MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is giving away her $46 billion fortune faster than anyone in history. Less than two months into 2022, Scott isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.
largest donation
, $133.5 million, went to Communities in Schools, a non-profit that helps keep at-risk children in schools. The National Council on Aging got $8 million, while mental health non-profit the Jed Foundation and reproductive rights group the Guttmacher Institute received $15 million each. Notably, Scott didn’t publicly announce these donations herself, as she has done in the past. In a December Medium post, Scott
she would not reveal the latest recipients of her donations, arguing that the media focuses too much on her and not on the groups she gives money to.takes the position that people with billions of dollars at their disposal warrant more scrutiny than average Americans because of the power that money wields. After calls for more transparency, in December ScottSince divorcing Bezos in 2019, the 51-year-old Scott has emerged as one of the most secretive and prolific philanthropists in the world.
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