Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
The mission of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is three-fold: Partner with our member-schools to increase access, retention and graduation rates of students attending their schools, identify and prepare students attending member-schools who have significant leadership potential, and create a pipeline for employers of highly qualified…
- $26M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 42
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $112,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $189M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Thurgood Marshall College Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $315k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 36 | $4.5M | 47% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $2.7M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $16M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $11M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $33M | 59% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $2.4M | 40% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $2.8M | 77% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $2.0M | 83% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership for Education Advancement Inc | $21,604,684 | 2 | 34% |
| The Howard University | $6,494,861 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $6,387,100 | 6 | n/a |
| Prairie View a and M University | $6,299,845 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $5,312,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Tuskegee University | $5,240,000 | 5 | 3% |
| North Carolina a & T State University | $5,220,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Texas Southern University | $2,836,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Winston-Salem State University | $2,211,300 | 6 | n/a |
| Alabama A&M University | $1,556,001 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership for Education Advancement Inc | $21,604,684 | 2 | 34% |
| The Howard University | $6,494,861 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $6,387,100 | 6 | n/a |
| Prairie View a and M University | $6,299,845 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $5,312,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Tuskegee University | $5,240,000 | 5 | 3% |
| North Carolina a & T State University | $5,220,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Texas Southern University | $2,836,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Winston-Salem State University | $2,211,300 | 6 | n/a |
| Alabama A&M University | $1,556,001 | 6 | n/a |
| University of DC Foundation Inc | $1,049,998 | 4 | 14% |
| Delaware State University Foundation Inc | $975,032 | 4 | 5% |
| Virginia State University Foundation | $723,750 | 6 | 7% |
| Fayetteville State University | $602,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Albany State University | $420,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Southern University Foundatio | $371,000 | 2 | 1% |
| West Virginia State University Foundation Inc | $370,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Lawson State Community College | $365,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Albany State University | $363,692 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama State University Foundation Inc | $286,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Morehouse College | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jackson State University | $272,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Alabama A&M University Foundation | $250,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Tennessee State University | $247,735 | 4 | n/a |
| The Foundation for NC A&T State University | $247,500 | 3 | 10% |
| Southern University-Baton Rouge | $242,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Southern Univerty System | $215,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie View A&M Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Univ of Texas at Arlington | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampton University | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Morgan State University Foundation Inc | $193,747 | 4 | 1% |
| Spelman College | $187,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shelton State Community College | $145,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia State University | $145,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina Central University Foundation Inc | $145,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hinds Community College Foundation | $145,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Grambling State University | $145,000 | 1 | n/a |
| J F Drake State Community & Technical College | $145,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Norfolk State University Foundation Inc and Subsidiary | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida International University Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dillard University | $95,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Elizabeth City State Univ Foundation | $93,050 | 2 | 3% |
| Bishop State Community College | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee State University Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama State University | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Langston University Foundation | $55,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Clark Atlanta University Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern University at New Orleans Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Savannah State University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tougaloo College | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Huston-Tillotson University | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethune-Cookman University | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| South Carolina State University Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alcorn State University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Allen University | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Florida Memorial University Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Carolina Central University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Stillman College | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cheyney University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central State University | $32,610 | 1 | n/a |
| Norfolk State University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Livingstone College | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Claflin University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Augustine College | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meharry Medical College | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Academy of Sciences | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elizabeth City State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentucky State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Thurgood Marshall College Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Tom Joyner Foundation Inc · Strada Education Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · American Chemical Society · Folds of Honor Foundation · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Student Freedom Initiative Inc · Executive Leadership Council · Partnership for Education Advancement Inc · United Negro College Fund Inc · World Learning Inc
How this is measured
About Thurgood Marshall College Fund
- How much does Thurgood Marshall College Fund give?
- Thurgood Marshall College Fund reported 42 itemized grants totaling $4,456,000, out of $26,394,422 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Thurgood Marshall College Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (92%), Science & Tech (5%), Social Science (1%).
- Who are Thurgood Marshall College Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Partnership for Education Advancement Inc ($22M), The Howard University ($6.5M), University of Maryland College Park ($6.4M).
- Does Thurgood Marshall College Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Thurgood Marshall College Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tom Joyner Foundation Inc, Strada Education Foundation Inc, National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- Where is Thurgood Marshall College Fund based?
- Thurgood Marshall College Fund is based in DC.
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