Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students works to raise $1 billion to strengthen all 37 of its historically Black colleges and universities.
Main Idea: MacKenzie Scott gave $70 million to UNCF to help strengthen historically Black colleges and universities through a new endowment effort.
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UNCF’s funding boost could help HBCUs stabilize budgets, protect student services, and improve job and college access for many Black students.
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