The McLendon Foundation is set to host its Inaugural Leadership Weekend, Presented by McDonald's and the NCAA. The event is taking place August 26-28, with support from the University of Kentucky (UK) and G3 Marketing. More than 60 individuals from across the country are expected to attend, including several 2020-21 McLendon Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients and Minority Leadership Initiative (MLI) Future Leaders.

Kurt "KJ" Russell was scouting apartments in Phoenix when he received a call from Adrien Harraway, vice president and director of the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation. He called to tell KJ that he had been selected to receive the scholarship that the Fiesta Bowl awards annually through the foundation to a student at an Arizona institution.

The John McLendon Foundation has launched the McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative, a coach-driven program to create access and opportunity for meaningful employment experiences for minority candidates known as MLI Future Leaders

The John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation has named Andrea Williams, chief operating officer at the College Football Playoff (CFP), as its new President.