A part of every dollar you spend goes toward the United Negro College Fund in support of educational scholarships for university and college students.
Change starts with knowledge
Impact
In 2022, 508 scholarships were awarded by UNCF in Illinois for a total of 387 students
Population Served
In the 2021-2022 school year, 53,000 students were enrolled at a UNCF member institution
Making a Difference in Education
A $5,000 UNCF scholarship assistance award can increase the likelihood of graduation by over 7%
Helping Students Succeed
The average scholarship amount of $6,000 can mean a difference of 65% of students graduating within one year of receiving their award
ABOUT UNCF
Who We Are
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”®
For more than seven decades, this principle has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling us to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate and become leaders.
We do this in three ways: By awarding more than 7,000 students scholarships, worth more than $83 million, each year. By providing financial support to 37 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). And by serving as the nation’s leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement.
This three-pronged approach is powerful: Since our founding in 1944, we’ve helped to more than double the number of minorities attending college. The six-year graduation rate for UNCF African American scholarship recipient is 70%. This is 11% higher than the national average and 31% higher than the national average for all African Americans.
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