THE BISON CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: THE BISON CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC (EIN 16-1477288)
Tax period: 2020-07-01 to 2021-06-30
Filed: 2022-03-23
IRS object ID: 202240829349300424
Schema version: 2020v4.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-03-23T12:17:35-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	043728817	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TRONCONI SEGARRA & ASSOCIATES LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8321 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	WILLIAMSVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14221	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	161477288	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	INC	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BISO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7168540869	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	284 DELAWARE AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	BUFFALO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14202	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DENNIS SZYMKOWIAK	PersonNm
Person Title	VICE PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7168540869	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-03-21	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	DENNIS	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	SZYMKOWIAK	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MICHAEL B DOLAN CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00141357	PTIN
Phone	7166331373	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-03-21	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	DENNIS SZYMKOWIAK	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	284 DELAWARE AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	BUFFALO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14202	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$8,561,619	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.BISONFUND.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1995	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	FOUNDED IN 1995, THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND IS A PRIVATELY FUNDED ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO BROADEN THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WESTERN NEW YORK CHILDREN BY HELPING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AFFORD THE COST OF PRIVATE K-12 SCHOOLS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	16	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$7,742,473	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$6,541,730	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$24,131	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$275,680	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$36,178	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$58,513	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$7,802,782	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,875,923	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,642,502	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,792,729	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$245,594	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$286,186	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$176,531	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$402,487	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,071,976	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,290,583	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,150,891	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$4,512,199	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,725,032	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$9,690,935	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$12,864,860	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$98,067	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$43,632	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$9,592,868	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$12,821,228	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	FOUNDED IN 1995, THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND IS A PRIVATELY FUNDED ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO BROADEN THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WESTERN NEW YORK CHILDREN BY HELPING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AFFORD THE COST OF PRIVATE K-12 SCHOOLS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,838,550	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$2,792,729	GrantAmt
Revenue	$35,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	IN ADDITION TO GOOD HEALTH AND GREAT LOVE, THE BEST GIFT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR CHILDREN IS A QUALITY EDUCATION. FOR FAMILIES OF MODEST MEANS, ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE BISON CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND. FOR 27 YEARS, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, HAVE HELPED FUND 35,000 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOLS OF THEIR CHOICE. BISON IS THE ONLY K-12 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN WNY, AND THE 5TH LARGEST K-8 PROGRAM NATIONALLY. BISON SUPPORTS 1,950 STUDENTS ATTENDING 81 K-12 SCHOOLS ACROSS WNY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,838,550	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	4	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	16	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AMY POPADICK	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7168540869	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	284 DELAWARE AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	BUFFALO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14202	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (17 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
PAUL D BAUER
PRESIDENT	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DENNIS J SZYMKOWIAK
VICE PRESIDENT	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANDREW L FORS
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JONATHAN AMOIA
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
THOMAS R BEECHER JR
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PATRICIA A FARRELL
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
REP CHRISTOPHER L JACOBS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TOD D MARTIN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL L MCCABE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NANCY A NAPLES
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
REV JOSEPH S ROGLIANO
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL SEMINARA
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRISTINA STANDISH
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BETSY SULLIVAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KELLIE M ULRICH
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HEATHER A WILLIAMS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
AMY E POPADICK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$110,207	$0	$9,409

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$110,207	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$9,409	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$390,557	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$42,800	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$6,108,373	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$6,541,730	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$136,549	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$136,549	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,804,945	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,665,814	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$139,131	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$139,131	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$139,131	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$43,395	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$390,557	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$19,882	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$23,513	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$23,513	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
ADMINISTRATIVE FEE INCOME	900099	$30,000	$30,000
COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND	900099	$5,000	$5,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$35,000	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,875,923	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$35,000	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$299,193	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,792,729	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,792,729	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$114,794	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,865	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,322	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$50,607	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$130,261	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,619	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$41,216	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$57,426	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,695	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,162	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,463	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,070	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,736	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,835	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,518	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,383	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,038	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,086	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,576	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,414	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,414	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,273	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,322	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,874	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,077	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$966,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$965,879	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$821	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,558	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,558	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,548	TotalAmt
Program Services	$355	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$3,193	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,509	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,509	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,850	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,850	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
CONSULTING -ENDOWMENT	$23,500	$23,500
DONOR CULTIVATION	$10,132	$10,132
MISCELLANEOUS	$7,492	$3,746	$3,746

