Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott makes $800K donation to Jacksonville nonprofit - Jacksonville Business Journal

Junior Achievement of North Florida is the latest local nonprofit to benefit from a major gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

The organization announced Tuesday that it has received $800,000 from Scott. It is part of a total of $38.8 million donated to Junior Achievement USA and JA operations in 26 communities across the country. This is the largest gift from a single donor in the organization’s 103-year history. “We greatly appreciate the incredible generosity of MacKenzie Scott for this amazing gift to our organization,” said Shannon Italia, president of Junior Achievement of North Florida, in a release. “We see this investment as a recognition of all the great work taking place in our community because of the passion and commitment of the business leaders, educators, volunteers, and other partners who support Junior Achievement locally.

Junior Achievement of North Florida will use its portion of the gift to scale its impact in the region and accelerate the timeline for launching an integrated program model that provides young people with a pathway to work readiness and financial literacy, it announced. Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has made an impact in the Jacksonville area before with her sizable donations. In 2020,Earlier this year, the

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