MacKenzie Scott is keeping to her word and donating a majority of her wealth. The former wife of Jeff Bezos has an ongoing streak of charitable donations and isn’t stopping anytime soon. On Jan. 30, MacKenzie Scott donated $59 million to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). “This is a remarkable gift for NAMI,” CEO Daniel…
MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated a staggering $19.25 billion since 2020. In 2025 alone, Scott has made hundreds of millions of dollars in donations, primarily through her charitable organization, Yield Giving. Her charitable contributions focus on a range of causes, including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), education,…
Billionaire philanthropist and Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, has donated more than $19 billion since 2020 as she continues to offload her stake in Amazon, which she received as part of her divorce with the e-commerce giant founder, reported the news portal Forbes on Friday, 7 November 2025. The news report also highlighted that in…
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett ushered in a new Gilded Era of philanthropic giving, likened in influence to the Rockefellers and Carnegies. But charity work is about to look very different as higher taxes are threatened on liberal institutions, and new methods of giving are popularized by women mega-donors. MacKenzie Scott has become a pioneer…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott recently reduced her Amazon stake by an astounding $12.6 billion (£9.62 billion), and made astonishing donation to Howard University. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave a whopping $80 million to Howard University, marking one of the largest single donations in the school’s 158-year history in a bid to support…
When you hear of a billionaire reducing their holdings in a company like Amazon, it immediately shocks the business world. In this case, the story of MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, is more than just a portfolio adjustment, rather it’s a powerful statement on business and philanthropy. Recently she reduced her Amazon stake…
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $80 million to Howard University, making it one of the largest gifts to a college that has an African-American history. The private, historically Black institution in Washington, DC, in a statement on Monday said that the unrestricted donation will support student aid, infrastructure, research initiatives and hospital operations among…
Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has made history with two major donations, giving $63 million to Maryland’s Morgan State University, the largest gift the university has ever received from a single individual and $40 million to support the preservation of Black historical landmarks. Scott’s latest contributions build on her earlier support for Morgan State,…
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and Yield Giving donated $42 million to San Rafael-based nonprofit 10,000 Degrees, marking the largest donation in its 45-year history, Fortune confirmed. Scott, the ex-wife of billionaire Jeff Bezos, has a well-established reputation for directing her philanthropy toward first-generation and low-income students, many of them students of color. Standing by DEI in…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has given the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) a “transformational” $70 million donation aimed at bolstering historically Black colleges and universities, the organization said. The organization said the $70 million gift will go into the UNCF Members Pooled Endowment Fund, set up to strengthen the “long-term financial health”…