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{{Short description|American philanthropic organization}}
{{distinguish|UNICEF}}{{redirect|United Fund|the organization formerly known as United Fund|United Way}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name              = United Negro College Fund
| abbreviation      = UNCF
| employees         = 281<ref name= 990-2018>"[https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2018/131/624/2018-131624241-0fe5cb00-9.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". United Negro College Fund Inc. [[Guidestar]]. March 31, 2018.</ref> 
| employees_year    = 2017
| volunteers        = 2,584<ref name= 990-2018/>
| volunteers_year   = 2017
| revenue           = $350 million (2023)<ref name="KPMG2023">[https://uncf.org/wp-content/uploads/FY23-UNCF-AFS-2.pdf?_gl=1*13akif5*_gcl_au*MTEwMjAxODMxOC4xNzQ3Njc0OTYx  United Negro College Fund, Inc. Financial Statements: March 31, 2023 and 2022 (With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon).] KPMG. Retrieved May 19, 2025.</ref>
| revenue_year      = 
| expenses          = $171 million (2023)<ref name="KPMG2023"/>
| expenses_year     = 
| endowment         = $154 million (2023) <ref name="KPMG2023"/>
| purpose           = UNCF’s mission is to build a robust and nationally-recognized pipeline of under-represented students who, because of UNCF support, become highly-qualified college graduates and to ensure that our network of member institutions is a respected model of best practice in moving students to and through college.
| logo              = UNCF.svg
| type              = Educational
| founded_date      = {{start date and age|1944|04|25}}
| founder           = [[Frederick D. Patterson ]]<br />[[Mary McLeod Bethune]]
| headquarters      = 1805 7th Street NW<br /> [[Washington, D.C.]] 20001
| coords            = {{Coord| 38.9143|-77.0214|type:landmark_region:US-DC|display = inline,title}}
| area_served       = United States
| tax_id            = 13-1624241<ref name= irseos/>
| status            = [[501(c)(3)]]<ref name= irseos>"[https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=671753&ein=131624241&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=Search&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=2&names=United+Negro+College+Fund&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States United Negro College Fund Inc]". Tax Exempt Organization Search. [[Internal Revenue Service]]. Retrieved November 1, 2019.</ref> 
| leader_name       = [[Michael Lomax|Dr. Michael L. Lomax]]<ref>"[https://www.uncf.org/bio/dr-lomax Dr. Michael L. Lomax]". United Negro College Fund. Retrieved November 1, 2019.</ref> 
| leader_title      = [[President (corporation)|President]], [[Chief Executive Officer]]
| website           = {{URL|uncf.org}}
}}
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'''UNCF''', the '''United Negro College Fund''', is an American [[Philanthropy|philanthropic]] organization that funds [[scholarship]]s for [[African Americans|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 became [[Tuskegee University]]), [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], and others. UNCF is headquartered at 1805 7th Street, NW in Washington, D.C.<ref name="uncf-contact">"[http://www.uncf.org/sections/WhoWeAre/SS_AboutUs/contact_us.asp Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002142807/http://www.uncf.org/sections/WhoWeAre/SS_AboutUs/contact_us.asp |date=2013-10-02 }}". United Negro College Fund. Accessed October 8, 2013.</ref><!--Look up the address 1805 7th Street, NW-->  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 (Pennsylvania politician)|William H. Gray]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-14 |title=75+ Years Strong: Highlights from UNCF's History |url=https://uncf.org/the-latest/75-years-strong-highlights-from-uncfs-history |access-date=2022-03-30 |publisher=UNCF |language=en}}</ref> and [[Vernon Jordan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNCF Mourns the Passing of Vernon Jordan, Former Executive Director |date=March 2, 2021 |url=https://uncf.org/news/uncf-mourns-the-passing-of-vernon-jordan-former-executive-director |access-date=2022-03-30 |publisher=UNCF |language=en}}</ref>

==Scholarships==
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.<ref name="uncf-faq">{{cite web |url=http://www.uncf.org/sections/WhoWeAre/SS_AboutUs/faqs.asp |title=UNCF Faq |publisher=UNCF |date=2008-11-07 |access-date=2013-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002142851/http://www.uncf.org/sections/WhoWeAre/SS_AboutUs/faqs.asp |archive-date=2013-10-02 }}</ref>

