Industry Bulletins | May 4, 2022
Mackenzie Scott Donates $6 Million To Institute For Educational Leadership
The Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) has been gifted $6 million in unrestricted funds by Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, as part of a larger gift totaling $3 billion across 465 nonprofits working towards a variety of causes for greater good and social justice.
IEL will use these funds to build capacity and operations to continue its 58-year history of working to increase equity through our disability inclusion and advocacy work, community schools strategy, and leadership development. These funds will help allow the organization to further expand collaboration with communities, including youth with disabilities, immigrant and refugee youth, families, and more . . .