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Cal State Channel Islands and Santa Barbara City College receive million dollar donations from Mackenzie Scott
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Two local universities received massive monetary donations thanks to billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett.
Santa Barbara City College received $20 million from Scott and Jewett and Cal State Channel Islands in Camarillo received $15 million.
Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, awarded more than $2 billion to different schools and organizations across the globe. Using the blogging site Medium, Scott wrote about the decision to donate to $2.74 billion to organizations that focus on the arts and combating racial discrimination. She and her husband selected 286 organizations to receive the monetary gifts.