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  • Giving Billions Fast, MacKenzie Scott Upends Philanthropy

    The New York Times
    December 22, 2020
    Through a streamlined operation, Ms. Scott has given away $6 billion this year, much of it to small charities and nonprofits. By disbursing her money quickly, she has pushed the focus away from the giver and onto those she is trying to help.

  • Giving Billions Fast, MacKenzie Scott Upends Philanthropy

    The New York Times
    December 20, 2020
    Through a streamlined operation, Ms. Scott has given away $6 billion this year, much of it to small charities and nonprofits. By disbursing her money quickly, she has pushed the focus away from the giver and onto those she is trying to help.

  • Craft3 receives $10 million donation

    Coast River Business Journal
    December 16, 2020
    Craft3 to use gift from MacKenzie Scott to accelerate work on a new loan program focused on marginalized groups less able to gather the cash equity necessary for traditional financing or access new markets because of systemic racism.

  • MacKenzie Scott says she has given $4.1 billion to charity

    Associated Press
    December 16, 2020
    MacKenzie Scott and her team used data to identify organizations with strong leadership and results, specifically in communities with high food insecurity, racial inequity and poverty rates to select recent grant awardees.

  • MacKenzie Scott gives away $4.1 billion to 384 organizations, including 4 Washington state groups

    The Seattle Times
    December 16, 2020
    Craft3 one of four Washington-based organizations to receive grants from MacKenzie Scott as part of The Giving Pledge.

  • 384 Ways to Help

    https://medium.com/@mackenzie_scott
    December 15, 2020
    Craft3 one of 384 organizations to receive $4,158,500,000 in gifts across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington D.C.

  • MacKenzie Scott Makes Catalytic $10 Million Gift to Craft3

    Press Release
    December 15, 2020
    Craft3 receives extraordinary $10 million grant from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The gift will catalyze investments in Black-, Indigenous-, and people of color-owned businesses and communities, as well as efforts to combat climate change.

  • Entrepreneurs and corporate leaders unite in support of Black-owned businesses

    Geekwire
    December 13, 2020
    Craft3 will use a $5 million loan and $250,000 grant from Google.org to support businesses hit hard by COVID-19 and provide capital for companies in marginalized communities.

  • Three Portland nonprofits to share $5 million grant to invest in communities at risk of displacement

    The Oregonian
    November 4, 2020
    Craft3 one-of-three nonprofits to share a $5 million grant from JPMorgan Chase to address affordability issues and combat gentrification in North and East Portland and along the proposed light-rail line in Southwest Portland.

  • JPMorgan Chase awards $5 million to three Portland CDFIs

    Portland Business Journal
    October 27, 2020
    Craft3 receives a $5 million grant from JPMorgan Chase to address ongoing disparities in small-business lending, prioritizing Black, Indigenous, Latinx and Asian and Pacific Islanders small business owners.
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