A member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Board of Directors was recently recognized as one of Fortune’s most powerful women. Toni Townes-Whitley, the CEO of SAIC, was named to the list and rose in the rankings from the previous year. Townes-Whitley is one of only two Black women in the CEO role of […]
The U.S. Department of State recently announced its Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders for the 2024-25 academic year. Fourteen of the 20 honorees are Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) member schools. Fulbright HBCU Institutional Leaders are selected based on their engagement with the Fulbright program. The initiative was established to recognize and commend the strong partnership […]
One student attending the upcoming Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) 2025 Leadership Institute first learned about the organization on social media. Her commitment to pursue opportunities through TMCF led to financial relief and career prospects. Grace Ogunmodede, a senior majoring in information science and systems at Morgan State University, first learned about TMCF during her […]
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) recently announced that eight of its member institutions have been selected to receive $2 million each as part of the Project HBCU Capacity Building: Maximizing HBCU Institutional Performance through Investments in Research, Operations, and Innovation initiative, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. The multi-year initiative represents a $25 million investment […]
Despite being powerhouses of economic mobility and innovative research, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) continue to receive a disproportionately low share of federal research and development funding. A new report published by the Center for American Progress and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) highlights disparities in federal research and development funding for HBCUs […]
A new report examines the wellbeing of Black Americans through decades of research and surveys. “Black Thriving in America: 2025” is a product of Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center (Payne Center) partnership with the Gallup Center on Black Voices. The report officially releases on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 1 […]