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The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) congratulates the newly elected and re-elected members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Complete College America (CCA) announced today the formation of a new partnership that will focus efforts on boosting graduation rates throughout the nation’s black colleges, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominately Black Institutions (PBIs).

TMCF’s Leadership Institute is a national program that aims to develop the students attendees leadership skills, create a community of like-minded scholars, provide companies and government agencies access to overlooked talented and diverse population of students, and help students make connections that lead to good jobs.

One of the most important decisions you will have to make is the selection of the next member of the U.S. Supreme Court — one that will undoubtedly have a direct impact on the lives of every American for generations.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) congratulates Howard University Senior, Cameron D. Clark of Richmond, VA, as one of the 32 distinguished 2017 Rhodes Scholars from the United States.

The organization’s 28th Annual Awards Gala, held Monday night, is one of DCs largest non-political fundraisers. The organization hosted over 1,500 participants devoted to empowering and supporting students attending HBCUs. This year, over 400 HBCU student scholars were in attendance.

Koch spoke on the need to provide value in the lives of others as a business motivation and profit driver. He told the students that products that assist and improve the lives of others are typically profitable, a standard canon of business advice that has been conveyed by many business owners in the technology age.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) joins the entire black college community, in mourning the loss of esteemed North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Chancellor, Dr. Debra Saunders-White.

This partnership speaks volumes to diverse organizations and students, and we are resonating with the demographics we support. Marines who attend these events are doing the work that the commercials and advertisements can’t.

Just in time for #GivingTuesday, philanthropists weigh in on the value they place in programs, vision and institutional mission.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is pleased to endorse and advocate for H.R. 6020, the “Funding for Student Scholarships for the 1890s Land Grant African-American Colleges and Universities Act”.

As part CCA’s Annual Convening, Momentum 2016, Thurgood Marshall College Fund President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. discusses TMCF’s addition as the 41st member of the CCA Alliance and describes the important work ahead to close achievement gaps in our nation’s HBCUs and MSIs.

Leaders of Historically Black Colleges and Universities are searching for ways to work with the incoming Trump administration.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. names Emily M. Dickens, J.D. as TMCF’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Relationship Officer.

The Trump transition began its outreach to the African-American community Wednesday afternoon with an event billed as a “listening session” in Washington, led by former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund established the Center for Advancing Opportunity with a $25.6 million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries. The Center will engage faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), as well as undergraduate and graduate students at HBCUs and majority colleges and universities, to enable scholars to conduct research to fill gaps in our understanding of the challenges fragile communities face and the steps that can be made to address them.

Listen here as HBCU Digest host Jarett Carter interviews TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. and Koch Foundation President Brian Hooks about the new $26 million partnership to benefit research at historically black colleges and universities, and how it will benefit the nation at large.

Center for Advancing Opportunity will support HBCU researchers and work with Gallup to understand, and inform pressing issues in fragile communities