Strengthening HBCUs Impact | Op-ed

Historically Black colleges and universities have always operated beyond imaginable expectations, achieving remarkable outcomes with extraordinarily limited resources, while navigating multitudes of systemic constraints. Yet despite their impact, many HBCUs continue to operate within systems not designed to support their long-term sustainability or growth.

At this moment, equity, capital and higher education are colliding in new ways. We have an opportunity to do something different.

The HBCU Brilliance Initiative is a holistic, capacity-building effort led by Reinvestment Fund. The initiative supports HBCUs — not as isolated institutions, but as essential anchors that can work together in a broader ecosystem of community development, innovation and shared prosperity. Investing in the financial health and sustainability of HBCUs means investing in the well-being and prosperity of entire communities. By providing an unmatched technical assistance network, we ensure that institutions are equipped through a differentiated, practitioner-led methodology, paired with comprehensive training and knowledge-building across our focus areas, that moves HBCUs from aspiration to execution and from isolated projects to scalable, sustainable campus and community impact.

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