Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives $50M to Prairie View A&M University, among other local gifts

Prairie View A&M University near Houston and four other local organizations are among hundreds of beneficiaries of massive donations from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Scott, an author and the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, gave PVAMU $50 million to be used at the discretion of the president to support the needs of the university, PVAMU announced Dec. 15. It’s the largest gift in the university’s 144-year history.

The university designated $10 million of that total to create the…