Currently funding our 2010 Program:

September 2010 - June 2011 School Year
13th Program
Anticipate 1,100 new scholarships

BASIC Fund Statistics
300 Participating Schools
Over 5000 Students
In excess of $50 Million paid for scholarships
14,000 Children have received BASIC Fund assistance

Key Points

• Started in 1998, only qualification is low-income
• Currently the BASIC Fund is the only program providing a substantial amount of new scholarships in the Bay Area
• Paid $7.4 million to the schools for the 2009-2010 school year
• We seek four-year commitments from our donors, with one time gifts spread over four years
• Natural attrition allows us to carry every child through the eighth grade graduation
• 90% of BASIC Fund eight graders graduate high school, compared to a comparable public high school graduation rate of less than 50%
• Parents choose the school their child goes to, not the BASIC Fund
• We accept all siblings in the program, keeping families together
• Most BASIC Fund Scholarships go to students attending private school for the first time
• The maximum scholarship is $1,600 per year
• All non-scholarship expenses are covered by directors' contributions
• Donations are matched through matching grants from Arthur Rock and Children's Scholarship Fund in New York