MacKenzie Scott revealed a personal history that shaped her philanthropic focus on higher education access and confirmed support for Funding U, a nonprofit offering last-gap, merit-based loans to low-income students without co-signers. Scott recounted a $1,000 loan from a college roommate that kept her at Princeton and said she now invests in mission-aligned ventures that expand opportunity. The profile connects Scott’s grant strategy with broader institutional gaps in student affordability and highlights private philanthropy’s growing role in funding emergency student assistance and innovative financial products.