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​MacKenzie Scott's Support for HBCUs: 2020 through to Year-to-Date

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MacKenzie Scott has made transformative contributions to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), significantly impacting their growth and financial stability. This report highlights the donations made from 2020 to the present, illustrating her ongoing support and commitment to educational equity.

Prepared by: iAMSolutions, LLC | November 2025

Last Update: 11.17.2025

INSTITUTION
2020
Current Year 2025
CATEGORY
Aaniiih Nakoda College
No information found
TRIBAL
Alabama A&M University
Not Funded
HBCU
Alabama State University
Not Funded
$38 million
HBCU
Albany State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Alcorn State University
$25 million
$42 million
HBCU
Allen University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
American Baptist College
Not Funded
HBCU
Arizona State University
Not Funded
HSI
Arkansas Baptist College
Not Funded
HBCU
Bay Mills Community College
No information found
$9 million
TRIBAL
Benedict College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Bennett College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Bethune-Cookman University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Bishop State Community College
Not Funded
HBCU
Blackfeet Community College
$3 million
$8 million
TRIBAL
Bluefield State College
Not Funded
HBCU
Bowie State University
$25 million
$50 million
HBCU
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Not Funded
HSI
California State University-Fresno
Not Funded
HSI
California State University-Northridge
$40 million (2021)
$63 million
HSI
Cankdeska Cikana Community College
No information found
TRIBAL
Central State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Not Funded
$27 million
HBCU
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Not Funded
HBCU
Chief Dull Knife College
$1 million
TRIBAL
Claflin University
$20 million
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Clark Atlanta University
$15 million
$38 million + $5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Clinton College
Not Funded
HBCU
Coahoma Community College
Not Funded
HBCU
College of Menominee Nation
No information found
TRIBAL
College of the Muscogee Nation
No information found
$8 million
TRIBAL
Coppin State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Cuny City College
Not Funded
HSI
Cuny Grad School and University Center
Not Funded
HSI
Delaware State University
$20 million
HBCU
Dillard University 
$5 million
$19 million (2025) + $5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Dine College
No information found
TRIBAL
Drake State Community & Technical College
Not Funded
HBCU
Edward Waters University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year 2025)
HBCU
Elizabeth City State University
$15 million (2020)
HBCU
Fayetteville State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Fisk University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Florida A&M University
Not Funded
HBCU
Florida Atlantic University
Not Funded
HSI
Florida International University
Not Funded
HSI
Florida Memorial University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
No information found
TRIBAL
Fort Peck Community College
No information found
$11 million
TRIBAL
Fort Valley State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Gadsden State Community College
Not Funded
HBCU
Grambling State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Hampton University
$30 million
HBCU
Harris–Stowe State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Haskell Indian Nations University
No information found
TRIBAL
Hinds Community College
Not Funded
HBCU
Howard University
$40 million
$80 million (with $17 million earmarked for the College of Medicine)
HBCU
Huston–Tillotson University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Ilisagvik College
No information found
TRIBAL
Institute of American Indian Arts (Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development)
$5 million
TRIBAL
Interdenominational Theological Center
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Jackson State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Jarvis Christian University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Johnson C. Smith University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Kentucky State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
No information found
TRIBAL
Knoxville College
Not Funded
HBCU
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College
No information found
TRIBAL
Lane College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Langston University
Not funded
HBCU
Lawson State Community College
Not Funded
HBCU
Leech Lake Tribal College
No information found
TRIBAL
LeMoyne-Owen College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Lincoln University
$20 million
$25 million
HBCU
Lincoln University of Missouri
Not funded
HBCU
Little Big Horn College
No information found
TRIBAL
Little Priest Tribal College
No information found
$5 million
TRIBAL
Livingstone College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Meharry Medical College
$20 million (2022)
HBCU
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Not Funded
HSI
Miami Dade College
Not Funded
HSI
Miles College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Mississippi Valley State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Morehouse College
$20 million
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Morehouse School of Medicine