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]].<ref name="uncf-aboutus">{{cite web |url=http://www.uncf.org/sections/WhoWeAre/SS_AboutUs/aboutus.asp |title=UNCF |publisher=UNCF |date=2008-11-07 |access-date=2013-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002142108/http://www.uncf.org/sections/WhoWeAre/SS_AboutUs/aboutus.asp |archive-date=2013-10-02 }}</ref>
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Frederick_D_Patterson.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Founder Dr. [[Frederick D. Patterson]]]] -->

==History==

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".<ref>''Wharton Alumni Magazine'', Spring 2007</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/business/media/17adco.html |title=Revising a Name, but Not a Familiar Slogan |last=Quenqua |first=Douglas |date=January 17, 2008 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/United-Negro-College-Fund/40274 |title=United Negro College Fund Decides Its Great Tag Line Is a Terrible Thing to Waste |last=Schmidt |first=Peter |date=January 17, 2008 |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education}}</ref>

In 2025, billionaire philanthropist [[MacKenzie Scott]] donated $70 million to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Associated Press |title=MacKenzie Scott donates $70M to United Negro College Fund to support HBCUs |url=https://apnews.com/article/mackenzie-scott-hbcu-donation-4db7e27b4b1180f2b7969f1a1910a350 |work=Associated Press |date=September 10, 2025 |access-date=September 22, 2025}}</ref> The donation is intended to promote financial stability, capacity building, and long-term sustainability for HBCUs.<ref name="AP2025" /> UNCF announced that the funds would be distributed to address both immediate institutional needs and broader inequities in higher-education funding for historically Black institutions.<ref name="AP2025" />

== Fundraising and the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars ==
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[[File:United Negro College Fund DC.JPG|thumb|United Negro College Fund headquarters in Washington, D.C.]]
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/Library/african/2000/1990.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211134655/http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/1990.htm|title=African-Americans in the Twentieth Century|archivedate=February 11, 2010|website=www.liu.edu}}</ref>

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.<ref name="prnewstoday.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewstoday.com/release.htm?cat=music&dat=20060106&rl=DCF04006012006-1 |title=United Negro College Fund :: An Evening of Stars Continues in Memory of Lou Rawls |website=www.prnewstoday.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313124917/http://www.prnewstoday.com/release.htm?cat=music&dat=20060106&rl=DCF04006012006-1 |archive-date=13 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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 (entertainer)|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.<ref name="prnewstoday.com"/>

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|Houston]], [[Texas]], the [[Cypresswood Golf Club]] hosts an annual golf tournament in April.<ref name="uncf-events">{{cite web |url=http://www.uncf.org/sections/Events/Events.asp |title=UNCF Events |publisher=UNCF |access-date=2013-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002142226/http://www.uncf.org/sections/Events/Events.asp |archive-date=2013-10-02 }}</ref>

In 2014, [[Koch Industries Inc.]] and the [[Charles Koch Foundation]] made a $25 million grant to UNCF.<ref>{{cite news|title=Koch brothers donate $25 million to United Negro College Fund|author=Sullivan, Sean|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/06/06/koch-brothers-donate-25-million-to-united-negro-college-fund/|date=June 6, 2014|access-date=August 26, 2014|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2014/07/10/koch-brother-grant-halts-union-support-for-united-negro-college-fund/ |title=Union halts support for United Negro College Fund over Koch brothers' grant |date=2014-07-10 |access-date=2014-07-11|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[New York Post]]}}</ref>

In 2015, the [[Lilly Endowment]] donated $50 million to UNCF to establish the Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) for HBCUs.<ref name="Lilly1002024"/>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bursztynsky|first=Jessica|date=2020-06-17|title=Netflix CEO Reed Hastings donating $120 million to historically Black institutions|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/netflix-ceo-hastings-donating-120-million-to-historically-black-institutions.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 17, 2020|title=Netflix CEO is donating $120 million to HBCUs, wants it to celebrate "great black achievement"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reed-hastings-netflix-ceo0donation-120-million-hbcus/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 2024, the Lilly Endowment added to its 2015 gift and awarded a $100 million unrestricted grant to UNCF's $1 billion capital campaign.<ref name="Lilly1002024">UNCF News (January 11, 2024). 
[https://uncf.org/news/uncf-receives-100-million-grant-from-lilly-endowment-inc-to-support-capital-campaign  UNCF Receives $100 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Support Capital Campaign.] Retrieved May 19, 2025.</ref> 

