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Who We Are—

Our History

Children's Scholarship Fund of New York, our national partner, was founded in 1998 by the late Ted Forstmann and the late John Walton.  Their goal was to enable parents to choose the type of education that best fit their childrens’ needs, regardless of income.  The program offered partial-tuition scholarships to low-income students in grades K-8 whose parents also contributed financially to help strengthen their commitment to their child’s education. To learn more about the founding ideas behind CSF, please read "Forstmann’s Not So Little Idea”.

In 1999, a group of 13 Omaha donors matched a $1 million challenge grant from Children's Scholarship Fund of New York, and Children’s Scholarship Fund of Omaha (CSF) was incorporated as a 501(c)3 that same year.  CSF began under the umbrella of the Archdiocese in Omaha.  In 2011, the board of directors decided to make CSF an independent and secular organization in order to serve more families and communities. We are exceedingly grateful for the generosity and commitment of these founding donors (see names at right), whose vision has enabled thousands of children to pursue their future.

CSF Founding Donors

Tal and Mary Joy Anderson
Archdiocese of Omaha
The Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Memorial Foundation
First National Bank of Omaha
William and Barbara Fitzgerald
John and Carmen Gottschalk
Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc.
William and Bunnie Kizer
The Lozier Foundation
The Mammel Foundation
William and Ruth Scott
Kenneth and Ann Stinson
US Bank

2024 CHANCE Sponsors

  • Boyd Jones
    Boyd Jones
  • CUES
    CUES
  • Investors Realty
    Investors Realty
  • American National Bank
    American National Bank
  • Pinnacle Bank
    Pinnacle Bank
  • Koley Jenssen
    Koley Jenssen
  • Rotella
    Rotella
  • Physicians Mutual
    Physicians Mutual
  • McCarthy Capital
    McCarthy Capital
  • Merrill Lynch
    Merrill Lynch
  • Cox
    Cox
  • Shamrock Development
    Shamrock Development
  • Maginn
    Maginn
  • Hupp
    Hupp
  • Pillen
    Pillen
  • Quinn
    Quinn
  • Senior Market Sales
    Senior Market Sales
  • Jess Hull
    Jess Hull
  • Baxter
    Baxter
  • FNBO
    FNBO
  • O'Neill
    O'Neill
  • Pape Family Foundation
    Pape Family Foundation
  • Kiewit
    Kiewit
  • Werner
    Werner
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