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3 Austin charities part of famed philanthropist s $4 billion endowment MacKenzie Scott has donated billions to U.S. charities this year, including Meals on Wheels of Central Texas. Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott (many know her as the former wife of Amazon CEO and billionaire Jeff Bezos) has donated more than $4 billion to charities across the nation including in Austin and Central Texas. In a post on Medium, Scott notes that she and her advisers have disbursed some $4,158,500,000 in gifts to 384 organizations across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C. over the last four months. This is in effort to “accelerate my 2020 giving through immediate support to people suffering the economic effects of the crisis,” Scott writes.
Mackenzie Scott gifts historic $50 million to Houston-area university
Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images Prairie View A&M will receive $50 million.
Photo courtesy of Prairie View A&M Historically Black universities have traditionally been overshadowed and underfunded compared to their non-Black collegiate counterparts. But now, a major public figure’s game-changing gift has helped level the playing field for a beloved Houston-area school. Noted author and philanthropist
MacKenzie Scott (many know her as the former wife of Amazon CEO and billionaire Jeff Bezos) has donated a massive $50 million to
Prairie View A&M University, the institution announced on December 15. The gift is the largest one-time endowment in the school’s 144-year history.