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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has been on a roll. In just the past few weeks, she’s made several multimillion-dollar donations to DEI and disaster relief causes.

And on Sunday, Howard University announced that Scott, who is worth an estimated $35.6 billion, had donated $80 million to the historically Black school.

As is Scott’s style, the gift is unrestricted, meaning the university can use the resources as it chooses. Of the $80 million, $63 million will go toward Howard University, and $17 million will go to the school’s College of Medicine. This marks one of the largest single donations to Howard in its 158-year history.

“This historic investment will not only help maintain our current momentum, but will help support essential student aid, advance infrastructure improvements, and build a reserve fund to further sustain operational continuity, student success, academic excellence, and research innovation,” Wayne A.I. Frederick, Howard interim president and president emeritus, said in a statement.