United Negro College Fund: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

United Negro College Fund is the nation's largest and most effective minority education organization. It plays a critical role in enabling more than 60,000 students each year to attend college and get the education they need and that the nation needs them to have by: *Awarding 10,000 scholarships and internships under 400 programs for students from low- and moderate-income families to attend more than 900 colleges and universities across the country; *Providing financial support for its 37 member historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) for scholarships and capacity building; *Advocating nationally for the importance of education and college readiness through its annual television program, a national public service announcement campaign, and commentary in national media; *Advocating locally at events across the country such as Governor’s and Mayor’s luncheons, Walk for Education events and Mayor’s Masked Balls. It was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

United Negro College Fund has raised $250k across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $150k announced in Dec 2023.

United Negro College Fund's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $150k, announced in Dec 2023.

FundedIQ lists Marilyn Richards (Founder) at United Negro College Fund.

Michael Lomax is listed as CEO at United Negro College Fund.

United Negro College Fund is based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

United Negro College Fund is in the 251-500 employee band.

United Negro College Fund's latest round of $150k is below the $1.5M median round size for Education companies on FundedIQ across 1,474 tracked companies over the last two years.