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September 23, 2025
The novelist and philanthropist’s gift is among her largest ever and will help UNCF build permanent assets for its 37…
March 18, 2022
The United Negro College Fund is working with Deloitte Digital to launch HBCUv, an online learning platform targeting HBCUs.
January 23, 2022
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has wasted no time in sharing her fortune since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019.
March 17, 2021
Peachtree Providence Partners founding member Milton H. Jones Jr. has been elected to chair the support organization's board of directors.
June 17, 2020
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and philanthropist Patty Quillin donate $40 million to Spelman College, Morehouse College, and the United Negro…
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September 30, 2019
Oprah Winfrey dropped an extra $1.15 million, on a UNCF scholarship luncheon, matching the funds that were already raised
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March 27, 2019
At its 75th anniversary in New York, the United Negro College Fund gave back by raising $500,000 to give to…
October 3, 2018
Ossie Davis would have turned 100 years old on December 18, 2017 and to honor what would have been his…
August 14, 2018
[griojw id=”r5vKF9iY” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Kevin Hart is known for being a funny man, but the celeb and comedian is doing more
December 19, 2016
Tyrese, Usher, Jeezy and Atlanta native Future, each donated to the United Negro College Fund at its annual fundraising event.
July 12, 2013
OPINION - The Department of Education has suddenly raised the bar so high for acquiring a student loan that thousands…
May 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Newark Mayor Cory Booker knows how to grab a headline...
January 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - UNCF is credited for being the country's largest minority education organization that supports the education of over…
April 23, 2011
OPINION - The United Negro College Fund and its Building Green at Minority Serving Institutions program shows that minority colleges…
March 3, 2011
OPINION - 'A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste' was and is a brilliant slogan for HBCUs who've historically…