: Beyond Test Scores
Check out these two articles arguing for new ways of analyzing the success of school choice, and suggesting that we look beyond test scores for the answers. First, an op-ed by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and then the Frederick Hess article in National Affairs that Douthat references in his column. It has been…
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USA Today’s Common Ground Supports CSF
Check out Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel’s Common Ground piece in USA Today to hear what they have to say about CSF’s work. As longtime friends on different sides of the political spectrum, Thomas and Beckel find common ground on political and social issues. Today’s piece, titled “Time to rethink ‘war on poverty’”, focuses on…
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Hundreds of Students Still Need Scholarships
The 2010-11 school year is underway, and we are excited to see what this year will bring. However, we need your help. CSF has awarded thousands of scholarships already, but we are still receiving applications on a daily basis and we have a wait-list of several hundred children. To read a message from CSF President…
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CSF Is a 4-Star Charity (for the 4th Time)
We are happy to report that Children’s Scholarship Fund has just been awarded 4-star status for the fourth year in a row by Charity Navigator, America’s leading charity evaluator. According to Charity Navigator, only 9% of charities rated have received four consecutive 4-star ratings, putting CSF in an elite group of charities known for fiscal…
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Education Blogger Whitney Tilson Highlights CSF
If you’re not already a regular reader of Whitney Tilson’s School Reform Blog, there’s no time like the present. Tilson’s blog provides cogent analysis and updates on education reform efforts. You can also sign up to receive regular emails. In a recent email, Tilson called CSF a “wonderful charity” and spotlighted a presentation about Mount…
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WSJ Gets It Right
by Darla Romfo, CSF President If you didn’t see the editorial in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal criticizing the Ford Foundation’s $100 million gift to teachers unions, I encourage you to take a look. I’ve heard from quite a few people (both colleagues and CSF donors) who had the same reaction I did to hearing that…