UNCF

American philanthropic organization

Not to be confused with UNICEF.

United Negro College Fund

Abbreviation| UNCF
Founded| April 25, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-04-25)
Founder| Frederick D. Patterson
Mary McLeod Bethune
Type| Educational

Tax ID no.

| 13-1624241[1]
Legal status| 501(c)(3)[1]
Purpose| To build a pathway of educational support from K–12 through college and career.
Headquarters| 1805 7th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Coordinates| 38°54′51″N 77°01′17″W﻿ / ﻿38.9143°N 77.0214°W﻿ / 38.9143; -77.0214

Area served

| United States

President, Chief Executive Officer

| Dr. Michael L. Lomax[2]

Revenue (2018)

| $89,277,523[3]
Expenses (2018)| $171,722,769[3]
Endowment| $103,734,086 (2018)[3]

Employees (2017)

| 281[3]

Volunteers (2017)

| 2,584[3]
Website| www.uncf.org
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UNCF, the United Negro College Fund, also known as the United Fund, is an American philanthropic organization that funds scholarships for black students and general scholarship funds for 37 private historically black colleges and universities. UNCF was incorporated on April 25, 1944, by Frederick D. Patterson (then president of what is now Tuskegee University), Mary McLeod Bethune, and others. UNCF is headquartered at 1805 7th Street, NW in Washington, D.C.[4] In 2005, UNCF supported approximately 65,000 students at over 900 colleges and universities with approximately $113 million in grants and scholarships. About 60% of these students are the first in their families to attend college, and 62% have annual family incomes of less than $25,000. UNCF also administers over 450 named scholarships.

UNCF's president and chief executive officer is Michael Lomax. Past presidents of the UNCF included William H. Gray[5] and Vernon Jordan.[6]

## Scholarships

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Though founded to address funding inequities in education resources for African Americans, UNCF-administered scholarships are open to all ethnicities; the great majority of recipients are still African-American. It provides scholarships to students attending its member colleges as well as to those going elsewhere.[7]

Graduates of UNCF member institutions and scholarships have included many Black people in the fields of business, politics, health care and the arts. Some prominent UNCF alumni include: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader in the civil rights movement; Alexis Herman, former U.S. Secretary of Labor; movie director Spike Lee; actor Samuel L. Jackson; General Chappie James, the U.S. Air Force’s first black four-star general; and Dr. David Satcher, a former U.S. Surgeon General and director of the Centers for Disease Control.[8]

## History

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In 1944 William J. Trent, a long-time activist for education for black people, joined with Tuskegee Institute President Frederick D. Patterson and Mary McLeod Bethune to found the UNCF, a nonprofit that united college presidents to raise money collectively through an "appeal to the national conscience". As the first executive director from the organization's start in 1944 until 1964, Trent raised $78 million for historically Black colleges so they could become "strong citadels of learning, carriers of the American dream, seedbeds of social evolution and revolution".[9] In 2008, reflecting shifting attitudes toward the word Negro in its name, the UNCF shifted from using its full name to using only its initials, releasing a new logo with the initials alone and featuring their slogan more prominently.[10][11]

## Fundraising and the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars

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The UNCF has received charitable donations for its scholarship programs. One of the more high-profile donations made was by then-senator and future U.S. President John F. Kennedy who donated the money from the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage to the Fund. Another significant donation was made in 1990 by Walter Annenberg, who donated $50 million to the fund.[12]

Beginning in 1980, singer Lou Rawls began the "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars" telethon to benefit the UNCF. The annual event, now known as "An Evening of Stars", consists of stories of successful African-American students who have graduated or benefited from one of the many historically black colleges and universities and who received support from the UNCF. The telethon featured comedy and musical performances from various artists in support of the UNCF's and Rawls' efforts. The event has raised over $200 million in 27 shows for the fund through 2006.[13]

In January 2004, Rawls was honored by the United Negro College Fund for his more than 25 years of charity work with the organization. Instead of Rawls' hosting and performing, he was given the seat of honor and celebrated by his performing colleagues, including Stevie Wonder, The O'Jays, Gerald Levert, Ashanti, and several others. Before his death in January 2006, Rawls' last performance was a taping for the 2006 telethon that honored Wonder, months before entering the hospital after being diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year.[13]

In addition to the telethon, there are a number of other fundraising activities, including the "Walk for Education" held annually in Los Angeles, California, which includes a five kilometer walk/run. In Houston, Texas, the Cypresswood Golf Club hosts an annual golf tournament in April.[14]

