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READING, Pa. - Two nonprofit organizations that help people in Berks County are getting quite a bit of help themselves this holiday season.
The United Way of Berks County and Goodwill Keystone Area announced Thursday that they have each received a $10-million gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
It s the largest single donation either organization has ever received. This is a tremendous honor, and we are humbled by Ms. Scott s generosity, along with her trust in our organization s mission and our role in leading community change, said Joanne Judge, the United Way s board chair.
‘We were simply shocked’: Central Pa. nonprofits react to receiving millions from Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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This week, five organizations in the midstate reacted to the news of receiving millions of dollars from MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Scott announced via Medium that she was donating more than $4.1 billion to a combined 384 organizations. At least eight of those organizations are in the state.
Goodwill Keystone Area today announced that it had received a donation of $10 million, which the organization said is the largest single donation the 72-year-old nonprofit organization has ever received.