Funding search · EIN 131624241 · Washington, DC

United Negro College Fund

Name: United Negro College Fund grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

160
grants reported: $252.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1.0M
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships area campaign joint office tech

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Operating support and scholarships for member HBCUs
Atlanta cluster: Spelman, Morehouse, Clark Atlanta, Paine, ITC
Partner funds serving Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native students
Technical assistance to smaller member colleges alongside cash grants
Area office joint campaign distributions to institutions

Typical grant

Median award is about $1.02 million, with the middle half between $844,000 and $1.52 million. The largest checks, $2.5 million to $8.1 million, go to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the Atlanta institutions, and Tuskegee; the smallest, around $700,000, go to Morris, Allen, Bennett, and Wilberforce. Giving is fully repeating: essentially the same 45 institutions appear every year, with amounts moving up or down rather than in or out.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS”
“AREA OFFICE JOINT CAMPAIGN”
“TECH ASSIST”

Positioning adjacent work

Work through a member HBCU as the recipient institution; the money flows to campuses, not to individual researchers.
Frame the ask as student scholarship support or institutional capacity, matching their "GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS" and "TECH ASSIST" categories.
Size a realistic institutional request at $700,000 to $1.5 million, consistent with peer colleges of similar enrollment.
If your work serves Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or Native students, connect through their partner-fund relationships instead.

Worth knowing: This is a distribution pipeline, not a competitive grantmaker: 45 recipients absorb $253 million across four years, and the roster barely changes. Giving concentrates in the Southeast, with SC, NC, AL, and GA each showing 20 grants, and three non-HBCU partner funds (Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian Graduate Center) taking a large share off the top.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund4 grants · $26.8M
Clark Atlanta University4 grants · $16.7M
Spelman College4 grants · $16.1M
Morehouse College4 grants · $12.8M
Xavier University4 grants · $12.5M
Asian and Pacific Islander4 grants · $11.9M
American Indian Graduate Center Scholars4 grants · $11.1M
Claflin University4 grants · $9.7M
Tuskegee University4 grants · $7.2M
Dillard University4 grants · $6.7M

Giving over time

$83.5M

2021

$56.0M

2022

$59.2M

2023

$54.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 160 grants.

$10.7M
Hispanic Scholarship Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Grants & scholarships
$8.1M
Hispanic Scholarship Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Grants & scholarships
$7.9M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$7.8M
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$6.8M
Xavier University · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$6.2M
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$5.2M
Asian and Pacific Islander · Washington, DC · 2021
Grants & scholarships
$4.5M
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$4.2M
Hispanic Scholarship Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$4.0M
American Indian Graduate Center Scholars · Albuquerque, NM · 2021
Grants & scholarships
$3.9M
American Indian Graduate Center Scholars · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Grants & scholarships
$3.8M
Hispanic Scholarship Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$3.6M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$3.2M
Shaw University · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$3.1M
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$3.0M
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$3.0M
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$3.0M
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$2.9M
Dillard University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$2.8M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$2.7M
Asian and Pacific Islander · Washington, DC · 2022
Grants & scholarships
$2.6M
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$2.6M
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2023
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$2.5M
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$2.2M
Asian and Pacific Islander · Washington, DC · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$2.1M
Benedict College · Columbia, SC · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$2.1M
Xavier University · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.8M
Xavier University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.8M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.8M
Asian and Pacific Islander · Washington, DC · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.8M
Xavier University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.8M
Huston Tillotson University · Austin, TX · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.7M
Johnson C Smith University · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.7M
American Indian Graduate Center Scholars · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.7M
Bethune-Cookman University · Daytona Beach, FL · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.6M
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2022
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.6M
American Indian Graduate Center Scholars · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.6M
Florida Memorial University · Miami, FL · 2023
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.6M
Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2023
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.6M
Benedict College · Columbia, SC · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.5M
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2021
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.5M
Talladega College · Talladega, AL · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.5M
Dillard University · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.5M
Tougaloo College · Tougaloo, MS · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.5M
Bethune-Cookman University · Daytona Beach, FL · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.5M
Oakwood University · Huntsville, AL · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.5M
Bethune-Cookman University · Daytona Beach, FL · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.5M
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2024
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.4M
Benedict College · Columbia, SC · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.4M
Talladega College · Talladega, AL · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.3M
Huston Tillotson University · Austin, TX · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.3M
Oakwood University · Huntsville, AL · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.3M
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.3M
Bethune-Cookman University · Daytona Beach, FL · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.3M
Johnson C Smith University · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.3M
Jarvis Christian University · Hawkins, TX · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Wiley College · Marshall, TX · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Wiley College · Marshall, TX · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Talladega College · Talladega, AL · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Dillard University · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2021
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Oakwood University · Huntsville, AL · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Huston Tillotson University · Austin, TX · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.2M
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Miles College · Fairfield, AL · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Dillard University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Stillman College · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Edward Waters University · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Tougaloo College · Tougaloo, MS · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Florida Memorial University · Miami, FL · 2024
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Benedict College · Columbia, SC · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.1M
Edward Waters University · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.0M
Tougaloo College · Tougaloo, MS · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.0M
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.0M
Johnson C Smith University · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.0M
Lemoyne Owen College · Memphis, TN · 2021
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$1.0M
Shaw University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.0M
Wilberforce University · Wilberforce, OH · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.0M
Edward Waters University · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$1.0M
Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2021
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$999,210
Voorhees University · Denmark, SC · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$983,439
Philander Smith University · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$983,418
Livingstone College · Salisbury, NC · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$969,005
Florida Memorial University · Miami, FL · 2021
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$966,463
Talladega College · Talladega, AL · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$964,454
Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2022
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$963,217
Virginia Union University · Richmond, VA · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$962,966
Florida Memorial University · Miami, FL · 2022
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$961,858
Stillman College · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$958,171
Miles College · Fairfield, AL · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$957,735
Wilberforce University · Wilberforce, OH · 2024
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$955,816
Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$955,243
Oakwood University · Huntsville, AL · 2023
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$955,224
Jarvis Christian College · Hawkins, TX · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$928,414
Lemoyne Owen College · Memphis, TN · 2024
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$928,056
Edward Waters College · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign
$925,894
Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2024
Grants & scholarships, tech assist, area office joint campaign
$920,902
Johnson C Smith University · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Grants & scholarships, area office joint campaign

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.