CSF was incorporated on October 3, 1949. CSF is organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious and educational purposes. CSF began with $6,000 from Investors. The 1959 Annual Report stated that Elmer Rupp was particularly inspirational in establishing CSF. By mid-1950 CSF had one loan of $5,200 and student loans of $750 (at that time CSF offered student loans). By 1969, Investor assets were $350,000, of which CSF net worth was $122,000. Assets totaled $349,000 by 1970. Assets as of May, 2020 are $17.7 million.
Chairmen
- Elmer L. Rupp, 14 yrs. (1949-1963)
- Ezra G. Steiner, 3 yrs., (1964-1966)
- Merlo Zimmerman, 7 yrs. (1967-1973)
- Jerry Boyers, 29 yrs. (1974-2002)
- Bob Hoffer, 7 yrs. (2003-2009)
- Doug Rupp, 2 yrs. (2010-2011)
- Jonathan Steiner, 4 yrs. (2011-2015)
- Wendell Bontrager, 2 yrs. (2015-2017)
- Douglas A. Bernath, 2 yrs. (2017-2019)
- Douglas Rupp, 2 yrs. (2019-2021)
- Jon Whirledge, Cu. (2021 – present)
Presidents
- Ron Habegger, 20 yrs. (1986, 1989-2008)
- Ron Keller, 2 yrs. (1987-1988)
- Al Rupp, 5 yrs. (2008-2013)
- David J. Teat, 10 yrs. (2013-2023)
- Bruce A Wright, (2023 – present)
CSF Board of Directors
| Elmer E. Rupp (1949-1966) | Greg Lehmman (1980-1985) | Ted Unsicker (2004-2005) |
| Milo A. Rediger (1949-1966) | Dennis Zimmerman (1980-1982) | Roger Gerig (2005-2011) |
| Ezra.G. Steiner (1949-1966) | Herb Grieser (1981-1883) | Ken Smith (2005-2006) |
| Orval Short (1949-1974) | Gordon Zimmerman (1981-1986) | Arlan Martin (2006-2011) |
| A.J.Stamm (1949-1966) | Elmer Nussbaum (1983-1991) | Larry Brovant (2007-2009) |
| James Rupp (1951-1967) | Gene Rupp (1984-2002) | Rod Liechty (2007-2017) |
| H.A. Driver (1951-1968) | Leon Lugbill (1984-1986) | Douglas Nafziger (2009-2018) |
| M.M. Rupp (1951-1963) | Max Ehresman (1985-2000) | Doug Bernath (2010-2019, 2020-present) |
| E.E. Zimmerman (1951-1968) | Sidney Pepe (1985-1993) | Wendell Bontrager (2010-2019) |
| Reuben Short (1951-1984) | Ron Habegger (1985-1986) | Joseph Keen (2010-2014) |
| Merlo Zimmerman (1952-1954) | Kenneth Gerig (1986-2000) | Rocky Rocholl (2010-present) |
| Raymond Moser (1964-1966) | Loren Zimmerman (1986-1988) | Ron Sutherland (2011-2015) |
| Walace Nelson (1967-1987) | Ron Keller (1987-1989) | Michael Drury (2011-2016) |
| Ray Rupp (1967-1969) | Doug Habegger (1987-1992) | Brad L. Rupp (2000-2009, 2012-2018) |
| Paul Hess (1968-1976) | Richard Riegsecker (1988-1996) | Kent Schwerin (2012-2021) |
| Alfred Rupp (1969-1973) | Harris Newlin (1989-2000) | David Teat (2013-present) |
| Harold Zook (1969-1986) | Doug Rupp (1993-2000, 2003-2011, 2018-2021) | Keith Yoder (2014-2018) |
| Milo Nussbaum (1969-1971) | Milo Nussbaum (1993-2001) | Sherry Yoder (2015-2020) |
| Jerry Boyers (1970-2002) | Al Rupp (1993-2001, 2008-2011) | Richard Streitmatter (2015-2017) |
| James Weigle (1971-1976) | Roger Andrews (1993-1995) | Shonna D. Holland (2017-2020) |
| Charles Zimmerman (1969-1974) | Elmer Lengacher (1994-2002) | Harley “Jay” Nickless, Jr. (2017-2020) |
| M.L. Klopfenstein (1972-1977) | Vaughn Zook (1994-2002) | Jonathan P. Whirledge (2018-present) |
| Orville Miller (1972-1974) | Herb Meier (1996-2004) | Brad Stutzman (2018-2019) |
| Vilas Schertz (1974-1976) | Gary Gates (1996-1997) | Jack McCarley (2018-present) |
| Robert Connor (1975-1980) | David Risinger (1997-1999) | Greg Doolin (2019-present) |
| Don Roth (1975-1980) | Thomas S. Shaffer (2001-2009, 2012-2021) | Todd Parmenter (2019-present) |
| Russ Oyer (1977-1979) | Claren Lehman (2001-2006) | Luke Shappell (2019-present) |
| Wayne Rowell (1977-1979) | Mark Hutchison (2001-2005) | Bruce Wright (2019-2023) |
| James Smith (DR) (1977-1978) | Jim Greer, Sr. (2002-2010) | Jennifer Lance (2020-present) |
| Keith Vincent (1977-1984) | Bob Hoffer (2002-2009) | Alex Ruhter (2020-present) |
| David Boyer (1978-1983) | David Lersch (2002-2010) | Ryan Mead (2021-2022) |
| Don Klopfenstein (1979-1995) | Jonathan Steiner (2003-2005, 2010-2019, 2021-present) | Danae Lake (2021 – present) |