$2,480 raised by 25 donors
50% complete
$5,000 Goal
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”®
For more than seven decades, this principle has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling us to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate and become leaders.
We do this in three ways: By awarding more than 10,000 students scholarships, worth more than $100 million, each year. By providing financial support to 37 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). And by serving as the nation’s leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement.
This three-pronged approach is powerful: Since our founding in 1944, we’ve helped to more than double the number of minorities attending college. The six-year graduation rate for UNCF African American scholarship recipient is 70%. This is 11% higher than the national average and 31% higher than the national average for all African Americans.
UNCF Scholarship Recipients from the State of Texas: 2022-2023 Academic Year
|
North Texas |
Total # of scholarships |
432 |
Total # of students |
347 |
Total $ amount awarded |
$2,034,715.68 |
Average scholarship amount $4,709.99
UNCF envisions a nation where all Americans have equal access to a college education that prepares them for rich intellectual lives, competitive and fulfilling careers, engaged citizenship and service to our nation.
From UNCF's beginnings, we have known that the American unalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" do not apply to Black Americans. The education our Black colleges provide is at its foundation an unequivocal affirmation of Black humanity and value.
The work we do in behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and our students is vital work and, at its core, is inextricably intertwined with the ongoing Black struggle for our full citizenship rights, privileges and protections. Further, we affirm and declare that HBCUs are, like our Black churches, cornerstone institutions in the Black community.
UNCF has affirmed the essential value, importance and impact of our HBCUs, because for over 150 years these institutions have labored to educate Black students, to prepare them for meaningful careers, for active citizenship and for leadership within and in behalf of the Black community.
Organization name
United Negro College Fund
other names
UNCF
Causes
Education - Higher Ed
Operating Budget
$500,000 - $999,999
Counties Served
Wise, Tarrant, Somervell, Rockwall, Parker, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Kaufman, Johnson, Hunt, Hood, Grayson, Fannin, Erath, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Cooke, Collin
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
600 N. Pearl St. Suite 1980