BASIC Fund Scholarship Grant

The BASIC Fund Scholarship provides essential financial assistance to families in California, covering 25-75% of private school tuition costs, up to $2,750 per student annually. Designed for families with children entering PreK-8th grade, the scholarship aims to support underserved communities, ensuring access to quality education. Families are required to contribute a minimum of $500 towards tuition and must maintain eligibility criteria, including income guidelines and active participation in their children's education.

The BASIC Fund is the largest non-denominational early learning scholarship granting organization in California.
It is our purpose as a scholarship-granting organization to ensure long-term academic, economic, and social success for thousands of the Bay Area’s most underserved children, families, and communities.
Our scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need, determined by household size and income. The awards cover anywhere from 25-75% of a school’s tuition (after financial aid is applied), up to a maximum of $2,750 per student per year. Participating families are required to contribute to their children’s education and are therefore responsible for costs not covered by the scholarship. The family must pay at least $500 for each school year but may be more.
Scholarships are renewable annually through the 8th grade provided that the family maintains their portion of the tuition payments, the family remains financially eligible, and the child remains enrolled in an accredited private school.
Please see FAQs for additional guidelines.

Eligibility

To qualify for tuition assistance families need to meet the following requirements:

• At least one child from the family will be entering private school for the first time
• The student will be entering PreK-8th Grade

The student will attend a registered private school in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano or Sonoma counties in the upcoming school year
The student meets all academic and other admission requirements of that school
The family must agree to pay a portion of the tuition, and participate in their children’s education