I m tearing up: San Antonio organizations receive millions from billionaire MacKenzie Scott
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Janie Barrera is CEO and president of LiftFund, a micro- and small-business lender based in San Antonio. LiftFund received a $10 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. “The beauty of this $10 million grant is that it’s unrestricted,” Barrera says.File photoShow MoreShow Less
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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated nearly $4.2 billion to 384 organizations, including seven in San Antonio.Jorg Carstensen /AFP /Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
The San Antonio Food Bank, Palo Alto College, Goodwill Industries and other local institutions have received gifts totaling tens of millions of dollars from author and billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos.
MacKenzie Scott Gives Away $4.2 Billion, and Colleges Rejoice
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Many of the gifts, which were made over the last four months, went to historically Black colleges or universities, tribal colleges, or community colleges. Among the beneficiaries are Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU in Texas, which described Scott’s $50 million gift as the largest ever gift in the college’s history. Other HBCUs reported receiving record-breaking gifts from Scott in the tens of millions: Morgan State University, in Baltimore, reported a gift of $40 million; Winston-Salem State University, in North Carolina, reported a gift of $30 million; and Delaware State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore reported gifts of $20 million each.
2 San Antonio community colleges make list for best in Texas
View Niche’s list of best community colleges in the San Antonio-area
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San Antonio – Two community colleges in the San Antonio area were recognized recently as some of the best in Texas by Niche, a company that gathers and analyzes data, reviews and surveys to come up with rankings.
Northwest Vista College and Palo Alto College made the top ten list for best community colleges in Texas at No. 2 and No. 6 respectively.
According to Niche’s website, the rankings were determined by factors like academics, value, professors, and diversity.
Amazon billionaire MacKenzie Scott donates millions to San Antonio organizations
Record-breaking donations intended to help San Antonio fight poverty
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SAN ANTONIO – MacKenzie Scott, a novelist and philanthropist, has broken records while making donations to several San Antonio organizations that address income inequity and poverty
Scott first announced news of a $4.2 billion donation to 384 organizations across the United States on social media.
“I asked a team of advisors to help me accelerate my 2020 giving through immediate support to people suffering the economic effects of the (COVID-19) crisis,” Scott said in her announcement. “They took a data-driven approach to identifying organizations with strong leadership teams and results, with special attention to those operating in communities facing high projected food insecurity, high measures of racial inequity, high local poverty rates, and low access to philanthropic capital.”