Friend,

For over eight decades, UNCF has been helping talented students and others pave the way to strong careers and prosperous futures—and it’s the generosity of supporters like you who have made this work possible.

Now, as we look to the new year ahead, impending changes to federal student aid will dramatically impact students who rely on grants and loans to get to and stay in school. For many of our students, the vast majority of whom come from families earning less than $43,000 a year, these changes could create serious barriers to completing their degrees.

That means our work at UNCF is as important as ever.

To make sure we have the resources to meet the upcoming challenges in 2026, we absolutely must reach our $250,000 end-of-year goal before Wednesday’s midnight deadline—but we can’t do that without your help.

Please, make your tax-deductible gift to UNCF today to make sure students can go to college, thrive and graduate—because “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”^®

Thank you,

UNCF