THE BISON CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: THE BISON CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC (EIN 16-1477288)
Tax period: 2021-07-01 to 2022-06-30
Filed: 2022-11-11
IRS object ID: 202223159349303687
Schema version: 2021v4.2
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	2022-11-11T11:58:29-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-06-30	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	2021-07-01	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	2022-11-10	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	2022-11-10	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	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	$10,526,363	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	15	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	15	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$6,541,730	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$6,321,258	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$275,680	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$117,338	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$58,513	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$3,853	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,875,923	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,442,449	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,792,729	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$4,327,346	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$286,186	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$302,887	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$210,962	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,071,976	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$283,283	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$4,150,891	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,913,516	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,725,032	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,528,933	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$12,864,860	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$13,244,747	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$43,632	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$54,728	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$12,821,228	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$13,190,019	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	$4,550,627	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$4,327,346	GrantAmt
Revenue	$2,500	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 28 YEARS, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, HAVE HELPED FUND 39,000 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 1,930 STUDENTS ATTENDING 80 K-12 SCHOOLS ACROSS WNY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$4,550,627	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	15	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	15	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 (16 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
KRISTIN BAUER
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
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)	$117,207	$0	$9,609

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$117,207	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$9,609	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	$469,621	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$5,851,637	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$6,321,258	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$154,151	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$154,151	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,996,274	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$4,033,087	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$36,813	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$36,813	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$36,813	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$52,180	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$469,621	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$50,827	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,353	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,353	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ADMINISTRATIVE FEE INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,500	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,500	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,500	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,442,449	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,500	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$118,691	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,327,346	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,327,346	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,316	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,416	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,243	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$54,657	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$137,249	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,740	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43,676	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,833	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,569	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,414	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,691	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,464	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,734	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,472	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,380	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,882	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,019	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,385	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,472	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,162	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,246	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,246	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,688	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,924	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,264	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,500	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$86,381	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,560	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$821	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,779	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,779	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,631	TotalAmt
Program Services	$563	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$5,068	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,326	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,326	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

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

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PARTNER SCHOOL STEWARDS	$54,000	$54,000
DONOR CULTIVATION	$36,268		$36,268
CONSULTING -ENDOWMENT	$16,500		$16,500
MISCELLANEOUS	$7,614	$3,807	$3,807

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,913,516	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,550,627	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$151,927	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$210,962	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,611,731	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,511,452	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$472,635	BOYAmt
EOY	$524,094	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,274,281	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,613,546	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,732	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$87,654	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$65,730	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,881	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,924	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,475,861	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,567,999	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,864,860	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,244,747	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,632	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,628	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,100	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,632	BOYAmt
EOY	$54,728	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	$5,595,547	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,678,661	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,225,681	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,511,358	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,821,228	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,190,019	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,864,860	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,244,747	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,528,933	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$1,119,902	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Investment Expense	-$40,240	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	$4,302,930	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,581,499	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$7,742,473	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,541,730	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,321,258	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,489,890	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,302,930	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,581,499	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$7,742,473	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,541,730	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,321,258	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,489,890	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$8,395,607	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$20,094,283	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$21,618	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$41,115	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$89,338	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$136,549	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$154,151	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$442,771	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$28,932,661	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.69450	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.73860	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	$3,377,555	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$814,691	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$773,636	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$3,418,610	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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	$11,347	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,256	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$49,561	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$31,893	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$17,668	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	$21,924	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,323,383	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$1,119,902	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$41,076	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$1,078,826	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$6,402,209	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$40,240	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$40,240	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$6,442,449	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,954,592	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$41,076	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$41,076	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,913,516	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,913,516	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BISON LUNCHEON	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$521,801	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$469,621	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$52,180	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$28,464	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$22,363	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$521,801	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$469,621	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$52,180	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$28,464	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$22,363	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$50,827	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$1,353	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	1930	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$4,327,346	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.