Individual Donors

Attorney Rhonda Hill Wilson was the first in her family to earn an advanced degree, but her mentor was her mother, who graduated from UNCF’s Virginia Union University in 1949.  An accomplished Philadelphia attorney and nationally recognized, Attorney Wilson gives back to young people and her community through her weekly radio broadcast “Truth Rising”. More	Gary Runes knows firsthand how difficult it can be for students to overcome obstacles and earn a degree.  So others would not have to face the same struggle, Runes created the Anne Runes Wilson Scholarship in honor of his aunt, who help him get a degree.  More
For Basil G. Lee, donating to UNCF and supporting HBCUs is a family tradition. His grandfather, Sylvanus Powell Weathersby, was a graduate of UNCF member college Tuskegee University and the first African American veterinarian in Mississippi. More	For Jeanette Davis-Loeb, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Dynamic Industries, LLC and Founder and CEO of Rising Oak Foundation, leading an effort to raise funds and awareness to make higher education accessible to all young people is a labor of love. More.