Our Mission
 The Foundation's mission is essentially
two-fold. One objective involves philanthropic support of education.
To this end, the Foundation in its early years aided African and
Caribbean students in the United States in meeting their tuition,
clothing, housing, food, and travel needs. It also assisted the
Marcus Garvey Memorial Institute, a secondary school in Monrovia,
Liberia. In more recent years, the Foundation has provided books for
young readers at the public library in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, the
birthplace of Marcus Garvey. The Foundation's long-range goal is to
establish a Marcus Garvey Graduate Fellowship that will
assist dissertation-related research in Africa in the social and
natural sciences.
In addition to its philanthropic thrust, the
Foundation serves as a UNIA-focused educational resource. In this
capacity it (a) maintains a collection of UNIA documents and
memorabilia; (b) engages in UNIA-related research; (c) prepares UNIA-related
historical studies and curriculum materials; and (d) convenes public
programs on the UNIA.
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