BASIC FUND SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

Sustaining our impact and
expanding our reach

The Foundation

The BASIC Fund is embarking on its next 25 years with a vision of sustaining our impact and expanding our reach. In 2023, we launched the BASIC Fund Scholarship Foundation, establishing an initial fundraising objective of $40 Million.

With a purpose of supporting and sustaining the scholarship programs of the BASIC Fund, and guided by the BASIC Fund Scholarship Foundation’s Board of Directors, the Foundation will strategically deploy funds raised into carefully managed investments.

Download the Scholarship Foundation brochure here.

The BASIC Fund Scholarship Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization designed to support the scholarship programs of The BASIC Fund. EIN: 93-1637027.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - October 1 - The BASIC Fund’s 26th Anniversary TRANSFORMING LIVES Luncheon on October 1st 2024 at The St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

Foundation Board

Michael McCarthy
Chairman & President

James H. Herbert, II
Director

John E. Kerrigan, Jr.
Director

Janisha Sabnani
Secretary & Treasurer

John Couch
Director

Jurgen Huck
Director

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - October 1 - Jeremy Peters attends The BASIC Fund’s 26th Anniversary TRANSFORMING LIVES Luncheon on October 1st 2024 at The St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

BASIC Fund Legacy Giving

Our legacy donors have chosen to support the BASIC Fund through their estate plan. These supporters will sustain our work for years to come, and we are honored by their belief in the BASIC Fund’s mission. To learn more about legacy gifts, please email Laura Gonzalez-Reed (Laura@basicfund.org).

Foundation Supporters

Richard C. Barker
Robert G. Barrett
Harris Barton
Richard and Daphne Bertero
Aneel Bhusri
Darryl and Laurel Browman
Crystal and Craig Bryant
Robert Byrnes
John and Kelly Couch
Dan Curran
Katherine and David deWilde
Edward and Della Dobranski
Jeffrey G. Edwards and Victoria Edwards

Carl & Celia Berta Gellert Foundation
Brian and Elizabeth Griggs
James H. Herbert, II and Cecilia Herbert
Jurgen (Jay) and Wendy Huck
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr. and Maryellie Johnson
John C. Kern, Jr. (Jay) and Katharine Kern
John E. Kerrigan, Jr. and Elizabeth Kerrigan
Steven and Rochelle Klein
Ted and Alexia Kruttschnitt
Ronnie and Karen Lott
Marissa Mar
Michael and Kristen McCarthy
Edward and Elizabeth McDermott

Sean Moran
William and Barbara Morris
Paul and Diane Morton
Jeremy and Katherine Peters
William and Constance Ring
Arthur Rock and Toni Rembe Rock
Janisha Sabnani and Arthur Roberts
Eric Schwartz and Magda Wesslund
The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation
Warren E. “Ned” Spieker, Jr. and Carol Spieker
Mary Ann St. Peter
Mark and Mary Stevens
John and Diane Watson

In Memoriam

Honoring the legacies of our longtime advocates.

Thomas Mellon, Crescent Porter Hale Foundation
Bradley J. Vogt, Cornerstone Foundation

Frequently Asked Questions:

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The BASIC Fund is a privately funded 501(c)3 scholarship-granting organization whose mission is to advance education equity for low-income families by helping offset the cost of tuition at private schools in the Bay Area.