There are 4 article(s) tagged MacKenzie Scott:

• September 2025

  • MacKenzie Scott donation to benefit LeMoyne-Owen College, officials say

    Scott’s donation is part of a larger campaign by the United Negro College Fund to raise $370 million to fund a pooled endowment for each of the country’s 37 HBCUs.

    By Jody Callahan September 26, 2025

• March 2024

  • Memphis nonprofits score $3 million from MacKenzie Scott’s charity

    Two Memphis nonprofits are among 361 community-led, community-focused organizations who received funding from billionaire philanthropist and Amazon co-founder MacKenzie Scott. 

    By Aisling Mäki March 21, 2024

• March 2022

  • Billionaire donates $25M to Youth Villages

    Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is giving away billions of dollars to nonprofits, and Youth Villages just received $25 million.

    By Don Wade March 30, 2022

• July 2021

  • Memphis nonprofits benefit from MacKenzie Scott donations

    Two Memphis nonprofits — Collage Dance Collective and Memphis Music Initiative — recently received grants from MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. 

    By Rob Moore July 25, 2021