In the spring of 1999, the BISON Children’s Scholarship Fund commenced a partnership with the Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) and became part of CSF’s national network of scholarship granting organizations. CSF and its partner programs are committed to empowering families in need with the ability to choose the K-8 schools that best meet their children’s needs, regardless of their ability to pay or where they live.
Through BISON’s partnership with CSF, donations received can be matched. For every $5 donated, CSF matches another $1, bringing the total to $6 to help WNY children, highly leveraging your investment. Since 1999, CSF has invested over $6 million into the WNY community allowing us to serve significantly more children.
To learn more about the Children’s Scholarship Fund, click here
The President’s Council is BISON’s next generation of leaders. They are young professionals who are concerned about our education system and are passionate about BISON’s mission that children have the best chance at a bright future when families have a choice in selecting the education that best fits their child’s needs.
The President’s Council seeks to raise awareness about BISON’s work; financially support BISON scholarships; and provide additional learning and mentoring activities for BISON Scholars.
Alexi Caldiero
KeyBank
Ben Burge
Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunninham
Cailin Gibbons
Nestle
Cara Austin
National Fuel Gas
Catherine Sheedy
Delaware North
Chelsea Knapp
Stryker
Chelsea Luthra
Lawley Insurance
Christian Martinez
Sandhill Investment Management
Courtney Sullivan
Communities in Schools
David Conboy
M&T Tech
Ellen Wood
Little Portion Friary
Erin Schieb
Equitable Advisors
Fallon Martin
Hodgson Russ LLP
Harry Steinwald
Trubee, Collins & Co., Inc.
Jessica Smith
BestSelf Behavioral Health
Kenny Ngoopos
M&T Bank
Meg McParlane
National Fuel Gas
Michael Loffredo
Spectrum
Michael Postles
Gallagher
Mike Taboni
Crowley We
Mitch Ream
Lippes Mathias LLP
Neil Farrell
Farrell Financial
Nick Ingrassia
Gross Shuman P.C.
Nico Santos
Breef
Phil Scaffidi
Kangarootime
Sammy Sortisio
Blu Spa/DCS Development LLC
Sam Soltis
Douglas Development
Spencer Farrell
Meritas Equity Partners
Thomas Caraher
Phillips Lytle
Will Ciszewski
Hodgson Russ LLP
To get involved with the President’s Council, please email Clara S. Moran or call 716.854.0869
This is the 10th consecutive year that BISON has earned this top distinction, validating that our donor dollars directly support our mission of providing tuition assistance to low-income children in a fiscally responsible way. This “exceptional” designation differentiates the BISON Fund from our peers and demonstrates to the public BISON’s commitment to WNY’s future leaders is ingrained in everything we do.
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