Researching Solutions,
Empowering Change.
Research That Powers Innovation & Opportunity
The Payne Center applies rigorous scholarship to uncover, validate, and deploy transformative ideas. So our nation can rise together. It’s how we change the world, for good. It’s our founding principle.
Through collaborations with HBCUs and national leaders, the Payne Research Center delivers research-driven strategies that strengthen communities and remove barriers to success. Our work transforms data into action, creating sustainable solutions for a more just future.
Producing and
Disseminating
Cutting-Edge
Research
Leveraging
Research for
Policy
and Advocacy
Strengthening
HBCU
Research
Capacity
R E S E A R C H S P O T L I G H T
Black Thriving
In America: 2025
Between Hopes
and Hardships
Since 1987, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund has supported the nation’s talent pipeline by providing scholarships, innovative programs, and strategic partnerships from K-12 through higher education to the workforce.
