Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Commits $1 Million To TMCF
MIAMI & DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (“Southern Glazer’s”)—the world’s pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced that it has signed a $1 million agreement with the Thurgood[...]
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2020 Icon Talks Awards
It’s Super Bowl weekend, and Magic City is teeming with people from all walks of life who’ve come to celebrate the 54th NFL Championship game. Big icon energy permeated[...]
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GUCCI AWARDS GRANTS TO 16 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA FUELING SOCIAL IMPACT IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
Milan, January 27, 2020 – Gucci today announced the 2020 recipients of its five-year Gucci North America Changemakers Impact Fund – an annual $1 million USD grant fund to[...]
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Gucci Changemakers awards grants to 16 non-profits
Gucci has awarded its first recipients of their five-year Gucci North America Changemakers fund Impact Fund, an annual 1 million dollar grant to support community organizations and creating social[...]
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ETS and Thurgood Marshall College Fund Collaborate to Expand Opportunities for HBCU Students through the Presidential Scholarship Program
(Princeton, N.J. and Washington, D.C. – January 7, 2020) – ETS and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund® (TMCF) are joining forces to bolster opportunities for extraordinary students attending Historically[...]
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TMCF mourns the passing of former NBA commissioner and TMCF board member David Stern
On behalf of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, we mourn the loss of former NBA Commissioner, David Stern who was a founding member of the TMCF Board of Directors[...]
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Former NBA Commissioner David Stern dead at 77
David Stern, the former commissioner of the National Basketball Association widely credited with leading the league through a period of tremendous growth, died Wednesday. He was 77. In a[...]
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IHEARTMEDIA’S THE BREAKFAST CLUB MORNING SHOW RAISES OVER $708,000 DURING #CHANGE4CHANGE RADIOTHON FOR THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND
Washington, DC, Dec. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), today announced that a total of over $708,000 was raised during iHeartMedia’s The Breakfast Club’s[...]
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Pelosi Remarks at Bill Enrollment for the FUTURE Act
Contact: Speaker’s Press Office,202-226-7616 Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at the bill enrollment for H.R. 5363, the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE)[...]
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Statement from the President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE I have signed groundbreaking legislation to support America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and to simplify the Federal financial aid application for millions of American[...]
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THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND (TMCF) CELEBRATES PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNING THE FUTURE ACT INTO LAW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND (TMCF) CELEBRATES PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNING THE FUTURE ACT INTO LAW The FUTURE Act was TMCF’s #1 legislative priority for 2019[...]
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HONDA VP APPOINTED TO THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND BOARD
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is the nation’s largest organization representing publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through scholarships, capacity building and research initiatives, innovative programs and[...]
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THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND APPLAUDS U.S. SENATE PASSAGE OF AMENDED FUTURE ACT WITH 10 YEAR TITLE III PART-F EXTENSION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TMCF urges President Trump to sign without delay WASHINGTON, DC (December 10, 2019) – “The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) applauds Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions[...]
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THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND APPLAUDS THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSING THE AMENDED FUTURE ACT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (December 10, 2019) – “The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources[...]
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THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND APPLAUDS U.S. SENATE PASSAGE OF AMENDED FUTURE ACT WITH 10 YEAR TITLE III PART-F EXTENSION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TMCF encourages U.S. House of Representatives to pass without delay WASHINGTON, DC (December 5, 2019) – The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) applauds Senate Health Education Labor[...]
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FUNDING FOR MARYLAND’S HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES REMAINS HELD UP IN U.S. SENATE
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Maryland may lose more than $4 million in federal funding if Congress does not reauthorize mandatory spending for those institutions beyond the current[...]
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MANCHIN, CAPITO BILL PASSES SENATE TO PERMANENTLY RENEW FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HBCUS AND MINORITY-SERVING SCHOOLS
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), today announced the Senate passage of their legislation to permanently renew funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities[...]
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SENATE PASSES HBCU FUNDING, FAFSA CHANGES
The bipartisan deal announced Tuesday to amend legislation tied to funding historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions is moving quickly. It’s already been passed in the[...]
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