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The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the 10 largest charitable gifts announced by individuals or their foundations totaled nearly $9.3 billion

Plus, Jackie and Mike Bezos gave $710 million to Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital got $50 million to expand sickle cell disease research and to support other programs.

Edmonds-Woodway student, teacher selected for 2021 Bezos Scholars program Posted: May 6, 2021 Owen Lee Edmonds-Woodway High School student Owen Lee and educator Nick Wellington have been selected for the 2021 cohort of the Bezos Scholars program. The Bezos Family Foundation launched the Scholars program in 2005 to provide young people a platform to design solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing their communities. Lee is passionate about climate justice and mutual aid, and hope...

School board to hear work group recommendations about SROs Plus: MCPS curriculum development leader resigning, finance director retiring; Montgomery Blair student chosen as Bezos Scholar May 6, 2021 | 9:24 pm May 6, 2021 School board to hear work group recommendations about SROs The Montgomery County Board of Education will meet on Tuesday to hear recommendations from a work group tasked with reviewing its school resource officer program and discuss school reopenings. Some board members will ...