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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott is donating $15 million to Kansas City nonprofit Health Forward Foundation.
The nonprofit plans to use the funding to invest in affordable housing and homeownership initiatives.
It was the second donation within a week that Scott has made to a Kansas City nonprofit. Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City recently received a $1 million donation from the billionaire.
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A safe room and classroom addition at Willard Central Elementary School will be used by the music, arts and athletic programs for a district that had 4,536 students last year, according to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education figures, but school officials say enrollment is projected to grow.