Abbreviation TMCF Region served United States Website www.tmcf.org Founded 1987 | Type Educational Non-profit President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. Motto Where Education Pays Off Leader Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. | |
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Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States Profiles | ||
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is an American non-profit organization that supports and represents nearly 300,000 students attending its 47 member-schools that include public historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), medical schools, and law schools. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund is named for the U.S. Supreme Court's first African-American Justice, Thurgood Marshall.
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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 for State Colleges and Universities to create an organization that would support the public HBCUs. The organization went through a name change in 2006 from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
TMCF has championed higher education at public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). TMCF has blossomed from a small organization providing scholarships to a powerhouse of resources for public HBCUs, raising over $200 million to date for programmatic support, capacity building support and scholarships for its member-schools and the students matriculating on the campuses.
TMCF has a different mission than the United Negro College Fund, which only supports private HBCUs. TMCF is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization.
Acquisitions
In 2013, TMCF acquired the Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC), merging the two organizations with TMCF becoming the parent organization. The merger was a perfect match because both organizations share a similar mission of providing service to the HBCU community, particularly in the area of talent identification. OFC, while continuing its efforts to enhance the entrepreneurship curriculum within public and private HBCUs, will now focus on identifying the most promising future entrepreneurs and introducing them to potential investors and very successful entrepreneurs.