MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently donated over $2 billion to hundreds of organizations, including colleges and universities. She is one of the wealthiest women in the world. Even with the donation, she still has over $60 billion. Scott wrote about her decision to donate the money on Medium. She said she wanted to give money to organizations that can help people who are “underfunded and overlooked.” Some of the organizations support arts and culture. Many of them support local education. For example, one organization, Achieving the Dream, works to help community college students in 45 states enter school and finish their degrees. Another organization, Jazz at Lincoln Center, is run by Wynton Marsalis, a member of a famous musical family. Its mission is to teach people about jazz music, educate music students and “celebrate personal freedom.” However, a major part of Scott’s money went to higher education, schools both large and small. For example, large universities in Florida and Texas each received $40 million. Overall, about 30 colleges and universities received money.