- Billionaire philanthropist
MacKenzie Scott just announced another major round ofdonations . - Scott, who is
Jeff Bezos ' ex-wife, says she has donated $3.86 billion to 465 nonprofits since June.
$4 has announced another round of donations as part of her pledge to give away her billions.
Scott, one of the world's richest women and the ex-wife of $4 has donated $3.86 billion to 465 nonprofits since her last major giving spree announcement in June, she said in a $4 Wednesday.
"Our team's focus over these last nine months has included some new areas, but as always our aim has been to support the needs of underrepresented people from groups of all kinds," Scott wrote in the Medium post. "The cause of equity has no sides."
The groups receiving the donations operate in a wide range of areas, including education, housing, health, Ukraine relief efforts, and more. Some recipients include the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Planned Parenthood, and Habitat for Humanity.
Of the 465 nonprofits, roughly 60% are led by women, and 75% are helmed by "people with lived experience in the regions they support and the issues they seek to address."
"The leadership of people directly experiencing inequities is essential, both because it is informed by insights no one else can contribute, and because it seeds power and opportunity within the community itself," Scott wrote.
With the newest round, Scott has made a total of 1,257 donations since $4 following her divorce from Bezos, she wrote in her post. The pledge involves participants committing to give away the majority of their wealth during their lifetimes or in their wills.
The latest addition also brings her total for philanthropic giving since signing the pledge to $12.5 billion. In June, she $4 so far in 2021. In December 2020, Scott $4 in the four months prior. Earlier that year, in July, Scott $4
Through the divorce settlement, Scott received a 4% stake in