Alumni Giving

Philanthropists Calvin E. Tyler Jr., and his wife, Tina, presents MSU President Morgan Dr. David Wilson with a $5-million gift to Morgan State University.

Morgan State Alumnus and Wife Gifts Largest Individual Donation in School History

On Wednesday, February 10th retired UPS senior executive Calvin E. Tyler Jr. and his wife, Tina, nationally known philanthropists, announced a $5-million gift to Morgan State University for an endowed scholarship fund established in their name at MSU. The fund provides need-based scholarships that cover full tuition for select Morgan students who reside in Baltimore

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Main gate entrance on the campus of Tuskegee Univeristy

Historic Gift: Tuskegee Alumni Family Donates $600k to University

An alumni family has gifted $600,000 to Tuskegee University, primarily to bring two historic buildings back online as living-learning facilities for Tuskegee students. The family wishes to remain anonymous, and has made the gift in the hopes of inspiring all Tuskegee alumni, friends and constituents to join them in supporting Tuskegee’s ongoing transformation. $500,000 of

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President Willie Larkin accepts a $55,000 check presented by members of the 10 for $10 Challenge Campaign Committee.

Grambling State University’s 10 for $10 Challenge Raises $55K

The Grambling State University community closed its first I’m a G 10 for $10 Challenge with a successful donation of $55,000 to the university, breaking the campaign’s goal of raising $50,000. More than 600 alumni donated to the campaign, and nearly 50 percent were first-time donors to the university. “By all measures, Grambling’s 10 for

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KG the Artist Performs #HBCU (Anthem)

#HBCU Anthem: Student Raises Funds for SCSU with Music

South Carolina State University sophomore Keith Gillard, known as KG the Artist, is helping raise money for his HBCU through music. KG, a dean’s list student studying mass communications wrote the original song “#HBCU” as an anthem for SCSU, and Historically Black Colleges Universities as a whole. The anthem features the SCSU’s Marching 101 Band

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Featuring Halima Leak Francis (Hampton University) and Brandon Busteed (Gallup, Inc.)

HL 028: Fundraising Tips for Alumni Associations and Happy HBCU Alumni

What was behind the Gallup survey that revealed black HBCU alumni’s satisfaction with their alma maters versus black alumni of other institutions? We also get tips and insight about how alumni associations can raise money effectively for their alma maters. FUNDRAISING TIPS FOR ALUMNI ASSOCATIONS Many alumni associations want to do right by their alma

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Jimmie Edwards, a 1970 graduate of Dillard University

Dillard Alumnus Donates $1 Million for Endowed Scholarship

Jimmie Edwards, a 1970 graduate of Dillard University recently donated $1 million to his alma mater to establish an endowed scholarship for deserving students. This is one of the largest single contributions ever given by an alumnus and it establishes the largest endowed scholarship in Dillard’s history. “I received a full scholarship in 1966 and

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