Meek Mill, Kevin Hart and former Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin have teamed up once more to make a serious donation to Philadelphia colleges. Following up their 2022 donation of $15 million to greater than 100 Philly colleges, in response to a press release asserting the donation on Tuesday (Jan. 10), the trio will donate $7 million to native schooling causes for the 2023-2024 faculty 12 months, with a lot of the funds going to assist scholarships for low-income college students at non-public colleges.
Mill — who, like Hart, is from Philly and attended the town’s public colleges — confirmed the information in a tweet that linked to a narrative in The Philadelphia Inquirer, writing, “Gotta get the entire lure booming too… we come from public colleges facet!!!!!” Meek’s longtime pal Rubin, the billionaire Fanatics CEO and former Sixers boss, can also be a Philly-area native. At press time, a spokesperson for the trio had not disclosed which colleges will obtain the funds, however stated the scholarships might be concentrated within the South and North Philadelphia neighborhoods the place the rapper and comic grew up.
Along with the scholarships to 60 “non-public and parochial colleges in want” for youngsters from low-to-moderate incomes, the donations can even assist fund laptops, tablets and WiFi connections and different classroom supplies. households have to supply proof of earnings and demographics displaying that they’re eligible to obtain funding by means of the Earned Earnings Tax Credit score program.
Over the previous few years, Mill (born Robert Rihmeek Williams) and Rubin have donated extra $17 million to native communities. Mill and Rubin beforehand launched a $2 million scholarship fund to assist space college students through the COVID-19 pandemic. The cash was earmarked for about 1,000 pre-Okay to highschool college students from low-income households through the 2020-21 faculty 12 months to cowl their tuition at non-public and parochial colleges and supply entry to much-needed at-home know-how, together with laptops, tablets and WiFi connections.
Try Meek’s tweets concerning the donations beneath.
