A Billionaire’s Gift Expands Reach of ‘Unapologetic’ Oakland Parent’s Group [the74million.org]

Carey Sipp 5/26/221:20 PM

By Greg Toppo, Photo: Courtesy of The Oakland REACH, The 74, May 23, 2022

In the two years since COVID-19 sent thousands of Oakland children to learn online at home, a parent-led group known as The Oakland REACH has made a name for itself by quickly building and expanding an innovative onlineresource known as the Virtual Family Hub, or simply the Hub.

Now that effort has drawn the attention of one of the world’s wealthiest people, who happens to be giving her money away at a rapid clip.

In March, just over five years after the group’s founding, MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, offered it an unrestricted gift of $3 million. The donation is its biggest gift to date and nearly doubles the group’s revenue, according to recent tax filings.

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