The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) received a substantial grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to increase capacity at the organization and for the historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that are its member schools.
The $25 million grant will fund Project HBCU Capacity Building: Maximizing HBCU Performance Through Investments in Research, Operations and Innovation. Through strategic investments and partnerships, TMCF will work to address infrastructure needs and accelerate innovation across HBCUs. By enhancing efforts to improve student support and empowering campuses to pursue unfunded or underfunded initiatives, TMCF will foster operational excellence and increase institutional capacity.