UNCF

United Negro College Fund

Abbreviation	UNCF
Founded	April 25, 1944; 80 years ago (1944-04-25)
Founder	Frederick D. Patterson Mary McLeod Bethune
Type	Educational
Tax ID no.	13-1624241[1]
Legal status	501(c)(3)[1]
Purpose	To build a pathway of educational support from K–12 through college and career.
Headquarters	1805 7th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20001
Coordinates	38°54′51″N 77°01′17″W / 38.9143°N 77.0214°W / 38.9143; -77.0214
Area served	United States
President, Chief Executive Officer	Dr. Michael L. Lomax[2]
Revenue (2018)	$89,277,523[3]
Expenses (2018)	$171,722,769[3]
Endowment	$103,734,086 (2018)[3]
Employees	281[3] (in 2017)
Volunteers (2017)	2,584[3]
Website	www.uncf.org

UNCF, the United Negro College Fund, also known as the United Fund, is an American philanthropic organization that funds scholarships for black students and general scholarship funds for 37 private historically black colleges and universities. UNCF was incorporated on April 25, 1944, by Frederick D. Patterson (then president of what is now Tuskegee University), Mary McLeod Bethune, and others. UNCF is headquartered at 1805 7th Street, NW in Washington, D.C.^[4] In 2005, UNCF supported approximately 65,000 students at over 900 colleges and universities with approximately $113 million in grants and scholarships. About 60% of these students are the first in their families to attend college, and 62% have annual family incomes of less than $25,000. UNCF also administers over 450 named scholarships.

UNCF's president and chief executive officer is Michael Lomax. Past presidents of the UNCF included William H. Gray^[5] and Vernon Jordan.^[6]