MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, donates $2.7 billion to charity, citing fortune ‘enabled by systems in need of change’
MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist known for her impromptu multibillion-dollar donations to charities and racial equity issues, announced Tuesday that she has given $2.7 billion to 286 organizations.
It is the third round of announcements Scott has made regarding her philanthropy, which values quick response and unrestricted donations that as an individual rivals the largest of foundations. In 2020, she made two similar surprise announcements where she donated about $6 billion to Covid relief, gender equity historically Black colleges and universities and other schools.
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