GM Donates $70k to the United Negro College Fund

American carmaker General Motors and its Foundation stick to their commitment to support organizations and programs designed to improve the quality of education, health and human services, environment and energy and community development. The GM Foundation announced yesterday it has made two donations to United Negro College Fund (UNCF) totaling $70,000.

The total amount was split in two, namely $50,000 for UNCF’s Campaign for Emergency Student Aid and $20,000 toward scholarship and operating support for UNCF.

The Campaign for Emergency Student Aid, known as CESA, provides emergency assistance especially to seniors who have exhausted other options for financial assistance and are at risk of not being able to complete their coursework. Launched in 2009, CESA has provided assistance to nearly 2,000 students at UNCF schools, enabling these students to complete their college studies and graduate.

“The GM Foundation is proud to support this important campaign,” said John Montford, Chair of the GM Foundation and Senior Advisor, Government Relations and Global Public Policy, for GM. “Being able to help students who have worked hard to get to college and succeed at college, and who might not graduate due to financial difficulties, will make a real difference in the lives of these students, and in the lives of their families and communities.”

In addition, the GM Foundation also provides direct support to four colleges through UNCF:  Howard University in Washington, D.C.; North Carolina A & T University, Greensboro, N.C.; Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala.; and the Atlanta University Systems, which includes Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College.