Washington, D.C. · Public charity
United Negro College Fund Inc
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 (see schedule o) practice in moving students to and through college.
- $95M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $54M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,044,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,839,937
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 51
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $892M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Negro College Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 40 | $54M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 40 | $59M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $56M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $84M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 51 | $68M | 10% |
| FY2020 | 46 | $67M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 48 | $76M | 6% |
| FY2018 | 45 | $86M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic Scholarship Fund | $152,079,597 | 9 | 65% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund | $70,782,047 | 9 | 80% |
| Aigc Scholars | $52,373,916 | 9 | 99% |
| Spelman College | $27,154,877 | 9 | 4% |
| Clark Atlanta University Inc | $24,171,830 | 9 | 4% |
| Morehouse College | $22,231,612 | 9 | 2% |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | $20,582,966 | 9 | 4% |
| Claflin University | $15,319,236 | 9 | 7% |
| Tuskegee University | $12,195,473 | 9 | 1% |
| Dillard University | $12,095,187 | 9 | 4% |
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Where it is load-bearing
United Negro College Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 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 · Educational Credit Management Corporation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Council of Independent Colleges · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Student Freedom Initiative Inc · Chapman Foundation Inc · National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Dr Maya Angelou Foundation · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About United Negro College Fund Inc
- How much does United Negro College Fund Inc give?
- United Negro College Fund Inc reported 40 itemized grants totaling $54,134,037, out of $94,710,549 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Negro College Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Employment (1%), Religion (1%).
- Who are United Negro College Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hispanic Scholarship Fund ($152M), Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund ($71M), Aigc Scholars ($52M).
- Does United Negro College Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Negro College Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tom Joyner Foundation Inc, Strada Education Foundation Inc, Educational Credit Management Corporation.
- Where is United Negro College Fund Inc based?
- United Negro College Fund Inc is based in DC.
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