The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is a non-profit organization that supports and represents nearly 300,000 students attending its 55 member-schools that include public historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), medical schools, and law schools. The organization is named after the Supreme Court's first African-American Justice, Thurgood Marshall.

History The organization was established in 1987, under the leadership of Dr. N. Joyce Payne, in cooperation with Miller Brewing Company, Sony Music, the NBA, Reebok and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities to institutionally support public HBCUs. It underwent a name change in 2006 from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

TMCF advocates for higher education at public historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and has grown from a small organization providing scholarships for public HBCUs, raising over $500 million to date for programmatic support, capacity building support, and scholarships for its member schools and the students matriculating on the campuses.

Its mission differs from that of the United Negro College Fund, which supported approximately 65,000 students at 900 colleges and universities with approximately $113 million in grants and scholarships in 2015 alone. The Thurgood Marshall College fund supports 55 schools and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization, which means it does not pay taxes on its income.

TMCF was granted $50 million in 2015 by Apple, $25.6 million in 2017 by the Charles Koch Foundation, and $6 million by The Boeing Company in 2018.

Acquisitions In 2013, TMCF acquired the Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC), merging the two organizations with TMCF becoming the parent organization. Both organizations share a similar mission of providing service to the HBCU community, particularly in the area of talent identification. While continuing its efforts to enhance the entrepreneurship curriculum within public and private HBCUs, OFC will identify the promising future entrepreneurs and introduce them to potential investors and successful entrepreneurs.

Leadership Harry L. Williams became president and CEO in 2018. Johnny C. Taylor Jr. was president and CEO from 2010 to 2018. Johnny Parham became the first executive director in 1994. Dwayne Ashley served as president and the chief executive officer from 1999 to 2010 and created the Leadership Institute and Member Schools Conference.

Member schools listing Member School Breakdown:

55 Member School Breakdown 42 HBCUs: 4-year Historically Black Colleges and Universities 6 LAW: HBCU Law Schools 1 MED: HBCU Medical School 3 PBIs: 4-year Predominantly Black Institutions 7 Historically Black Community Colleges 1 technical college

