MacKenzie Scott donates $10M to Goodwill of North Florida, $5M to Southeast Georgia
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $10 million to Goodwill of North Florida and Southeast GeorgiaGoodwill of North Florida, Southeast Georgia -- as well as First Coast YMCA, United Way of Northeast Florida. and 46 other Goodwill organizations across the country -- was among 384 nonprofits to receive $4 billion from Scott. โWe are just blown away here at Goodwill of North Florida because we have received a tremendous, transformative gift from MacKenzie Scott,โ said Goodwill of North Florida CEO David Rey, who found out about the gift on Tuesday. โWeโre still a little bit of a loss for words.โMichael Winckler, President and CEO of Goodwill Southeast Georgia, echoed a similar sentiment. Scott said her team looked at 6,490 organizations before deciding on the organizations that were chosen.