Giving Can't Wait When The Focus of Giving is Gender Equality

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MacKenzie Scott, Melinda French Gates Give $40 Million to Gender Equality Groups

By Shera Avi-Yonah    

‎July‎ ‎29‎, ‎2021‎ ‎8‎:‎07 Updated on ‎July‎ ‎29‎, ‎2021‎ ‎9‎:‎42 

MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates         Source: DPA/Getty Images; Bloomberg                              

• Recipients were part of their Equality Can’t Wait Challenge
• Both women have made gender equality a focus of their giving

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Philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates joined forces Thursday to give $40 million to four organizations that promote gender equality.

The recipients were part of the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge, which was announced last year by Scott and French Gates and also funded by billionaire Lynn Schusterman’s family foundation. The projects winning $10 million each were selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants working in fields including technology, education, care-giving and indigenous communities. An additional $8 million was split between two finalists.