--- title: Koch Foundation Gives $25 Million to United Negro College Fund description: The sizeable gift from the lightning rod conservative group is the fifth largest the UNCF has ever received canonical: https://time.com/2839304/koch-foundation-gives-25-million-to-united-negro-college-fund/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-06T18:29:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:16:27.896Z article:section: Politics og:title: Koch Foundation Gives $25 Million to United Negro College Fund og:description: The sizeable gift from the lightning rod conservative group is the fifth largest the UNCF has ever received og:url: https://time.com/2839304/koch-foundation-gives-25-million-to-united-negro-college-fund/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c053e72fbbf633d/6986969a1eebf762b6371580/koch-scholarship-hist_nick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5685 og:image:height: 3198 og:image:alt: Michael Lomax og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Koch Foundation Gives $25 Million to United Negro College Fund twitter:description: The sizeable gift from the lightning rod conservative group is the fifth largest the UNCF has ever received twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c053e72fbbf633d/6986969a1eebf762b6371580/koch-scholarship-hist_nick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Koch Foundation Gives $25 Million to United Negro College Fund > Sponsored content. 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Jacquelyn Martin—AP  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Jun 6, 2014 6:29 PM UTC The conservative Koch family [announced](http://www.uncf.org/sections/News/SS%5FPressReleases/pressrelease%5Fdetails.asp?prID=384) a $25 million grant Friday to the United Negro College Fund, one of the largest the group has ever received and a high-profile overture from the lightning rod conservative activists. “We are enormously grateful to Koch Industries and the Charles Koch Foundation for their long-standing support of UNCF and for helping to create new opportunities for earned success and a better future for our students,” said Dr. Michael Lomax, the President and CEO of UNCF. The gift builds on more than [$1.5 million](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/apnewsbreak-uncf-receive-25-million-koch-gift) given to UNCF since 1995 by Koch and Georgia-Pacific, which Koch acquired in 2005. The UNCF provides scholarships and institutional support to black Americans and America’s historically black colleges, which were particularly hard hit by the economic downturn. The Kochs have been vilified by Democrats in recent years for their large-scale support of conservative and libertarian organizations that spend big in elections. The Koch brothers are spending millions of dollars in elections around the country with a particular focus on winning the U.S. Senate for the GOP, prompting Senate Majority Leader Democrat Harry Reid to jibe Republicans for being “[addicted to Koch](http://time.com/12462/harry-reid-republicans-are-addicted-to-koch/).” “Increasing well-being by helping people improve their lives has long been our focus,” said Chairman and CEO of Koch Industries Charles Koch in a statement. “Our partnership with UNCF will provide promising students with new educational opportunities that will help them reach their full potential.” From the $25 million gift, $18.5 million will go to provide scholarships to students while $6.5 million will go toward “general support” of historically black colleges. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2839304/koch-foundation-gives-25-million-to-united-negro-college-fund/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2839304/koch-foundation-gives-25-million-to-united-negro-college-fund/"},"headline":"Koch Foundation Gives $25 Million to United Negro College Fund","datePublished":"2014-06-06T18:29:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:16:27.896Z","description":"The sizeable gift from the lightning rod conservative group is the fifth largest the UNCF has ever received","url":"https://time.com/2839304/koch-foundation-gives-25-million-to-united-negro-college-fund/","keywords":["2014 Election","Education","Harry Reid","Koch Brothers","2014 elections"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c053e72fbbf633d/6986969a1eebf762b6371580/koch-scholarship-hist_nick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c053e72fbbf633d/6986969a1eebf762b6371580/koch-scholarship-hist_nick.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michael Lomax","caption":"Michael Lomax","creditText":"Jacquelyn Martin—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2014-election/","name":"2014 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2839304/koch-foundation-gives-25-million-to-united-negro-college-fund/","name":"Koch Foundation Gives $25 Million to United Negro College Fund"}}]}] ```