Mackenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, has revealed that she has donated about two billion dollars to more than 300 organizations in the past seven months, and this comes after Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, announced that he would donate the most of his wealth during his lifetime.
Forbes estimates that Scott has now given $14.4 billion since his 2019 divorce to more than 1,500 organizations, with his most recent donation being $1,990,800,000.
Scott announced his donations on the day Bezos and his current partner, Lauren Sanchez, said they planned to give the majority of his $124 billion net worth away during his lifetime. .
Bezos has been criticized for not signing the Giving Pledge, a pledge by the world’s rich to give the majority of their wealth to charity.
According to the report, among the 277 nonprofits surveyed, just over half of respondents said their Scott grant made fundraising easier, with some saying they were able to use it as leverage with other donors. .
88% of respondents said it was the largest open-ended grant they had ever received, and nonprofit leaders who have received Scott grants said it was transformational for their organizations.
“The amount of money wasn’t even real. What felt more real was pride and confirmation that the work I was doing mattered, and someone noticed,” said a nonprofit leader who wasn’t identified by the report.
