A report released in May found foundation support of HBCUs declined 30% between 20. HBCUs often have smaller endowments and lower levels of public funding than other universities. Increasingly, HBCUs have been using the language of business to argue they not only have a high need but also are a good investment, she said. The giving to HBCUs is a new trend for corporations, which had largely ignored them before 2020, said Marybeth Gasman, a Rutgers University professor who researches HBCUs. “We talked about a lot of different things, but one of the things that kept coming up was the generational wealth gap,” Robinson said. The money has gone toward scholarships at 29 schools to lessen the debt burden on Black graduates. But the colleges also have been pitching themselves, emphasizing their ability to deliver returns on the investment in student mobility.Īnother factor in the giving by corporations has been the influence of their Black employees.Īt the beverage company Diageo North America, the employee resource group for African Americans shaped a program that has provided almost $12 million to HBCUs, said Danielle Robinson, head of community engagement and partnerships for Diageo. Some have received a new look from companies amid the reckoning over racial injustice spurred by the killing of George Floyd. Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from foundations decline in recent decades, lately are benefiting from an increase in gifts, particularly from corporations and corporate foundations. “It was like manna from heaven,” Coles said. The company’s $500,000 donation went in part toward laptops and hot spots for students when the pandemic shut down the college’s campus outside of Dayton, Ohio. On the line was Virginia-based Dominion Energy, offering to give money to Wilberforce University, the small historically Black college where she is in charge of fundraising. 2 Christian Dudes is part of the Destiny Image Podcast Network.Natalie Coles will never forget receiving an unexpected phone call in 2020. Resources mentioned in this episode: Flight to Heaven: A Plane Crash.A Lone Survivor.A Journey to Heaven-and Back Connect with Captain Dale Black: Randy's new book Revelations from Heaven: A True Account of Death, the Afterlife, and 31 Supernatural Discoveries releases on September 21, 2021. In this episode, he talks with Randy and me about his powerful near-death experience and miraculous recovery. About Sole Plane Crash Survivor Captain Dale Black Shares His NDE Story EpisodeĬaptain Dale Black was the sole survivor of a fatal plane crash.
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