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,150,891	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,838,550	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$135,810	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$176,531	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,904	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,611,731	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$541,753	BOYAmt
EOY	$472,635	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,392,907	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,274,281	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,630	BOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,922	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,471	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$79,285	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$54,404	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,404	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,881	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,647,415	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,475,861	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,690,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,864,860	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,562	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,632	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$46,705	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,800	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$98,067	BOYAmt
EOY	$43,632	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,778,758	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,595,547	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,814,110	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,225,681	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,592,868	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,821,228	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,690,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,864,860	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,725,032	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$533,235	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Investment Expense	-$29,907	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,554,189	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,302,930	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,581,499	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,742,473	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,541,730	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$24,722,821	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,554,189	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,302,930	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,581,499	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,742,473	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,541,730	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$24,722,821	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$6,238,781	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$18,484,040	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$12,772	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$21,618	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$41,115	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$89,338	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$136,549	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$301,392	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$25,024,213	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73860	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.82390	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,880,739	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,047,129	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$449,687	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$3,377,555	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributions	$1,929,735	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$48,996	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,880,739	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.00000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$15,603	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$8,225	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$7,378	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$41,192	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$23,689	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$17,503	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$22,490	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$22,490	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$24,881	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,421,006	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$533,235	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$41,755	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$574,990	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$6,846,016	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$29,907	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$29,907	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$6,875,923	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,192,646	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$41,755	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$41,755	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,150,891	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,150,891	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BISON LUNCHEON	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$433,952	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$390,557	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$43,395	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$4,400	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$15,482	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$433,952	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$390,557	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$43,395	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$4,400	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$15,482	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$19,882	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$23,513	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	0	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	PRIVATELY FUNDED TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	1940	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$2,792,729	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PART III, COLUMN (A):

PRIVATELY FUNDED TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN LIVING IN WESTERN NEW YORK. FAMILIES CHOSEN TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE ARE ABLE TO SEND THEIR CHILD TO A PRIVATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF CHOICE.

FORM 990

THE ORGANIZATION PAYS THE SCHOLARSHIPS DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOLS ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN (NOT THE PARENTS). THE SCHOOL IS RESPONSIBLE TO INFORM BISON IF A STUDENT HAS LEFT THE SCHOOL AND THE REASON. BISON STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO TRANSFER TO A DIFFERENT PRIVATE SCHOOL WITH THEIR SCHOLARSHIP. IF A STUDENT LEAVES THE PROGRAM, THERE IS A 6 MONTH GRACE PERIOD IF THEY WISH TO RETURN TO THE SCHOOL AND THEIR SCHOLARSHIP IS REACTIVATED. HOWEVER STUDENTS THAT LEAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN EXPELLED IMMEDIATELY LOSE THEIR SCHOLARSHIP PERMANENTLY.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	A COPY OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY BEFORE IT IS FILED FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONFIRMATION FORM IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE ORGANIZATION WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL BECOMES A BOARD MEMBER. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WITH THE ELECTION OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THE ORGANIZATION REVISITS ALL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE THAT NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AS DEFINED IN THE WRITTEN POLICY EXIST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES DOCUMENTATION TO THE OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TWO EMPLOYEES FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. SUCH INFORMATION INCLUDES COMPARABLE DATA FROM SIMILAR SIZED TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WESTERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY OF SIMILAR SIZE, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND GEOGRAPHY. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT BY THE OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE COMMITTE IS DOCUMENTED IN THE ORGANIZATIONS PAYROLL RECORDS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
PART XII, LINE 2C	THE BISON SCHOLARSHIP FUND HAS IN PLACE A GOVERNANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT IS CHARGED WITH ENGAGING, MEETING, EVALUATING AND HIRING OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH DEFINING AND MONITORING THE SCOPE OF THE AUDIT AND REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AMONG OTHER DUTIES.