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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has given more than $500 million to 23 historically Black colleges and universities across the country

"On average, institutions selected to receive donations attained retention rates fifteen percent higher than institutions that did not receive a donation," Rutgers researchers who studied the impact of her donations wrote in a report

Scott is dedicated to giving away the majority of her fortune during her lifetime

MacKenzie Scott has a long, and well-documented , history of philanthropy, which includes donating millions to historically Black colleges and universities across the country

In 2020, according to a report from Rutgers University, the philanthropist and ex-wife of Jeff Bezos gave a whopping $560 million to 23 HBCUs scatte

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