By Ryan Shepard
Morgan State University received an unexpected surprise as
MacKenzie Scott made a generous donation to the historic university. Scott donated $40 million to Maryland s largest historically Black university. It is the largest gift to the university in its 153-year history.
“This monumental gift will change lives and shape futures,” Morgan State University President
David Wilson said.
“I thank Ms. Scott for her due diligence and acknowledgment of the substantive value Morgan offers to so many throughout this nation and around the world, and entrusting that we will ensure the enduring impact of her generosity is truly transformational for many years to come.”
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Philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott is donating tens of millions of dollars to historically black universities in Maryland.
The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday that the schools are Morgan State, Bowie State and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Scott is the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Her donations in Maryland are part of more than $4.15 billion in financial gifts to 384 organizations in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Morgan State University President David Wilson said Scott s $40 million donation is the largest gift in the school s history. Morgan State is Maryland’s largest historically Black university, with an enrollment of more than 7,700.
Morgan State University receives record $40 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Lauren Lumpkin Morgan State University announced the largest single private gift in the school’s history Tuesday, a $40 million donation from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott that will help support the school’s endowment and further its research goals, officials said. The university in Baltimore has its sights set on becoming the first historically Black school to reach the nation’s highest class of research institutions, said David Wilson, Morgan State’s president. The new gift will bring the school one step closer to that goal by supporting research efforts and enabling more students to earn degrees, Wilson said.
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MORGAN STATE GIVEN $40M; BOWIE, UMES TOO: The Daily Record reports that Morgan State University, Maryland’s preeminent public urban research university and the state’s largest historically Black college or university, Tuesday received a $40 million gift from noted venture philanthropist and author Mackenzie Scott, the largest single private donation in Morgan State’s history and the second largest gift to any public Maryland university.
The Baltimore Sun story on the gift not only interviewed the Morgan president, but lists Scott’s donations to two other Maryland HBCUs, including $25 million to Bowie State.