New Orleans HBCU Receives Second Multi-Million Dollar Gift From MacKenzie Scott

Xavier University receives $38M gift from MacKenzie Scott

KEY TAKEAWAYS: MacKenzie Scott donates $38 million, her second major gift to Xavier. Funds will support affordability, student support, and academic pathways. Donation coincides with Xavier’s 100th-anniversary celebrations and Centennial Campaign. Xavier recognized nationally for STEM, health sciences, arts, and social justice programs. Xavier University of Louisiana announced that philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has made a $38 million unre…

New Orleans HBCU receives second multi-million dollar gift from MacKenzie Scott

Xavier University of Louisiana is one of the many Historically Black Colleges and Universities to receive a donation from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

McKenzie Scott donates $38 million to Xavier, largest gift in school history

The billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who has become a major donor to Louisiana causes and historically Black colleges and universities in recent years, has given Xavier University $38 million, the largest private donation in the New Orleans school's history.

Divorce to donations: Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife MacKenzie Scott donates $700 million to historically black colleges in another philanthropic move

US News: Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has gifted over 700 million dollars to several historically black colleges and universities. This significant contribut

MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges

Philander Smith University, a historically Black college in Arkansas, received the largest gift in its 147-year history on Friday, when billionaire MacKenzie Scott gave $19 million. It was one of 15 donations she gave to historically Black colleges and universities this year, adding up to more than $700 million, according to a list compiled by Marybeth Gasman, a professor at Rutgers and the executive director of the Rutgers Center for Minority S…

MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $740 million to HBCUs this year. See list.

MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Jeff Bezos, pledged she would donate the majority of her wealth to charity in 2019.