Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos donate $33M scholarship grant for DACA students

[RoidJonesJr]

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, have donated a $33 million scholarship grant to TheDream.US, which is the nation's largest scholarship program for "dreamers" -- young immigrants whose protections against deportation are being threatened. According to the organization, the donation will allow 1,000 undocumented immigrant graduates of U.S. high schools with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) status the opportunity to attend college.

The grant is considered the largest donation in the organization's history.

"MacKenzie and I are honored to be able to help today's Dreamers by funding these scholarships," Bezos said in a statement.

According to TheDream.US, Dreamers are typically ineligible for federal grants and loans. They are unable to receive state aid in 44 states.

But TheDream.US provides each participant with a total of $33,000 in scholarship funds over the course of four years, which helps pay for their tuition, books and fees.

The organization currently works with more than 70 low-cost colleges across 15 states. At this time, 2,850 students are enrolled in the program.

"Our students are highly motivated and determined to succeed in college and in life," Candy Marshall, president of TheDream.US, said in a statement. "Everyone who believes in education and is a friend of the Dreamers would like to thank Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos for this magnificent gift. It is a shot in the arm for Dreamer students at a time when some are questioning whether they should be in the U.S. at all."

Bezos, who recently dethroned Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world's richest human ever, also founded Blue Origin and owns The Washington Post. MacKenzie is an author of two novels. She received an award for one of her books in 2006.

TheDream.US is co-founded by Don Graham, Henry Munoz and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez.

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos donate $33M scholarship grant for DACA students

 

[TL15]

Fantastic!

Donate some money to help black kids

 

[Hopeofmypeople]

His only doing this because people said he wasn’t as charitable as Gates.

 

[eufemism]

Good shyt

 

[Lawn Dee]

Dame un Millie Bezo

 

[Pazzy]

Always a reactive approach to an ongoing problem when it's been shown time and time again that it reactive approaches never work. You know there's more to this than what's being said just like when Facebook donated a billion towards newarks public school system which ended up being some bullshyt. I'll wait til the real story gets out

 

[IVS]

Man these rich folks really do just be sitting on money to give away, or they use it to me meddle in politics. Thats exactly why we should be taxing their asses more, and using that money to provide access to health care and education and improving the services available for Americans. Its kind of crazy.

Reminds me of how the NFL owners were ready to donate all this money if they players would not kneel. The owners were willing to donate sumpn lika 100 mill in that case. Like wtf?

 

[Rell Lauren]

Bezos likes cheap labor. It's how he made his fortune.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

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[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Man these rich folks really do just be sitting on money to give away, or they use it to me meddle in politics. Thats exactly why we should be taxing their asses more, and using that money to provide access to health care and education and improving the services available for Americans. Its kind of crazy.

Reminds me of how the NFL owners were ready to donate all this money if they players would not kneel. The owners were willing to donate sumpn lika 100 mill in that case. Like wtf?

Dapped, but the NFL wasn't proposing to give $100M more, they were just gonna take money that were already giving to other causes and give it to black causes. That whole proposal was such bullshyt

 

[EndDomination]

Cool
Conservatives are pissed I'm sure

 

[godkiller]

Man these rich folks really do just be sitting on money to give away, or they use it to me meddle in politics. Thats exactly why we should be taxing their asses more, and using that money to provide access to health care and education and improving the services available for Americans. Its kind of crazy.

Reminds me of how the NFL owners were ready to donate all this money if they players would not kneel. The owners were willing to donate sumpn lika 100 mill in that case. Like wtf?

 

[Big Boss]

His only doing this because people said he wasn’t as charitable as Gates.

 

[BaldingSoHard]

His only doing this because people said he wasn’t as charitable as Gates.

If I save a sex-trafficking victim just because someone said I wouldn't.... then I still saved a sex trafficking victim.

Just sayin'.

 

[Rigby.]

why the fukk dont I know any rich people? you know some girl in Jeff's mid life bothered to listen to him complain about having such brilliant ideas but no one to share it with and now, she probably got a mansion and a trust fund. God, give me a sheep I can take to the top smh