In 2014, Koch Industries Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation made a $25 million grant to UNCF.[15] In protest of the Kochs, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a major labor union, ended its yearly $50,000–60,000 support for UNCF.[16]

In June 2020, Netflix founder Reed Hastings donated $120 million to the UNCF to be used as scholarship funds for students enrolled at UNCF institutions. His donation was the largest in UNCF history.[17][18]

## The UNCF motto

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In 1972, the UNCF adopted as its motto the maxim "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." This maxim has become one of the most widely recognized slogans in advertising history.[19] The motto was notably mangled in a 1989 address to the organization by then–Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle, who stated: "And you take the U.N.C.F. model that what a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."[20] The motto, which has been used in numerous award-winning UNCF ad campaigns, was created by Forest Long, of the advertising agency Young & Rubicam, in partnership with the Ad Council.[21]

A lesser-known slogan the UNCF also uses, in reference to its intended beneficiaries, points out that they're "not asking for a handout, just a hand."[22]

## UNCF member institutions

[edit]

### Alabama

[edit]

* Miles College, Birmingham, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/miles-college
* Oakwood University, Huntsville, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/oakwood-university
* Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/stillman-college
* Talladega College, Talladega, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/talladega-college
* Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/tuskegee-university

### Arkansas

[edit]

* Philander Smith College, Little Rock, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/philander-smith-college

### Florida

[edit]

* Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/bethune-cookman-university
* Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/edward-waters-college
* Florida Memorial University, Miami Gardens, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/florida-memorial-university

### Georgia

[edit]

* Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/clark-atlanta
* Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/interdenominational-theological-center
* Morehouse College, Atlanta, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/morehouse-college
* Paine College, Augusta, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/paine-college
* Spelman College, Atlanta, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/spelman-college

### Louisiana

[edit]

* Dillard University, New Orleans, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/dillard-university
* Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/xavier-university

### Mississippi

[edit]

* Rust College, Holly Springs, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/rust-college
* Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/tougaloo-college

### North Carolina

[edit]

* Bennett College, Greensboro, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/bennett-college
* Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/johnson-c-smith-university
* Livingstone College, Salisbury, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/livingstone-college
* Saint Augustine's University, Raleigh, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/saint-augustines-university
* Shaw University, Raleigh, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/shaw-university

### Ohio

[edit]

* Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/wilberforce-university

### South Carolina

[edit]

* Allen University, Columbia, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/allen-university
* Benedict College, Columbia, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/benedict-college
* Claflin University, Orangeburg, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/claflin-university
* Morris College, Sumter, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/morris-college
* Voorhees College, Denmark, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/voorhees-college

### Tennessee

[edit]

* Fisk University, Nashville, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/fisk-university
* Lane College, Jackson, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/lane-college
* LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/lemoyne-owen-college

### Texas

[edit]

* Huston–Tillotson University, Austin, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/huston-tillotson
* Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/jarvis-christian-college
* Texas College, Tyler, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/texas-college
* Wiley College, Marshall, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/wiley-college

### Virginia

[edit]

* Virginia Union University, Richmond, https://uncf.org/member-colleges/virginia-union-university

## Member HBCUs (tabular)[23]

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Name  | City  | State  | Established  | Endowment  | Students  | Religious affiliation  | Sporting affiliations

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Allen University | Columbia | South Carolina | 1870  | $0.31 million  | 817  | African Methodist Episcopal Church | NAIA, AAC
Benedict College | Columbia | South Carolina | 1870  | $21.6 million  | 2,040  | American Baptist Churches USA | NCAA Division II, SIAC
Bennett College | Greensboro | North Carolina | 1873  | $13.7 million  | 311  | United Methodist Church | unaffiliated
Bethune-Cookman University | Daytona Beach | Florida | 1904  | $28.9 million  | 2,901  | United Methodist Church | NCAA Division I FCS, SWAC
Claflin University | Orangeburg | South Carolina | 1869  | $28.6 million  | 2,070  | United Methodist Church | NCAA Division II, CIAA
Clark Atlanta University | Atlanta | Georgia | 1865  | $72.5 million  | 3,920  | United Methodist Church | NCAA Division II, SIAC
Dillard University | New Orleans | Louisiana | 1869  | $94.2 million  | 1,225  | United Church of Christ,

