This book explores the fundraising strategies of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), exploring how they’ve overcome persistent underfunding to provide educational opportunities for vulnerable communities over the past 170 years. Through in-depth analysis of HBCU fundraising infrastructures, unique partnerships, and innovative resource strategies, it sheds light on the complex networks that sustain these institutions. Combining data, critical analysis, historical and cultural insights, and personal narrative, the book provides a fresh perspective on HBCUs’ resilience, from historical challenges to the modern impact of major philanthropic investments. Chapters also examine how HBCUs balance mission integrity with external pressures amid today’s evolving philanthropic landscape.

William J. Broussard is Vice Chancellor of University Advancement at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, USA. He has authored over 160 book chapters, essays, articles, reviews and conference papers and served as an award-winning fundraising and intercollegiate athletics executive and professor of English, literature, and journalism for 26 years.