BSF Member Schools

The Black Student Fund works directly with 40 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. 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.

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: