2021

Award-winning artist, philanthropist Big Sean, the Sean Anderson Foundation and Terrence J lent support as key ambassadors and mentors Third annual business pitch competition featured 50 students competing from 10 historically Black colleges and universities North Carolina A&T State University takes first place; more than $215,000 in scholarships and prizes awarded CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 21, […]

“We, at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, are both surprised at and disappointed with the proposed level and allocation of infrastructure funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) contained in the latest draft of the reconciliation bill. At present, the reconciliation bill proposes to allocate only $2 billion in infrastructure funding for HBCUs and […]

WASHINGTON, DC (SEPTEMBER 9, 2021) – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) today announced the first cohort of students selected to participate in the Capital One Build to Best HBCU Early Talent Program, an integrated program to support students attending TMCF member-schools, which are America’s publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black […]

Global leaders in technology, financial services and consumer goods will pioneer growth of socially aware money market fund NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BlackRock announced it will partner with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (“TMCF”) to support students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (“HBCUs”) and Predominantly Black Institutions (“PBIs”) in their journey to college and into upwardly-mobile […]

WASHINGTON (SEPTEMBER 8, 2021) – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) on Wednesday announced Sean Perryman as the inaugural executive director of The Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice (the “Center”) after an extensive national search. TMCF’s Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice is an interdisciplinary research and action-based center launching […]

Thurgood Marshall College Fund President & CEO Dr. Harry L. Williams has issued the following statement on the appointment of Dr. Tony Allen as Chair of the Presidents Board of Advisors on HBCUs. I am gratified that President Biden has identified his candidate to serve as the next Chair of the President’s Board of Advisors […]