US EditionMacKenzie Scott Donates $50M to Virginia State and $80M to Howard University
- On November 03, 2025, Virginia State University announced MacKenzie Scott donated $50 million, the largest individual gift in its history, which VSU president Makola M. Abdullah said will change the university’s trajectory.
- On Monday, Nov. 1, Howard University confirmed an unrestricted $80 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, with $63 million for the university and $17 million for the Howard University College of Medicine.
- Because of the government shutdown, Howard University says federal appropriations are delayed, so students with overdue balances can defer payments until spring without late fees.
- Those recent gifts raise her total contributions to HBCUs to roughly $381 million, and Yield Giving shows she has donated more than $19,250,000,000 to over 2,450 nonprofit teams.
- MacKenzie Scott's giving approach prioritizes unrestricted support, giving nonprofits full control and emphasizing that small donors and volunteers greatly matter, her Yield Giving website states.
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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives historic donation to Howard University
MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is continuing to give major gifts to those who need it. This time, she donated to $80 million to Howard University. Wayne Frederick, the interim president and president emeritus of Howard University, told WTOP the donation will have a huge impact, especially during the government shutdown. “We’re deeply grateful,” he said. This is the second gift Scott …
MacKenzie Scott gifts $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the school’s largest donations in its 158-year history
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has been on a roll. In just the past few weeks, she’s made several multimillion-dollar donations to DEI and disaster relief causes. And on Sunday, Howard University announced that Scott, who is worth an estimated $35.6 billion, had donated $80 million to the historically Black school. As is Scott’s style, the gift is unrestricted, meaning the university can use the resources as it chooses. Of the $80 …
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