WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Three historically black North Carolina colleges have received historic financial gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Scott is the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
She gave Winston-Salem State University a record $30 million as part of more than $4.15 billion in donations to 384 organizations in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
She donated $45 million to North Carolina A&T State University and $15 million to Elizabeth City State University.
Scott listed the recipients of her donations and why she did it in a post on Medium.com. Among the other recipients are food banks, emergency relief funds and legal defense funds which address institutional discrimination.
