Amazon billionaire MacKenzie Scott donates millions to San Antonio organizations
Record-breaking donations intended to help San Antonio fight poverty
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SAN ANTONIO – MacKenzie Scott, a novelist and philanthropist, has broken records while making donations to several San Antonio organizations that address income inequity and poverty
Scott first announced news of a $4.2 billion donation to 384 organizations across the United States on social media.
“I asked a team of advisors to help me accelerate my 2020 giving through immediate support to people suffering the economic effects of the (COVID-19) crisis,” Scott said in her announcement. “They took a data-driven approach to identifying organizations with strong leadership teams and results, with special attention to those operating in communities facing high projected food insecurity, high measures of racial inequity, high local poverty rates, and low access to philanthropic capital.”