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Thirty Colleges Receive Major Gifts In Third Round Of Donations By MacKenzie Scott
Three campuses of the California State University (CSU) system - Channel Islands, Fullerton and Northridge - received donations. CSU - Fullerton and CSU -Northridge received $40 million apiece, making them the largest gifts in each institution’s history. The Channel Islands campus was given $15 million. -- Forbes
CSUN Receives $40 Million From Bezos Ex-Wife
Cal State Northridge announced Tuesday that it received a $40 million from philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett. Scott, who was once married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and is worth around $59 billion, gave the university the largest individual donation in its 63-year-history. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
Southland Nonprofits, CSU Campuses Get Big Bucks From Billionaire MacKenzie Scott – Jeff Bezos Ex – Donations
— Cal State Northridge; -- MyNewsLA
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott Donates $20 Million to Santa Barbara City College
Other California colleges and universities that received funding include: Cal Poly Pomona, California State University Fullerton, California State University Northridge, UC Merced, Long Beach City College, Pasadena City College, Porterville College, and West Hills College Lemoore. -- Noozhawk
MacKenzie Scott Donates Millions More to 31 ‘Overlooked’ Colleges
California State University at Northridge — $40 million -- The Chronicle of Higher Education
MacKenzie Scott funds colleges
The more than two dozen higher-education grant recipients include Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton, each of which received $40 million; Long Beach City College, which received $30 million; and Santa Barbara City College, which received $20 million. -- The New York Times
Southland Nonprofits, Schools Among Recipients Of MacKenzie Scott Donations
The unrestricted grants will go to a wide range of organizations, including many in Southern California, including:
-- A Place Called Home in Los Angeles;
-- Arts for Healing and Justice Network in Long Beach;
-- Asian Pacific Community Fund in Los Angeles;
-- Cal Poly Pomona;
-- Cal State Channel Islands;
-- Cal State Fullerton;
-- Cal State Northridge; -- KEIB
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Gives Millions To Southern California’s State Universities, Community Colleges
Cal State Northridge, Cal State Fullerton, and Cal Poly Pomona received $40 million each, followed by $30 million gifts to Long Beach City College and Pasadena City College. Santa Barbara City College was gifted $20 million, while CSU Channel Islands received $15 million. The gifts were the largest ever made by a single donor to each school. -- KCBS/KCAL, CBS Los Angeles
MacKenzie Scott Gives $40M To CSUN, Makes Other Major SoCal Gifts
Cal State University Northridge received $40 million, the largest gift from a single donor in the university's history. CSUN President Erika Beck called the gift "transformational" and said most of the money will go towards addressing educational equity. -- LAIst
It wasn’t a crank call: Surprising many, MacKenzie Scott gives millions to California groups
In California, the recipients include UC Merced, California State University campuses at Pomona, Fullerton, Northridge and Channel Islands as well as California Community Colleges in Long Beach, Pasadena and Santa Barbara. Other recipients include Homeboy Industries, which helps rehabilitate formerly incarcerated people or those involved with gangs; Faith in Action, a national organizing network against hate and racism; and the L.A. Arts Endowment Fund. -- Los Angeles Times