Who We Are
HBCU First is a student-led nonprofit on a mission to increase college success and career access for Black youth.
We believe Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) — due to their track
record of graduating thriving professionals — should be the
first choice of college-bound Black youth and diverse-talent-seeking organizations.
In 2019, HBCU First did two things to support and empower our future leaders:
1) Launched the leading resource (HBCUFirst.com) for Black college info
2) Developed the
HBCU Student Development Framework™To ensure our work has real impact, we enlist the help of the people we serve — Black youth. Through our
HBCU Leadership Incubator™, students from America's 100+ historically Black colleges develop & manage our programs and resources.
Our ultimate goal is to help Black youth, our economy's most
underrepresented, move America
forward — economically and socially.