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Screen a listUnited Negro College Fund Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$159Mrevenue
FY2025 · −29% in 3 yrs360staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−15.5%
Months of reserve17.6mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+9.0%
Middle half of peersMedianUnited Negro College
Where the money goes FY2025 · $184M spent
Programs$144M79%Management and general$16M9%Fundraising$23M13%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
A funder worth 23% of revenue stopped after FY2020
Hispanic Scholarship Fund gave $21M in FY2020, 23% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor2
Strong governance
31 of 31 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 9% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort868funders
$80Ma year, last 3 years
22%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Lilly Endowment IncEvery year since FY2017$85k$86k$93k$5.1M$111k$108k$53MBlue Meridian Partners IncSince FY2021$24M$18M$2.0MHispanic Scholarship FundOn and off$21MGates FoundationEvery year since FY2017$250k$860k$1.9M$2.0M$2.9M$3.5M$3.3MAbbVie FoundationEvery year since FY2017$5k$3k$3k$1.5M$2.4M$2.4M$2.4MCharles Koch FoundationStopped after FY2022$676k$3.8M$1.5M$820k$1.7M–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$1.2M$1.4M$1.7M$6.8M$18M$27M$8.4M704 other fundersUp to $4.1M a year each$4.3M$3.3M$6.7M$22M$25M$24M$23M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped