Jeff Bezos' former wife MacKenzie Scott gave away WHOPPING $3.9 bn to nonprofits since June
MacKenzie Scott donated almost $3.9 billion in the past nine months to 465 organizations, including the largest-ever gift from one person to Planned Parenthood.
Scott outlined her latest giving in a Medium post published Wednesday, saying the aim of her philanthropy was “to support the needs of underrepresented people from groups of all kinds.” Included in the total was $436 million for Habitat for Humanity affiliates that was disclosed Tuesday by the home-building nonprofit’s San Francisco area chapter.
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The list of recipients ranged from Boys & Girls Clubs to the Climate Justice Resilience Fund to the National Rural Health Association, but didn’t indicate how much each group received. In a separate statement, Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Wednesday said it had received $275 million from Scott, the largest gift from a single donor in its history.
The latest tally brings her total donations to about $12.4 billion in 1,257 grants since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019.
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In choosing how to contribute, her team of advisers focuses on areas of needs without assuming that they, or any one group, know how to fix it, she wrote in Wednesday’s blog post.
“We don’t advocate for particular policies or reforms,” Scott said. “Instead, we seek a portfolio of organizations that supports the ability of all people to participate in solutions.”
Scott, 51, the former wife of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, is single-handedly reshaping nonprofits with her giving, donating to organizations tackling social welfare, education, arts, health and more.
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