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Give Today to Empower Tomorrow’s Visionaries

The National Black MBA Association® promotes educational and economic growth for black professionals. Our members’ needs—and our desire to make resources available to them—are growing. By expanding our initiatives, we can reach more students and professionals.

Your gift, no matter the amount, will go a long way in helping us achieve our mission to serve black professionals. We invite you to explore the amazing opportunities that the National Black MBA Association® offers and invest in our organization and its important role in sustaining black professionals’ access to educational and business resources.

Giving Tuesday 2022: Give the Gift of Membership

Membership to the National Black MBA Association® opens up an entire world of educational, networking and professional opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as young professionals and entrepreneurs. By gifting a membership to a family member or mentee, or sponsoring memberships for HBCU students, you can support the growth of the next generations of Black professionals.

$30 supports a year’s membership for an undergraduate student

$45 supports a year’s membership for a graduate student

$100 supports a year’s membership for a young professional

$300 supports membership for 10 undergraduate HBCU students

$450 supports membership for 10 graduate students

$1,000 supports membership for 10 young professionals

Additional Giving Opportunities

Educational and Conference Attendance Scholarships

The National Black MBA Association® is dedicated to helping our members pursue higher education at all levels—undergraduate, graduate and doctorate. Your support for scholarships can help our student members to pursue their academic dreams as well as bridge the gap between our pipeline of talent from high school students to experienced professionals.

We ask that you join us in ensuring our best and brightest students have the opportunity to begin and complete their higher educational pursuits; consider contributing to one or more of the scholarships detailed below or creating an annual or endowed scholarship with NBMBAA®.

  • Your gift of $5,000 can provide an annual scholarship to assist an undergraduate or graduate student member or support a student to attend Conference as part of our HBCU Cohort.
  • Your gift of $25,000 can create an endowed scholarship fund to create a lasting impact for our undergraduate and graduate student members for generations to come.

If you are interested in supporting scholarships, please visit the donation form or contact us via email at giving@nbmbaa.org.

Leaders of Tomorrow® Scholarship Fund

The NBMBAA Leaders of Tomorrow® Endowed Scholarship provides academic scholarships to high school students who win the NBMBAA Case Competition® at the annual LOT® Leadership Summit. Members of the winning team will receive scholarship funds for their stellar performances. Prizes will be awarded to the top three performing teams, for a collective award of $30,000. Contact giving@nbmbaa.org to support this important initiative.

Steven Skinner Endowed Scholarship Fund

Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, has contributed $50,000 to establish the Steven Skinner Endowed Scholarship Fund to support student member scholarships within the National Black MBA Association®.

Steven Skinner was a leading executive with Cognizant who passed away in 2019. Steven’s exceptional business career encompassed executive positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including his last role at Cognizant as senior vice president for digital transformation global. Among his many career accomplishments, he was named as Consulting Magazine’s Top 25 Consultants in 2015, received the Cognizant CEO Leadership Award, the IBM Golden Circle Award, and the Monmouth College Hall of Achievement Award.

If you have any questions regarding the Steven Skinner Endowed Scholarship Fund, please email us at giving@nbmbaa.org for more information.

Chapter Support

Amazon Smile

Regional NBMBAA® chapters are available as charities of choice with Amazon Smile. Click here to be directed to Amazon Smile for your future purchases.  A portion of your purchase will be donated to the chapter of your designation.

Looking for other ways to support a regional chapter directly? Contact pd@nbmbaa.org.

Other ways to Give

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Make a one-time gift or enroll in our recurring giving program.

Annual membership contract, paid in monthly installments with automatic renewal Service begins as soon as your initial payment is processed. You will be charged 1/12 of the annual membership fee at the time of purchase, every month for the duration of your annual contract. Your membership contract will renew automatically, on your annual renewal date, until you cancel your membership in writing no later than 30 days prior to your annual renewal by contacting membership support. Renewal rates are subject to change, but you will be notified at least 30 days prior to your annual renewal date if your renewal rate will change. Should you cancel before your one-year term has expired, you will be charged 100% of your remaining contract obligation and your service will continue until the end of until the end of your contracted term. Cancellations can be made any time by contacting membership support in writing. Annual prepaid membership contract, with automatic renewal Service begins as soon as your payment is processed. You will be charged, immediately in full, the annual membership fee at the time of purchase. Your contract will renew automatically, on your annual renewal date, unless you cancel your membership in writing by no later than 30 days prior to your annual renewal date by contacting membership support. Renewal rates are subject to change, but you will be notified at least 30 days prior to your annual renewal date if your renewal rate will change. Should you cancel before your one-year term has expired, your payment is non-refundable, and your service will continue until the end of your contracted term. Cancellations can be made any time by contacting membership support in writing. Activation of Membership Memberships will become active upon processing of all materials at National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) headquarters. Existing Lifetime and Associate Lifetime Members The Lifetime or Associate Lifetime membership is no longer offered. Existing Lifetime or Associate Lifetime members who have paid in full are active for the duration of his or her lifetime, from their membership activation (see activation of membership). Lifetime or Associate Lifetime members are no longer eligible for any other membership type. Student Members Student memberships are active for 12 consecutive months, beginning at activation (see activation of membership). You will be considered a student member as long as you are actively enrolled in a recognized undergraduate or graduate degree program. Your membership should be upgraded to a Professional or Associate membership upon the expiration of your current membership, subsequent to graduation. You are required to submit proof of your current enrollment. The following items will be accepted as proof of current enrollment: • Letter from the registrar acknowledging your current enrollment status • Copy of your tuition bill • Class schedule reflecting your current enrollment. Should you fail to submit proof of current enrollment within 60 days, your membership may be terminated, and your payment will not be refunded. You will then need to reapply for membership. Refund Policy The NBMBAA will only provide refunds for the following reasons: • Verified duplication of billing • Verified overcharges • Submission of incorrect member type resulting in one of the above Refunds will be provided as follows: • Credit card payments will be credited to that same credit card. • Cash and check payments will be credited by NBMBAA check after 30 days, and only after initial payment has cleared our financial institution. * Refunds will be issued only upon request of the individual. The NBMBAA will vigorously defend itself against credit card charge backs. In the event that your credit card company requests a credit for charges, we will comply only to the extent that the request meets the requirements of the refund policy. (See above). Recurring Payments If you choose a recurring payments option to automatically renew your membership, you are responsible for canceling it prior to annual recurrence to avoid charges. Once charged, your membership will not be refunded. Notice of Photography and/or Videography As a condition of membership, individuals grant the National Black MBA Association an irrevocable nonexclusive license to use their name, image, voice and likeness for the purpose of advertising and promoting NBMBAA events, activities and products without any further approval from you or payment to you. It is the NBMBAA’s right to make visual and audio recordings, and still images of its members (collectively “Photography”) and to use the Photography and member’s name. However, none of the above shall be deemed as an endorsement for any NBMBAA product or service. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, members agree that the rights granted hereunder shall include the perpetual, worldwide right of NBMBAA to edit, telecast, rerun, record, publish, reproduce, use, license, print, distribute or otherwise exploit, in any manner and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised. Terms and Conditions are subject to change without prior notification. Revised: April 5, 2017. NBMBAA®