"On Thursday, Little Priest Tribal College in Winnebago, Nebraska, announced that it has received a $5 million unrestricted donation from MacKenzie Scott, who has given more than $1 billion to higher education institutions over the past several years."
"Scott has targeted her largesse toward historically underfunded institutions that serve high numbers of low-income students. This fall alone, she gave upward of $300 million to historically black colleges and universities and another $50 million to the Native Forward College Fund, though it's not clear if she has donated to any other individual tribal colleges."
""It felt like Christmas came early," Manoj Patil, president of Little Priest, told Inside Higher Ed Friday. "MacKenzie Scott's gift has given us hope and a platform to dream big.""
Little Priest Tribal College in Winnebago, Nebraska received a $5 million unrestricted donation from MacKenzie Scott. Scott has given more than $1 billion to higher education institutions and has targeted historically underfunded institutions that serve high numbers of low-income students. The college has a $4 million endowment, 258 students, and a long history of financial hardship. The Winnebago tribe chartered the college in 1996 and originally envisioned trade programs, which were not offered until after Manoj Patil became president in 2018. The donation will expedite plans to triple campus size over 25 years and expand trade and degree programs. Tribal colleges rely heavily on federal funding and have faced underfunding concerns earlier this year.
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