Philanthropy news:

MacKenzie Scott gives $39M and Ballmer Group gifts $21M to education nonprofits
MacKenzie Scott gives $39M and Ballmer Group gifts $21M to education nonprofits© Provided by Geekwire
  • MacKenzie Scott’s latest gift is going to national education nonprofit Junior Achievement USA, which operates across 102 U.S. markets and reaches more than 2.5 million students annually. The $38.8 million donation is the largest in the organization’s 103-year-old history. Scott has given away more than $12 billion since divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019.
  • The Ballmer Group, co-founded by Connie and Steve Ballmer (former Microsoft CEO), gave a $21 million gift to City Year, an education nonprofit that focuses on helping students at under-resourced schools. The grant is part of 18 economic mobility donations announced by the Ballmer Group last month.