==The UNCF motto==
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.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183340/http://www.verdant-systems.com/Mind.htm ]}}</ref> 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."<ref>Dowd, Maureen. [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/25/magazine/the-education-of-dan-quayle.html?pagewanted=all "The Education of Dan Quayle"]. ''The New York Times''. June 25, 1989.</ref>
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]].<ref>See the UNCF website.</ref>

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."<ref>Gasman, Marybeth (2007). ''Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund'' (page 192). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.</ref>

==UNCF member institutions==

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

===Arkansas===
* [[Philander Smith College]], [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [https://uncf.org/member-colleges/philander-smith-college Philander Smith University]

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

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

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

===Mississippi===
* [[Rust College]], [[Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs]], [https://uncf.org/member-colleges/rust-college Rust College]
* [[Tougaloo College]], [[Tougaloo, Mississippi|Tougaloo]], [https://uncf.org/member-colleges/tougaloo-college Tougaloo College]

===North Carolina===

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

===Ohio===
* [[Wilberforce University]], [[Wilberforce, Ohio|Wilberforce]], [https://uncf.org/member-colleges/wilberforce-university Wilberforce University]

===South Carolina===

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

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

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

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

== Member HBCUs (tabular) ==
The member HCBUs include (tabular):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Colleges |url=https://uncf.org/member-colleges |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=UNCF |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Name
!City
!State
!Established 
!Endowment
!Students
!Religious affiliation
!Sporting affiliations
|-
|[[Allen University]]
|[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|[[South Carolina]]
|1870
|$0.31 million
|817 
|[[African Methodist Episcopal Church]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[Benedict College]]
|[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|[[South Carolina]]
|1870
|$21.6 million
|2,040
|[[American Baptist Churches USA]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[Bennett College]]
|[[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]]
|[[North Carolina]]
|1873 
|$13.7 million
|311 
|[[United Methodist Church]]
|unaffiliated
|-
|[[Bethune–Cookman University]]
|[[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]]
|[[Florida]]
|1904
|$28.9 million
|2,901
|[[United Methodist Church]]
|[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Division I FCS]], [[Southwestern Athletic Conference|SWAC]]
|-
|[[Claflin University]]
|[[Orangeburg, South Carolina|Orangeburg]]
|[[South Carolina]]
|1869
|$28.6 million
|2,070
|[[United Methodist Church]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|CIAA]]
|-
|[[Clark Atlanta University]]
|[[Atlanta]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|1865
|$72.5 million
|3,920
|[[United Methodist Church]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[Dillard University]]
|[[New Orleans]]
|[[Louisiana]]
|1869
|$94.2 million
|1,225
|[[United Church of Christ]], <br> [[United Methodist Church]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Edward Waters College]]
|[[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]]
|[[Florida]]
|1866
|$1.68 million
|3,085
|[[African Methodist Episcopal Church]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[Fisk University]]
|[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]
|[[Tennessee]]
|1866
|$25.5 million
|874 
|[[United Church of Christ]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Florida Memorial University]]
|[[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]]
|Florida
|1879
|$4.0 million
|1,097
|[[American Baptist Churches USA]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[The Sun Conference|TSC]]
|-
|[[Huston–Tillotson University]]
|[[Austin, Texas|Austin]]
|[[Texas]]
|1875
|$10.9 million
|1,121
|[[United Methodist Church]], <br> [[United Church of Christ]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[Red River Athletic Conference|RRAC]]
|-
|[[Interdenominational Theological Center]]
|[[Atlanta]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|1958
|$7.68 million
|265
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|[[Jarvis Christian College]]
|[[Hawkins, Texas|Hawkins]]
|[[Texas]]
|1912
|$10.7 million
|867 
|[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[Red River Athletic Conference|RRAC]]
