Higher Education and HBCUs

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday that she has donated $7.1 billion to nonprofits so far in 2025 via her Yield Giving platform, bringing her total giving since 2019 to $26.3 billion. The largely unrestricted gifts include at least $783 million to HBCUs this year—with individual awards such as $63 million to Prairie View A&M, $50 million to Norfolk State and Bowie State, $25 million to Lincoln University of Pennsylvania—plus $70 million to UNCF for a collective HBCU endowment and $50 million to the Native Forward Scholars Fund.