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MacKenzie Scott Gives $15M To Paso del Norte Health Foundation
Foundation: Paso del Norte Health Foundation
MacKenzie Scott has given $15 million to the Paso del Norte Health Foundation, the largest gift in the foundation's 20-year history, the El Paso Times reports.
According to a press release, the unrestricted gift will support the foundation's mission to "lead, leverage, and invest in initiatives, programs, and policies that promote health and prevent disease for the residents of our binational, tri-state region."
The foundation, which was founded in 1995, has given more than $230 million to more than 300 nonprofit, academic, and community partners to improve health outcomes in El Paso, New Mexico, and Juarez, the Times reports.
According to a press release, the gift comes at a critical time as the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgent need to address the challenges associated with good health.
"The pandemic has driven home the need to prevent the onset of and complications from disease," Charles de Wetter, chair of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation board of directors, says in the press release.
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