+SchoolTypeCityStateEstablishedEndowment StudentsParent institutionSporting affiliationsAlabama A&M UniversityHBCUNormalAlabama1875$48.0 million (2019)6,172 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division I, FCS – SWACAlabama State UniversityHBCUMontgomery1867$94.5 million (2019)4,190 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division I, FCS – SWACAlbany State UniversityHBCUAlbanyGeorgia1903$3.21 million (2019)6,122 (Spring 2021)University System of GeorgiaNCAA Division II, SIACAlcorn State UniversityHBCULormanMississippi1871$20.2 million (2019)3,523 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division I, FCS – SWACBluefield State UniversityHBCUBluefieldWest Virginia1895$3.51 million (2019)1,241 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division II, CIAABowie State UniversityHBCUBowieMaryland1865$10.5 million (2019)6,171 (Fall 2019)University System of MarylandNCAA Division II, CIAACentral State UniversityHBCUWilberforceOhio1887$5.93 million (2019)2,033 (Fall 2019)University System of OhioNCAA Division II, SIACCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and ScienceHBGILos AngelesCalifornia1966$94.3 million (2019)748 (Fall 2019)Western Association of Schools and Collegesn/aCheyney University of PennsylvaniaHBCUCheyneyPennsylvania1837$1.47 million (2019)627 (2020–21)Pennsylvania State System of Higher EducationIndependentChicago State UniversityPBIChicagoIllinois1867$5.16 million (2019)2,620 (Fall 2021)NCAA Division I, IndependentCoppin State UniversityHBCUBaltimoreMaryland1900$11.9 million (2019)2,724 (2019–20)University System of MarylandNCAA Division I, FCS - MEACDelaware State UniversityHBCUDoverDelaware1891$22.3 million (2019)5,649NCAA Division I, FCS - MEACElizabeth City State UniversityHBCUElizabeth CityNorth Carolina1891$12.3 million (2019)2,054University of North Carolina SystemNCAA Division II, CIAAFayetteville State UniversityHBCUFayetteville1867$24.8 million (2020)6,551 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division II, CIAAFlorida A&M UniversityHBCUTallahasseeFlorida1887$95.6 million (2020)9,179 (Fall 2020)State University System of FloridaNCAA Division I, FCS – SWACFlorida A&M University College of LawLAW1949529Florida A&M Universityn/aFort Valley State UniversityHBCUFort ValleyGeorgia1895$6.66 million (2019)2,306 (Fall 2020)University System of GeorgiaNCAA Division II, SIACGrambling State UniversityHBCUGramblingLouisiana1901$7.25 million (2019)5,232 (Fall 2019)University of Louisiana SystemNCAA Division I, FCS – SWACHarris–Stowe State UniversityHBCUMissouri1857$1.4 million (2019)1,630 (Fall 2019)NAIA, AMCHoward UniversityHBCUWashingtonDistrict of Columbia1867$712.4 million (2020)12,065 (Fall 2021)NCAA Division I, FCS – MEACHoward University College of MedicineMED1868Howard Universityn/aHoward University School of LawLAW1869407n/aJackson State UniversityHBCUJacksonMississippi1877$60 million (2019)7,020 (fall 2019)NCAA Division I, FCS – SWACKentucky State UniversityHBCUFrankfortKentucky1886$18.5 million (2019)2,220 (Fall 2020)NCAA Division II, SIACLangston UniversityHBCULangstonOklahoma1897$50.8 million (2019)2,190 (Fall 2019)Oklahoma State System, OSU/A&M Board of RegentsNAIA, RRACLincoln UniversityHBCUJefferson CityMissouri1866$1.65 million (2019)2,436 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division II, MIAALincoln UniversityHBCUChester CountyPennsylvania1854$44.1 million (2019)2,241 (2019)NCAA Division II, CIAAMedgar Evers CollegePBINew YorkNew York1970$528k (2019)7,156City University of New YorkNCAA Division III, CUNYACMississippi Valley State UniversityHBCUMississippi Valley StateMississippi1950$2.69 million (2019)2,147 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division I, FCS – SWACMorgan State UniversityHBCUBaltimoreMaryland1867$41.4 million (2020)7,763 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division I, FCS – MEACNorfolk State UniversityHBCUNorfolkVirginia1935$24.5 million (2019)5,616 (Fall 2019)Virginia High-Tech PartnershipNCAA Division I, FCS – MEACNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityHBCUGreensboroNorth Carolina1891$178 million (2022)13,322 (Fall 2021)University of North Carolina SystemNCAA Division I, FCS – CAANorth Carolina Central UniversityHBCUDurham1910$39.5 million (2019)8,207 (Fall 2018)NCAA Division I, FCS – MEACNorth Carolina Central University School of LawLAW1939364 (full-time), 212 (part-time)North Carolina Central Universityn/aPrairie View A&M UniversityHBCUPrairie ViewTexas1876$84.3 million (2019)9,350 (Fall 2021)Texas A&M University SystemNCAA Division I, FCS – SWACSavannah State UniversityHBCUSavannahGeorgia1890$9.05 million (2019)3,688 (Fall 2019)University System of GeorgiaNCAA Division II, SIACSouth Carolina State UniversityHBCUOrangeburgSouth Carolina1896$10.8 million (2019)2,479 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division I, FCS – MEACSouthern UniversityHBCUBaton RougeLouisiana1880$9.58 million (2019)7,091 (Fall 2019)Southern University SystemNCAA Division I, FCS – SWACSouthern University Law CenterLAW1947$2.0 million (2019)669 (Fall 2019)n/aSouthern University at New OrleansHBCUNew Orleans1956$3.09 million (2019)2,309 (Fall 2019)NAIA, GCACSouthern University at ShreveportJUCOShreveport1967$896k (2019)2,932 (Fall 2019)NJCAA, LCCACTennessee State UniversityHBCUNashvilleTennessee1912$63.0 million (2020)8,081 (Fall 2020)NCAA Division I, FCS – OVCTexas Southern UniversityHBCUHoustonTexas1927$58.0 million (2019)7,524 (Fall 2021)NCAA Division I, FCS – SWACThurgood Marshall School of LawLAW1946600Texas Southern Universityn/aTuskegee UniversityHBCUTuskegeeAlabama1881$129.0 million (2019)2,877 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division II, SIACUniversity of Arkansas at Pine BluffHBCUPine BluffArkansas1873$3.81 million (2019)2,498 (Fall 2019)University of Arkansas SystemNCAA Division I, FCS – SWACUniversity of Maryland Eastern ShoreHBCUPrincess AnneMaryland1886$29.7 million (2019)2,886 (Fall 2019)University System of MarylandNCAA Division I, FCS – MEACUniversity of the District of ColumbiaHBCUWashingtonDistrict of Columbia1851$49.5 million (2019)4,199 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division II, ECCDavid A. Clarke School of LawLAW1986253 (Fall 2019)University of the District of Columbian/aUniversity of the Virgin IslandsHBCUSt. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John United States Virgin Islands1962$66.9 million (2020)2,084 (Fall 2019)NAIA, GCACVirginia State UniversityHBCUPetersburgVirginia1882$56.1 million (2020)4,365 (Fall 2019)Virginia High-Tech PartnershipNCAA Division II, CIAAWest Virginia State UniversityHBCUInstituteWest Virginia1891$14.3 million (2019)4,120 (Fall 2019)NCAA Division II, MECWinston-Salem State UniversityHBCUWinston-SalemNorth Carolina1892$35.3 million (2019)5,121 (Fall 2019)University of North Carolina SystemNCAA Division II, CIAAYork CollegePBIJamaica, QueensNew York1966$2.0 million (2019)8,337 (Fall 2019)City University of New YorkNCAA Division III, CUNYAC

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