FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC (December 11, 2020) – Thurgood Marshall College Fund applauds the United States Senate for passing the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New Era of Results for Students Act (HBCU PARTNERS Act) again, by unanimous consent. The HBCU PARTNERS Act, which has been a top legislative priority of the Thurgood […]
Washington, D.C.—The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the Society of African American Professionals (SOAAP) are pleased to announce a partnership to introduce young boys and girls to college and to the world of work. Globalization, technology and huge demographic changes over the last 40 years have forced the nation to find new and more […]
HERSHEY, Pa., Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced it will invest $1.5 million in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to establish a scholarship endowment, with the goal to increase that to $3 million over the next ten years. The endowment will be used for students pursuing degrees in […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC (December 7, 2020) – For over two years, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Government Relations team has taken the lead working with key members of Congress, their respective staffs and the Trump Administration to finally codify the aspirational goals that have been contained in Executive Orders since the Carter […]
Washington D.C. – Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black college community, has announced a partnership with John Deere to launch the Farm Fellowship internship program. The Federation of Southern Cooperative/Land Assistance Fund will welcome up to three law students who will aide in the critical work of the […]
Golf star Phil Mickelson has donated a half-million dollars to Jackson State University, a historically Black school, ahead of a televised charity golfing event this Friday. The event, Capital One’s The Match: Champions for Change aims to organize funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) across the country. The Mississippi university announced the $500,000 […]