MacKenzie Scott Gives $20M To Mile High United Way, Largest Single Donation In Organizational History
CBS Denver 12/17/2020 Syndicated Local – CBS Denver
DENVER (CBS4)- MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, made news this week when she announced in a Medium post that she has donated over $4.1 billion to 384 organizations across the 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. One of those donations made history here in Denver. Mile High United Way announced they had received a $20 million donation from Ms. Scott, the largest single donation in organizational history.
In a Facebook post, the chapter said that they are “profoundly grateful” for the work all of their donors, volunteers, partners and staff have done and they believe the gift is a “testament to our work and our mission”
MacKenzie Scott donates $20 million to Mile High United Way
Donation is largest in organization s history; Scott also gives to Goodwill of Colorado
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FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. A donation from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to Virginia State University has become the largest single donor gift in the historically Black collegeâs history. The $30 million donation by Scott was announced Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in a post that detailed the nearly $4.2 billion in gifts given to nonprofit organizations by the philanthropist in 2020. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)