Eight historically Black colleges and universities have received a total of $387 million in unrestricted donations from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott since mid-October.
Last Sunday, Howard University, in Washington, D.C., revealed it had received an $80 million gift from Scott, with $17 million earmarked for its medical school. The following day, Spelman College, a women’s HBCU in Georgia, said Scott had donated $38 million.
Both colleges, along with most of the six other HBCUs, previously received multimillion dollar donations from Scott during her first round of higher education giving in 2020. Each described their gift as one of the biggest — if not the largest — in their history.
Her most recent spate of HBCU donations include:
$80 million to Howard University, in Washington, D.C.
$63 million to Morgan State University, in Maryland.
$50 million to Virginia State University.
$42 million to Alcorn State University, in Mississippi.
$38 million to Spelman College, in Georgia.
$38 million to Clark Atlanta University, in Georgia.
$38 million to Alabama State University.
$38 million to The University of Maryland Eastern Shore.