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BY Northeast Community College | December 17, 2020 Northeast Community College, Norfolk campus. (Courtesy Northeast Community College)
NORFOLK, Neb. – Christmas has come a week early for Northeast Community College. The institution has received a substantial financial gift that will assist students for generations to come.
President Leah Barrett was notified recently that author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
is donating $15 million to the College, making it the largest single donor contribution in Northeast’s history. Scott is contributing $4.1 billion to 384 organizations across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington D.C. Northeast Community College is among the organizations.
Funding comes after Scott and her team took a data-driven approach to identify organizations, including those providing higher education and workforce training. The team chose o