Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 868 organizations whose IRS filings report $461,924,065 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($108,563,386). 469 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $159M
- Funders on record
- 868
- Grants received
- $462M
- Net assets
- $836M
What United Negro College Fund Inc does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Direct program expenditures related to disbursements of scholarships and costs for evaluating eligibility for scholarships and expenses associated with providing technical assistance to member schools and other institutions.the work of uncf's growing portfolio of scholarship programs is unrivaled and includes a variety of scholarship programs managed by uncf, such as the fund ii foundation uncf stem scholars program, uncf/koch scholars program, k-12 education fellowship and the frederick douglass bicentennial scholarship program. The panda cares scholars program has expanded to a three-year renewable scholarship award, and the fund ii stem scholars program completed its third (see schedule o)cohort, continuing to build on an impressive record of student outcomes. The walton fellows program, an educational reform program aimed at helping inform new educators on how to improve the k-12 education system from the inside out, celebrated its 10th year. Together, these uncf scholarship and student professional development (internship) programs as well as dozens of other scholarships, internships, fellowships and faculty development opportunities add up to some of the newest, best, and…
$99,385,148 spentof which $57,625,190 as grants69% of program spendingThe gates millennium scholars program (gmsp) covers cost of education to support undergraduate programs for outstanding students of color with significant financial need, and the costs through doctoral degrees in seven target disciplines for students selected as gates millennium scholars. Gmsp, the most extensive program in uncf's history, was awarded in 1999 by the bill and melinda gates foundation for $1.6 billion. Ths 20-year program sunsets in 2029.
$16,175,163 spentof which $13,074,301 as grants11% of program spendingDistributions to member institutions of uncf.
$23,997,206 spentof which $23,997,206 as grants17% of program spendingInstitutional services provided to member institutions of uncf and other program services.
$4,848,057 spentof which $13,852 as grants$16,000 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,405,574.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $680M to $849M (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
85% of UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dr Michael L Lomax
President & CEO
Board chair
Mr Milton H Jones Jr
Chair of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 159 funders to 321 funders, grant income rose $5.8M → $92M.
71 of 868 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $25M from 110 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Boston Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 868 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 14% · 2019 27% · 2020 35% · 2021 32% · 2022 25% · 2023 58% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
42% of UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 47 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92M arriving through sponsors registered in 24 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45k on record.
- ADVERTISING - GENERAL $45k
- FEES-GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $75
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 31 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC?
- UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 868 organizations whose IRS filings report $461,924,065 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($108,563,386). 469 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 868 organizations giving $461,924,065 in grants to UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC, 469 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $108,563,386 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 868 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing