About Us
Morgan State University Foundation, Inc...
...is a separately incorporated nonprofit organized for the purpose of promoting the growth, progress, and general welfare of Morgan State University. The Foundation was established in 1971 as a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation to advance the university’s mission of teaching, research, and community outreach by raising and managing private funds for scholarships, faculty, research, facilities, and academic programs.
The Foundation receipts, records, and distributes gifts and grants from private (non-governmental) sources, such as alumni, parents, friends, corporations, and foundations.
Gifts made through the foundation are tax deductible to the full extent provided by law and are distributed in accordance with donor intentions.
The foundation addresses the needs of the university community in areas where government funding is limited or unavailable. It is through the foundation that Morgan State University seeks to identify and maintain private supporters who are willing to invest their resources in the university’s broad purposes.
Foundation Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Mr. Joseph S. Simms, III
Chair
Chief Diversity Officer
Stanley, Black & Decker, Inc.
Mr. Mervin A. Bourne
Secretary
Chair, Bylaws Committees
Associate General Counsel
Security at Meta Platforms, Inc.
Mr. Calvin H. Baker
Chair, Investment Committee
Managing Director and
Head of Strategic Relationships (Retired)
Brown Capital Management
Mr. Craig I. Spencer
Treasurer
Chair, Audit and Compliance and Finance Committee(s)
Assistant Vice President | Merchant Consulting
M&T Bank
Board Members
Lt. Col. (Ret) Michael L. Bell
President
MSU Alumni Association
Mr. Nicholas Edwards
Investment Committee
Investment Analyst
T. Rowe Price
Mr. Kevin L. Hawkins
Committee on Directors
President
TrueNorth Advisors
Mr. William A. Sherman, II
Board of Regents Representative
Finance Committee
Partner
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
Ms. Trisch L. Smith
Development Committee
Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
Edelman
Ms. Dawn White
Audit & Compliance Committee & Finance Committee(s)
Vice President, Gas Distribution
Baltimore Gas & Electric
Mr. Omar S. McIntosh
Investment Committee
Executive Vice-President
Smoot Construction Company
Mr. Cyril A. Wallace
Finance and Audit Compliance Committee
CEO
Reed's Inc.
Ex-Officio Members
Dr. David K. Wilson
President, Morgan State University
Ms. Endia M. DeCordova, MBA
Executive Director, MSU Foundation, Inc.
Vice President, Institutional Advancement