SCALING THE MISSION How MacKenzie Scott's Historic Gifts Are Fueling a New Era for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund BY DR. JAMAL WATSON
When she returned in 2025 with an additional $70 million, bringing her total investment in the organization to $120 million over five years, the HBCU community understood that something foundational had shifted. Not just for TMCF, but for the students, campuses, and communities these institutions have long served. the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) in the fall of 2020 , the philanthropic world took note. Dr. Harry L. Williams, TMCF's president and CEO, does not use the word “transformational” lightly. But seated for a recent conversation with The HBCU Times about Scott's giving, he reaches for it without hesitation, and then immediately pushes past it. When MacKenzie Scott wired $50 million to
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