MacKenzie Scott is back at it again with more epic HBCU donations!

The billionaire philanthropist made two more historic, unrestricted gifts to HBCUs this week, sending a combined windfall that one university called record-breaking. Bowie State University announced a $50 million donation, the largest single gift in the school’s 160-year history. This brings Scott’s cumulative support for Bowie to $75 million after a prior $25 million gift in 2020.

Bowie president, Aminta Breaux said, “I was truly at a loss for words, and it brought tears to my eyes,” she told WTOP, adding she was “overjoyed” by the scale of the gift. The university said the funding will prioritize financial aid, noting that although Bowie remains one of the country’s most affordable four-year schools, many students still face financial barriers. The gift will also expand research initiatives, a move the school said should inspire additional donor support for “brilliant, yet often underresourced students and faculty.”

Separately, North Carolina A&T State University confirmed a $63 million unrestricted gift from Scott, its largest single donation, which lifts her contributions to A&T to $108 million. The university stated the gift will bolster its Preeminence 2030 plan — a strategic push toward Carnegie R1 status and growth in engineering, agriculture, life sciences, AI, and advanced manufacturing — and is expected to push A&T’s endowment past $300 million. Chancellor James R. Martin II said, “This is an investment in A&T’s capacity to solve society’s most pressing challenges,” adding that Scott has had a “broad and transformational impact” across institutions. 

Scott’s latest round of gifting continues a years-long pattern of major, unrestricted gifts to historically Black colleges and universities. Scott’s contributions now total in the hundreds of millions and include support for institutions such as Howard, Morgan State, and Winston-Salem State.