Philanthropist donates $5M to Albany s United Way
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Peter Gannon, president and CEO of the United Way of the Greater Capital Region, speaks at the Hearst Media Center on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Colonie, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
ALBANY – MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who pledged to give away $4 billion of her fortune, has donated $5 million to The United Way of the Greater Capital Region.
The donation is the largest single contribution the nonprofit has received.
President and CEO Peter Gannon called the gift transformative and will allow the organization to “think strategically about the social impact we want to have.