BSF Member Schools

The Black Student Fund works directly with 45 carefully selected independent schools located in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. These institutions are dedicated to providing challenging educational opportunities and to building equitable learning environments for students of many economic and racial backgrounds. BSF scholarship grants are awarded to African-American students attending these Member Schools. The BSF reviews each of the Member Schools annually for compliance with our specific criteria. Schools that fail to uphold the criteria are subject to removal from membership in the Fund.

BLACK STUDENT FUND CRITERIA FOR MEMBER SCHOOLS ©

• Demonstrate a sustained effort in meeting all BSF Criteria
• Provide a socially and culturally equitable learning environment for all students by ensuring that their staff is trained in effective cross-racial and cross-cultural communications
• Confirm their status as a non-profit, tax-exempt educational institution, in existence for five or more years
• Demonstrate a stable and financially sound condition
• Provide a college preparatory program for high school level students
• Demonstrate earnest efforts to:
  • Expand its Black student population;
  • Ensure Black students from low-income households do matriculate;
  • Integrate fully its student body--socially, economically and racially;
  • Expand its body of African-American faculty and administrators;
  • Make available adequate financial aid to qualifying scholars
• Maintain a policy of non-disclosure of BSF grant recipients
• Work in cooperation with the Black Student Fund Staff through:
  • Conferences with representatives of BSF staff;
  • Immediate consultations regarding black students in response to problematic situations of an academic, personal, social or financial nature;
  • On-time response to the annual BSF Member School Survey;
  • Participation in the annual BSF School Fair

Listing of Member Schools:

• Full Alphabetical Listing
• Listing by State
• Listing by Grade
• Listing by Gender
• Listing by Day or Boarding Program

Black Student Fund Independent School Directory

In addition to the information provided in this web site, the Black Student Fund also publishes an Independent School Directory every two years. This 55-page “fact book” contains detailed information about each of the Member Schools, including each school's application deadlines, tuition costs and special programs. For a donation of $5.00, the 2008-2010 edition of the BSF Independent School Directory is available at our offices located at 3636 16th Street NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC, 20010-1146. To receive a copy of the booklet by mail, please send a $5.00 contribution for each copy you request to this same address. Be sure to include your complete mailing address. Checks should be made payable to “Black Student Fund.”