In 2004, The Oprah Winfrey Foundation pledged one million dollars to endow a student scholarship at the Ailey School at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
[5] In 2000, Oprah Winfrey met with former South African president Nelson Mandela to discuss building a new school for girls in South Africa.
[6] In 2007, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG), a boarding school for girls, grades 8–12, opened in Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
[7] Through the years, Oprah and OWCF have contributed more than $200 million to South African education, primarily for academically gifted girls from disadvantaged backgrounds.
[8][9][10] In 2009, the Oprah Winfrey Foundation donated $250,000 to Urban Prep in Chicago,[11][12] an all boys school that lost its charter school status due to allegations of misconduct in 2022.