This is it, friend:

Only a few hours are left for you to make your tax-deductible donation to UNCF before the end of 2025! For students and schools in need of our help, your gift before midnight will make a world of difference. But there isn’t a moment to lose—give NOW before time runs out.

Because when the year ends and we enter 2026, we anticipate major cuts to the federal student aid that so many of our students rely on will take effect, including cuts to Pell Grants and caps to Parent PLUS loans.

In order to help fill the devastating funding gaps they’ll face in the new year, we MUST close the 8% shortfall left to our $250,000 goal—and we can’t do that without your help right now.

We know that, as a dedicated UNCF supporter, you share our guiding belief that “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”^® But with the clock ticking down on our chance to reach our goal in time, so is every last second left until tonight’s midnight deadline.

Help ensure our talented, deserving students can enter 2026 with their eyes on the prize. Please, make your best tax-deductible gift to UNCF immediately—before the end of 2025. All gifts, large and small, count!

Thank you, friend, and Happy New Year,

UNCF

P.S. If you have already made a gift to UNCF this season, please accept our sincere gratitude and appreciation. Your gift changes real lives. We wish you all the very best for 2026!