Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $2M to Oklahoma City nonprofit
The gift was part of $640 million in donations given to various organizations.
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Updated: 11:11 AM CDT Mar 21, 2024
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RESTORE OKC ABOUT WHAT THIS MONEY MEANS FOR THEM. OVER 6000 ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE APPLIED FOR THESE FUNDS, AND A NONPROFIT, RESTORE OKC, RIGHT HERE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CITY, WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE. GRANTED $2 MILLION. AND THEY SAY THIS WILL BE A BOOST TO THE COMMUNITY. COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY WITH GRATITUDE. AND A PANEL OF EXPERTS FOR YIELD GIVING RESEARCHED WHICH ORGANIZATIONS WERE MOST VULNERABLE AND IN NEED OF SOME FUNDING. RESTORE OKC, WHO APPLIED LAST YEAR, WAS ONE OF THE CHOSEN ORGS. TUESDAY, WE WOUND UP SCORING ONE OF THE HIGHEST APPLICATIONS, AND SO SHE GAVE $2 MILLION, UM, WHICH WAS IT’S JUST IT’S AN UNREAL INVESTMENT INTO OUR WORK. RESTORE OKC IS A NONPROFIT WHICH FOCUSES ON RESTORATION OF THE NORTHEAST OKC COMMUNITY, FOCUSING ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, FOOD INSECURITIES, HOUSING, AND MORE. IT’S HARD TO GET FUNDING TO COME ALONG, AND SO TO SEE THAT KIND OF AN INFUSION OF FUNDS REALLY LETS US, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON HOW WE GET NOT ONLY FOOD ACCESS POINTS, BUT REALLY GET FOOD PRICE POINTS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE SO THAT IT TRULY IS FOOD ACCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THINK ABOUT HOUSING HOLISTICALLY. THEY SAY THIS MONEY WILL BE A GAME CHANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, RIGHT? WE DON’T WANT TO JUST DO HANDOUTS OR RELIEF WORK. THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID WE DON’T WANT THAT. AND WE WANT TO WORK FOR WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE TO FIX IT? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO CREATE ALL THE DIFFERENT DYNAMICS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR A COMMUNITY TO TRULY BE ABLE TO FLOURISH? HOW DO WE WO
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $2M to Oklahoma City nonprofit
The gift was part of $640 million in donations given to various organizations.
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Updated: 11:11 AM CDT Mar 21, 2024
Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott donated millions of dollars to nonprofit organizations in Oklahoma as part of an open call for gifts.| RELATED VIDEO ABOVE | Northeast OKC nonprofit reacts to $2M donation from billionaire philanthropistOn Tuesday, she announced that she was giving $640 million to 361 organizations through Yield Giving. One of those gifts was $2 million to the nonprofit Restore OKC, which focuses on the restoration of health, environment, reconciliation and equity with neighbors in northeast Oklahoma City.Scott also donated $2 million to the Terence Crutcher Foundation in Tulsa. The foundation was created in memory of Crutcher, who was shot and killed by a Tulsa police officer during a 2016 traffic stop.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppThe Associated Press reports that Scott made the donations to nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications. She started giving away billions of dollars in 2019, and Scott and her team have researched and selected organizations without an application process and provided them with large, unrestricted gifts. Since 2020, Scott has donated tens of millions of dollars to various organizations and nonprofits in Oklahoma. To date, Yield Giving has donated more than $17.3 billion to over 2,300 nonprofits.Top Headlines TIMELINE: Severe storms could produce hail, 60 mph winds in western Oklahoma Police search for suspect after person shot twice in southwest Oklahoma City neighborhood Amazon's Big Spring Sale is live. The Prime Day-like deals you need to know about Red-tailed hawk with a rare condition is surviving, in part, due to 'love,' biologist says Man riding electric scooter taken to hospital after being hit by vehicle in Moore
OKLAHOMA CITY — Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott donated millions of dollars to nonprofit organizations in Oklahoma as part of an open call for gifts.
| RELATED VIDEO ABOVE | Northeast OKC nonprofit reacts to $2M donation from billionaire philanthropist
On Tuesday, she announced that she was giving $640 million to 361 organizations through Yield Giving. One of those gifts was $2 million to the nonprofit Restore OKC, which focuses on the restoration of health, environment, reconciliation and equity with neighbors in northeast Oklahoma City.
Scott also donated $2 million to the Terence Crutcher Foundation in Tulsa. The foundation was created in memory of Crutcher, who was shot and killed by a Tulsa police officer during a 2016 traffic stop.
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The Associated Press reports that Scott made the donations to nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications. She started giving away billions of dollars in 2019, and Scott and her team have researched and selected organizations without an application process and provided them with large, unrestricted gifts.
Since 2020, Scott has donated tens of millions of dollars to various organizations and nonprofits in Oklahoma. To date, Yield Giving has donated more than $17.3 billion to over 2,300 nonprofits.
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