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{{Short description|American philanthropic organization}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name              = United Negro College Fund
| abbreviation      = UNCF
| employees         = 281<ref name= 990-2018>"[https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2018/131/624/2018-131624241-0fe5cb00-9.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". United Negro College Fund Inc. [[Guidestar]]. March 31, 2018.</ref> 
| employees_year    = 2017
| volunteers        = 2,584<ref name= 990-2018/>
| volunteers_year   = 2017
| revenue           = $350 million (2023)<ref name="KPMG2023">[https://uncf.org/wp-content/uploads/FY23-UNCF-AFS-2.pdf?_gl=1*13akif5*_gcl_au*MTEwMjAxODMxOC4xNzQ3Njc0OTYx  United Negro College Fund, Inc. Financial Statements: March 31, 2023 and 2022 (With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon).] KPMG. Retrieved May 19, 2025.</ref>
| revenue_year      = 
| expenses          = $171 million (2023)<ref name="KPMG2023"/>
| expenses_year     = 
| endowment         = $154 million (2023) <ref name="KPMG2023"/>
| purpose           = To build a pathway of educational support from K–12 through college and career.
| logo              = UNCF.svg
| type              = Educational
| founded_date      = {{start date and age|1944|04|25}}
| founder           = [[Frederick D. Patterson ]]<br />[[Mary McLeod Bethune]]
| headquarters      = 1805 7th Street NW<br /> [[Washington, D.C.]] 20001
| coords            = {{Coord| 38.9143|-77.0214|type:landmark_region:US-DC|display = inline,title}}
| area_served       = United States
| tax_id            = 13-1624241<ref name= irseos/>
| status            = [[501(c)(3)]]<ref name= irseos>"[https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=671753&ein=131624241&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=Search&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=2&names=United+Negro+College+Fund&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States United Negro College Fund Inc]". Tax Exempt Organization Search. [[Internal Revenue Service]]. Retrieved November 1, 2019.</ref> 
| leader_name       = [[Michael Lomax|Dr. Michael L. Lomax]]<ref>"[https://www.uncf.org/bio/dr-lomax Dr. Michael L. Lomax]". United Negro College Fund. Retrieved November 1, 2019.</ref> 
| leader_title      = [[President (corporation)|President]], [[Chief Executive Officer]]
| website           = {{URL|http://www.uncf.org/}}
}}
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'''UNCF''', the '''United Negro College Fund''', also known as the '''United Fund''', is an American [[Philanthropy|philanthropic]] organization that funds [[scholarship]]s for [[African Americans|black]] students and general scholarship funds for 37 private [[historically black colleges and universities]]. UNCF was incorporated on April 25, 1944, by [[Frederick D. Patterson]] (then president of what became [[Tuskegee University]]), [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], and others. UNCF is headquartered at 1805 7th Street, NW in Washington, D.C.<ref name="uncf-contact">"[http://www.uncf.org/sections/WhoWeAre/SS_AboutUs/contact_us.asp Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002142807/http://www.uncf.org/sections/WhoWeAre/SS_AboutUs/contact_us.asp |date=2013-10-02 }}". United Negro College Fund. Accessed October 8, 2013.</ref><!--Look up the address 1805 7th Street, NW-->  In 2005, UNCF supported approximately 65,000 students at over 900 colleges and universities with approximately $113 million in grants and scholarships. About 60% of these students are the first in their families to attend college, and 62% have annual family incomes of less than $25,000. UNCF also administers over 450 named scholarships.

UNCF's president and chief executive officer is [[Michael Lomax]]. Past presidents of the UNCF included [[William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician)|William H. Gray]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-14 |title=75+ Years Strong: Highlights from UNCF's History |url=https://uncf.org/the-latest/75-years-strong-highlights-from-uncfs-history |access-date=2022-03-30 |publisher=UNCF |language=en}}</ref> and [[Vernon Jordan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNCF Mourns the Passing of Vernon Jordan, Former Executive Director |date=March 2, 2021 |url=https://uncf.org/news/uncf-mourns-the-passing-of-vernon-jordan-former-executive-director |access-date=2022-03-30 |publisher=UNCF |language=en}}</ref>