MacKenzie Scott attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) WASHINGTON - MacKenzie Scott is continuing to pay it forward by helping communities and groups through her philanthropy.
The billionaire is donating $50 million to the National 4-H Council, which the youth-focused nonprofit organization called "transformational."Scott’s donation to the National 4-H Council, which supports the 120-year-old youth development program, is the second-largest gift known to have been made by Scott since she announced in 2021 that she gave $2.7 billion to charitable nonprofits.RELATED: Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $133.5 million to education nonprofitThe National 4-H Council, which supports The Department of Agriculture’s 4-H Youth Development Program, said in a statement that Scott’s gift will support "positive youth development" for nearly six million kids and their families.
4-H programs help kids and teens across the country complete health, science and other projects during after-school programs and other venues.Jennifer Sirangelo, the president and CEO of the council, told the Associated Press that the organization received a call in December informing them the gift was coming their way.