MacKenzie Scott gives $2.7 billion to ‘historically overlooked’ groups and asks to be left out of the story
One of the world’s richest women has handed out another bunch of billions to nonprofits — and says she wants media coverage of the donations to focus on the recipients, not their benefactor.
Scott, once known for being the wife of Amazon AMZN, -0.02% founder Jeff Bezos, has made a name for herself as one of America’s most closely watched philanthropists. Not including Tuesday’s announcement, she has given out nearly $6 billion since announcing her divorce from Bezos in 2019, much of it to grassroots organizations working toward social and racial justice.
“Me, Dan, a constellation of researchers and administrators and advisors — we are all attempting to give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change,” Scott wrote, referring to her new husband, Dan Jewett, a Seattle science teacher she married in March. In announcing the new round of donations, Scott wrote, “I want to de-emphasize privileged voices and cede focus to others, yet I know some media stories will focus on wealth. The headline I would wish for this post is ‘286 Teams Empowering Voices the World Needs to Hear.'”
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