United Methodist Church

| NAIA, GCAC
Edward Waters College | Jacksonville | Florida | 1866  | $1.68 million  | 3,085  | African Methodist Episcopal Church | NCAA Division II, SIAC
Fisk University | Nashville | Tennessee | 1866  | $25.5 million  | 874  | United Church of Christ | NAIA, GCAC
Florida Memorial University | Miami Gardens | Florida  | 1879  | $4.0 million  | 1,097  | American Baptist Churches USA | NAIA, TSC
Huston–Tillotson University | Austin | Texas | 1875  | $10.9 million  | 1,121  | United Methodist Church,

United Church of Christ

| NAIA, RRAC
Interdenominational Theological Center | Atlanta | Georgia | 1958  | $7.68 million  | 265  | n/a  | n/a
Jarvis Christian College | Hawkins | Texas | 1912  | $10.7 million  | 867  | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | NAIA, RRAC
Johnson C. Smith University | Charlotte | North Carolina | 1867  | $69.0 million  | 1,494  | Presbyterian Church (USA) | NCAA Division II, CIAA
Lane College | Jackson | Tennessee | 1882  | $4.9 million  | 1,267  | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | NCAA Division II, SIAC
LeMoyne-Owen College | Memphis | Tennessee | 1968  | $52 million  | 835  | United Church of Christ | NCAA Division II, SIAC
Livingstone College | Salisbury | North Carolina | 1879  | $4.97 million  | 1,122  | African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | NCAA Division II, CIAA
Miles College | Birmingham | Alabama | 1898  | $23.3 million  | 1,456  | CME Church | NCAA Division II, SIAC
Morehouse College | Atlanta | Georgia | 1867  | $156.0 million  | 2,238  | n/a  | NCAA Division II, SIAC
Morris College | Sumter | South Carolina | 1908  | $10.3 million  | 600  | Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina | NAIA – Independent
Oakwood University | Huntsville | Alabama | 1896  | $19.7 million  | 1,526  | Seventh-day Adventist Church | USCAA Division I
Paine College | Augusta | Georgia | 1882  | $12.1 million  | 448  | United Methodist Church,

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

| NCCAA
Philander Smith College | Little Rock | Arkansas | 1877  | $9.28 million  | 996  | United Methodist Church | NAIA, GCAC
Rust College | Holly Springs | Mississippi | 1866  | $37.0 million  | 738  | United Methodist Church | NAIA, GCAC
Saint Augustine's University | Raleigh | North Carolina | 1867  | $20.6 million  | 899  | Episcopal Church | NCAA Division II, CIAA
Shaw University | Raleigh | North Carolina | 1865  | $10.9 million  | 1,291  | National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.,

American Baptist Churches, USA

| NCAA Division II, CIAA
Spelman College | Atlanta | Georgia | 1881  | $390.0 million  | 2,120  | n/a  | n/a
Stillman College | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | 1876  | $19.1 million  | 861  | Presbyterian Church (USA) | NAIA, SSAC
Talladega College | Talladega | Alabama | 1867  | $2.59 million  | 1,239  | United Church of Christ | NAIA, SSAC
Texas College | Tyler | Texas | 1894  | $5.43 million  | 940  | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | NAIA – RRAC, SAC
Tougaloo College | Tougaloo | Mississippi | 1869  | $17.6 million  | 716  | United Church of Christ,

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

| NAIA, GCAC
Tuskegee University | Tuskegee | Alabama | 1881  | $129.0 million  | 2,876  | n/a  | NCAA Division II, SIAC
Virginia Union University | Richmond | Virginia | 1865  | $33.4 million  | 1,451  | American Baptist Churches USA | NCAA Division II, CIAA
Voorhees College | Denmark | South Carolina | 1897  | $8.06 million  | 510  | Episcopal Church | NAIA – Independent
Wilberforce University | Wilberforce | Ohio | 1856  | $6.71 million  | 566  | African Methodist Episcopal Church | NAIA – Independent
Wiley College | Marshall | Texas | 1879  | $6.17 million  | 712  | United Methodist Church | NAIA, RRAC
Xavier University of Louisiana | New Orleans | Louisiana | 1925  | $171.0 million  | 3,325  | Catholic (Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament)  | NAIA, RRAC