Disclosure delayed for benefit of recipient
HBCU
Morgan State University
$40 million
$63 million
HBCU
Morris Brown College
Not Funded
HBCU
Morris College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Navajo Technical University
$12 million
TRIBAL
Nebraska Indian Community College
No information found
$7 million
TRIBAL
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Not Funded
HSI
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
Not Funded
HSI
Norfolk State University
$40 million
$50 million
HBCU
North Carolina A&T State University
$45 million
$63 million
HBCU
North Carolina Central University
Not Funded
HBCU
Northwest Indian College
No information found
TRIBAL
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
No information found
TRIBAL
Oakwood University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Oglala Lakota College
No information found
TRIBAL
Paine College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Paul Quinn College
Not Funded
HBCU
Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
Not Funded
HBCU
Philander Smith University
Not Funded
$19 million + $5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Prairie View A&M University
$50 million
$63 million
HBCU
Red Lake Nation College
No information found
TRIBAL
Rust College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
No information found
TRIBAL
Salish Kootenai College
$1 million
TRIBAL
San Diego State University
Not Funded
HSI
San Jose State University
Not Funded
HSI
Savannah State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Selma University
Not Funded
HBCU
Shaw University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Shelton State Community College - Martin Campus
Not Funded
HBCU
Shorter College
Not Funded
HBCU
Sinte Gleska University
No information found
TRIBAL
Sisseton Wahpeton College
No information found
TRIBAL
Sitting Bull College
No information found
TRIBAL
South Carolina State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Southern University and A&M College
Not Funded
HBCU
Southern University at New Orleans
Not Funded
HBCU
Southern University at Shreveport
Not Funded
HBCU
Southwestern Christian College
Not Funded
HBCU
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
No information found
TRIBAL
Spelman College
$20 million
$38 million + $5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
St Philip's College
Not Funded
HSI
St. Augustine's University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Stillman College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Stone Child College
No information found
TRIBAL
Talladega College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Tennessee State University
Not Funded
HBCU
Texas A & M University-Kingsville
Not Funded
$38 million
HSI
Texas A&M University
$40 million
HSI
Texas College
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Texas Southern University
Not Funded
HBCU
Texas State University - San Marcos Campus
Not Funded
HSI
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Not Funded
HSI
The University of Texas at Arlington
Not Funded
HSI
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Not Funded
HSI
The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa Campus - Main
Not Funded
HSI
Tohono O'Odham Community College
No information found
TRIBAL
Tougaloo College
$6 million
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Trenholm State Community College - Trenholm Campus
Not Funded
HBCU
Turtle Mountain Community College
$8 million
TRIBAL
Tuskegee University
$20 million
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
United Tribes Technical College
No information found
TRIBAL
University of Arizona, Tucson
Not Funded
HSI
University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
Not funded
HBCU
University of California, Irvine
Not Funded
HSI
University of California, Riverside
Not Funded
HSI
University of California, Santa Barbara
Not Funded
HSI
University of California, Santa Cruz
Not Funded
HSI
University of Central Florida
Not Funded
HSI
University of Colorado - Denver
Not Funded
HSI
University of Houston
Not Funded
HSI
University of Illinois Chicago
Not Funded
HSI
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$20 million
$38 million
HBCU
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Not Funded
HSI
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Not Funded
HSI
University of North Texas
Not Funded
HSI
University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla
Not Funded
HSI
University of Puerto Rico-Cayey
Not Funded
HSI
University of Texas, El Paso
Not Funded
HSI
University of Texas-Austin
Not Funded
HSI
University of the District of Columbia
Not Funded
HBCU
University of the Virgin Islands - Orville E. Kean Campus - St. Thomas
Not Funded
HBCU
Virginia State University
$30 million
$50 million
HBCU
Virginia Union University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Virginia University of Lynchburg
Not Funded
HBCU
Voorhees University
$4 million
$19 million + $5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
West Virginia State University
Not funded
HBCU
White Earth Tribal and Community College
No information found
TRIBAL
Wilberforce University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Wiley University
Not Funded
$5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
Winston-Salem State University
$30 million
$50 million
HBCU
Xavier University of Louisiana
$20 million
$38 million + $5M stake in the UNCF Pooled Endowment Fund (derived from the $70M gift year)
HBCU
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