Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $7.1 billion to hundreds of nonprofits and charities last year, a significant increase over previous years.
“Since my post last December, I’ve given $7,166,000,000 to organizations doing work all over the world,” she wrote in a recent blog post on her website Yield Giving.
Scott reported she had donated $2.6 billion in 2024 and $2.1 billion in 2023. The California native has donated $26 billion since 2019—almost the entire fortune she received during her divorce with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
AP news reports that Scott is extremely distant from both the public eye and the eyes of the recipients of her generosity, who are often notified via intermediaries with little or no advance notice of their selection for a donation.
The outlet spoke with one such recipient: Kim Mazzuca, the CEO of the California-based nonprofit 10,000 Degrees, which works to unblock higher education opportunities to underprivileged communities.
“I was just filled with such joy. I was speechless and I kind of stumbled around with my words,” she said, having been notified by a person calling from Fidelity Charitable, which doesn’t handle Scott’s finances.
Ms. Scott pointed out in her blog post that acts of charity she received as a student in university often spring to mind when she is deciding where to donate money.
“Whose generosity did I think of every time I made every one of the thousands of gifts I’ve been able to give? It was the local dentist who offered me free dental work when he saw me securing a broken tooth with denture glue in college,” she wrote.
“It was the college roommate who found me crying, and acted on her urge to loan me a thousand dollars to keep me from having to drop out in my sophomore year.”
MORE OF SCOTT’S ACTIVITY:
- MacKenzie Scott Has Now Given Away $16.5 Billion with New Grants Announced, Since Divorcing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
- MacKenzie Scott Donates $42 Million to Expand College and Career Opportunities for Low-Income U.S. Students
- Billionaire MacKenzie Scott Donates $15m to Provide Glasses to Farmers With Blurry Vision in Developing Nations
Indeed, along with 10,000 Degrees, many of her gifts have gone to organizations that support students access universities and manage tuition costs.
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