MacKenzie Scott continues to make large, unrestricted donations to HBCUs and institutions dedicated to advancing education for students of color. Her latest gifts include $42 million to 10,000 Degrees, a Bay Area nonprofit that helps first-generation students attend and complete college. According to Fortune, the donation is the largest in the organization’s 45-year history. Scott also contributed tens of millions to Native Forward, the nation’s largest scholarship provider for Native students, and $70 million to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) to build pooled endowments across 37 historically Black colleges and universities. These donations reinforce Scott’s reputation for trust-based philanthropy—large grants given quickly and
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