## References

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1. ^ a b "United Negro College Fund Inc". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
2. ^ "Dr. Michael L. Lomax". United Negro College Fund. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
3. ^ a b c d e "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". United Negro College Fund Inc. Guidestar. March 31, 2018.
4. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine". United Negro College Fund. Accessed October 8, 2013.
5. ^ "75+ Years Strong: Highlights from UNCF's History". UNCF. March 14, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
6. ^ "UNCF Mourns the Passing of Vernon Jordan, Former Executive Director". UNCF. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
7. ^ "UNCF Faq". UNCF. November 7, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
8. ^ "UNCF". UNCF. November 7, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
9. ^ Wharton Alumni Magazine, Spring 2007
10. ^ Quenqua, Douglas (January 17, 2008). "Revising a Name, but Not a Familiar Slogan". The New York Times.
11. ^ Schmidt, Peter (January 17, 2008). "United Negro College Fund Decides Its Great Tag Line Is a Terrible Thing to Waste". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
12. ^ B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library Archived February 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
13. ^ a b "United Negro College Fund :: An Evening of Stars Continues in Memory of Lou Rawls". www.prnewstoday.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
14. ^ "UNCF Events". UNCF. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
15. ^ Sullivan, Sean (June 6, 2014). "Koch brothers donate $25 million to United Negro College Fund". Washington Post. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
16. ^ "Union halts support for United Negro College Fund over Koch brothers' grant". New York Post. Associated Press. July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
17. ^ Bursztynsky, Jessica (June 17, 2020). "Netflix CEO Reed Hastings donating $120 million to historically Black institutions". CNBC. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
18. ^ "Netflix CEO is donating $120 million to HBCUs, wants it to celebrate "great black achievement"". www.cbsnews.com. June 17, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
19. ^ [1] Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
20. ^ Dowd, Maureen. "The Education of Dan Quayle". The New York Times. June 25, 1989.
21. ^ See the UNCF website.
22. ^ Gasman, Marybeth (2007). Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund (page 192). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
23. ^ "Member Colleges". UNCF. Retrieved February 27, 2022.

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Education, science
and technology|

* Black studies
* Black schools
* Historically black colleges and universities
* Inventors and scientists
* Museums
* Women
* in computer science
* in medicine
* in STEM fields

Religion|

* African-American Jews
* Islam
* American Society of Muslims
* Nation of Islam
* Black church
* Azusa Street Revival
* Black Hebrew Israelites
* Black theology
* Doctrine of Father Divine

Political movements|

* Anarchism
* Back-to-Africa movement
* Black power
* Movement
* Capitalism
* Conservatism
* Leftism
* Pan-Africanism
* Populism
* Raised fist
* Self-determination
* Nationalism
* Socialism

Civic and economic
groups

* Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
* Black Panther Party
* Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
* National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
* Nashville Student Movement
* National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC)
* National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
* National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)
* National Urban League (NUL)
* Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
* Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
* Thurgood Marshall College Fund
* United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
* Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL)

Sports|

* Negro league baseball
* Baseball color line
* Black players in professional American football
* Black NFL quarterbacks
* Black players in ice hockey
* Muhammad Ali
* Arthur Ashe
* Jack Johnson
* Joe Louis
* Jesse Owens
* Jackie Robinson
* Serena Williams

Athletic associations
and conferences

* Central (CIAA)
* Mid-Eastern (MEAC)
* Southern (SIAC)
* Southwestern (SWAC)

Ethnic subdivisions|

* By African descent
* Fula
* Gullah
* Igbo
* Yoruba
* Alabama Creole
* Black Indians
* Black Seminoles
* Cherokee freedmen controversy
* Choctaw freedmen
* Creek Freedmen
* Black Southerners
* Blaxicans
* Great Dismal Swamp maroons
* Louisiana Creole
* of color
* Melungeon

Demographics|

* Neighborhoods
* list
* U.S. cities with large populations
* 2000 majorities
* 2010 majorities
* Metropolitan areas
* States and territories
* Illinois
* Ohio

Languages|

* Afro-Seminole Creole
* American Sign
* Black American Sign
* English
* American English
* African-American English
* African-American Vernacular English
* social context
* Gullah
* Louisiana Creole

By state/city|

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* Utah
* Virginia
* West Virginia

Diaspora|

* Africa
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Liberia
* Sierra Leone
* America
* Canada
* Dominican Republic
* Haiti
* Mexico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Israel
* Europe
* France

Lists|

* African Americans
* Activists
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* Journalists
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* Singers
* Sportspeople
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* Historic places
* Index of related articles
* Landmark African-American legislation
* Lynching victims
* Monuments
* Neighborhoods
* Topics related to the African diaspora

* Category
* United States portal

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST
* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Israel
* United States

Other|

* SNAC

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