United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization. Since its founding in 1944, they’ve helped to more than double the number of minorities attending college. The six-year graduation rate for UNCF African American scholarship recipient is 70 percent. This is 11 percentage points higher than the national average and 31 percentage points higher than the national average for all African Americans.

• UNCF raised more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students to attend college, thrive, graduate and become leaders.
• Our three pronged approach: awarding more than 10,000 students scholarships, worth more than $100 million, each year, providing financial support to 37 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and serving as the nation’s leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement.

Volunteering for UNCF 75^th Anniversary Gala