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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, $26.5 million in 2017 by the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries, 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




TMCF Partners






= Scholarships

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Adobe
Wells Fargo
Hershey
Lowe's
Molson Coors
Honda
Charles Koch Foundation
Coca-Cola
NHL
NBA
Costco Wholesale
Apple
Altria
McDonald's
Medtronic Foundation
VISA
Mondelez International
Cheniere
T-Mobile




= K-12 Initiatives

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Wells Fargo
Molson Coors
Amgen
DuPont




= Student Leadership and Talent Sourcing

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Adobe
Wells Fargo
Walmart
Molson Coors
Hershey
Koch Industries Inc
Medtronic
Apple
United Airlines
Microsoft
Merrill Lynch
Amazon
Gallup
John Deere
Kellogg's
Booz Allen Hamilton
Ally
Marines




= Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Ally
Apple
John Deere
Wells Fargo




= Higher Education Research

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Walton Family Foundation
Koch
Charles Koch Foundation




= Board of directors

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Breakthru Beverage Group
NHL
Boeing
Wells Fargo
Sidley Austin LLP
Costco Wholesale
Walmart
John Deere
GCM Grosvenor
Central State University
United Airlines
Molson Coors
JPMorgan Chase
Altria
Lincoln University
NBA
K&L Gates
Booz Allen Hamilton
Hershey
ManpowerGroup
Honda




References






External links


Official website

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