|-
|[[Johnson C. Smith University]]
|[[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]]
|[[North Carolina]]
|1867
|$69.0 million
|1,494
|[[Presbyterian Church (USA)]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|CIAA]]
|-
|[[Lane College]]
|[[Jackson, Tennessee|Jackson]]
|[[Tennessee]]
|1882
|$4.9 million
|1,267
|[[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[LeMoyne–Owen College]]
|[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]
|[[Tennessee]]
|1968
|$52 million
|835 
|[[United Church of Christ]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[Livingstone College]]
|[[Salisbury, North Carolina|Salisbury]]
|[[North Carolina]]
|1879
|$4.97 million
|1,122
|[[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|CIAA]]
|-
|[[Miles College]]
|[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]
|[[Alabama]]
|1898
|$23.3 million
|1,456
|[[CME Church]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[Morehouse College]]
|[[Atlanta]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|1867
|$156.0 million
|2,238
|n/a
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[Morris College]]
|[[Sumter, South Carolina|Sumter]]
|[[South Carolina]]
|1908
|$10.3 million
|600 
|[[Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[NAIA independent schools|Independent]]
|-
|[[Oakwood University]]
|[[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]]
|[[Alabama]]
|1896 
|$19.7 million
|1,526
|[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]
|[[United States Collegiate Athletic Association|USCAA]] Division I
|-
|[[Paine College]]
|[[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|1882
|$12.1 million
|448 
|[[United Methodist Church]], <br> [[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]]
|[[NCCAA]]
|-
|[[Philander Smith College]]
|[[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
|[[Arkansas]]
|1877
|$9.28 million
|996
|[[United Methodist Church]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Rust College]]
|[[Holly Springs, Mississippi|Holly Springs]]
|[[Mississippi]]
|1866
|$37.0 million
|738
|[[United Methodist Church]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[St. Augustine's College (North Carolina)|Saint Augustine's University]]
|[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]
|[[North Carolina]]
|1867
|$20.6 million
|899 
|[[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|CIAA]]
|-
|[[Shaw University]]
|[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]
|[[North Carolina]]
|1865
|$10.9 million
|1,291
|[[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.]], <br> [[American Baptist Churches, USA]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|CIAA]]
|-
|[[Spelman College]]
|[[Atlanta]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|1881
|$390.0 million
|2,120
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|[[Stillman College]]
|[[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]
|[[Alabama]]
|1876
|$19.1 million
|861
|[[Presbyterian Church (USA)]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Talladega College]]
|[[Talladega, Alabama|Talladega]]
|[[Alabama]]
|1867
|$2.59 million
|1,239
|[[United Church of Christ]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Texas College]]
|[[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]
|[[Texas]]
|1894
|$5.43 million
|940 
|[[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[Red River Athletic Conference|RRAC]], [[Sooner Athletic Conference|SAC]]
|-
|[[Tougaloo College]]
|[[Tougaloo, Mississippi|Tougaloo]]
|[[Mississippi]]
|1869
|$17.6 million
|716
|[[United Church of Christ]], <br> [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Tuskegee University]]
|[[Tuskegee, Alabama|Tuskegee]]
|[[Alabama]]
|1881
|$129.0 million
|2,876
|n/a
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|SIAC]]
|-
|[[Virginia Union University]]
|[[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]
|[[Virginia]]
|1865
|$33.4 million
|1,451
|[[American Baptist Churches USA]]
|[[NCAA Division II]], [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association|CIAA]]
|-
|[[Voorhees College]]
|[[Denmark, South Carolina|Denmark]]
|[[South Carolina]]
|1897
|$8.06 million
|510 
|[[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Wilberforce University]]
|[[Wilberforce, Ohio|Wilberforce]]
|[[Ohio]]
|1856
|$6.71 million
|566 
|[[African Methodist Episcopal Church]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Wiley College]]
|[[Marshall, Texas|Marshall]]
|[[Texas]]
|1879
|$6.17 million
|712 
|[[United Methodist Church]]
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]
|-
|[[Xavier University of Louisiana]]
|[[New Orleans]]
|[[Louisiana]]
|1925
|$171.0 million
|3,325 
|[[Catholic]] ([[Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament]])
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], [[Red River Athletic Conference|RRAC]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://www.uncf.org/}}

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