Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70m to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students works to raise $1bn to strengthen all 37 of its historically Black colleges and universities. The gift is one of Scott’s largest single donations ever and among the first to be publicly disclosed in 2025. Famously private, Scott only …
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Jacklyn Gise Bezos, mother of Amazon founder and philanthropist, dies at 78 KIRO 7 News Seattle Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez Suffer a Rocky Start to Their Marriage With a Devastating Update yahoo.com Jackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ Mother and an Early Amazon Investor, Dies at 78 The New York Times Jeff Bezos’ mother, Jacklyn Gise Bezos, dies at 78 NBC News Amazon Billionaire Jeff …
Read More »Wallis Annenberg, Arts and Wildlife Philanthropist, Dies at 86 The New York Times Wallis Annenberg, visionary philanthropist who helped transform L.A., dies at 86 Los Angeles Times Wallis Annenberg, influential Los Angeles philanthropist, dies at 86 ABC7 Los Angeles Wallis Annenberg, CEO of the Annenberg Foundation passes away at age 86 KESQ Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg dies at 86 KTLA Source link
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For the record: 7:47 a.m. July 28, 2025An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Annenberg was 85 at the time of her death. She had just turned 86. Her name is ubiquitous in public spaces around Los Angeles: the Wallis Annenberg Building at the California Science Center in Exposition Park, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts …
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