Founded by the Apartheid government to serve Coloured South Africans in the 1960s, UWC was originally designed to provide relatively limited postsecondary opportunities for black students. With the end of Apartheid and under new leadership, UWC has sought to expand and improve its academic offerings and to compete with South Africa’s strongest institutions. To help fulfill this new vision, Kresge, in partnership with the South African Institute for Advancement, has provided five years of grant support to help build UWC’s advancement capacity and its ability to secure private resources from local and international donors.