Mackenzie Scott Just Donated Another 2 8 Billion To Nearly 300 Charities

In just the past year, Scott has donated billions of dollars, including a nearly $6 billion donation divided up amongst 500 organizations. It was just revealed that Scott and her new husband, Dan Jewett, have donated another $2.74 billion to 286 organizations mostly in the sectors of racial justice and community-based nonprofits. In a post on her blog called “Seeding by Ceding,” MacKenzie wrote: “Putting large donors at the center of stories on social progress is a distortion of their role. 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.” Recipients of Scott’s latest round of giving are listed in the blog post and include:

A Place Called Home The American Indian College Fund The Apollo Theatre The Asian Pacific Community Fund Ballet Hispanico Black Ensemble Theatre Disability Inclusion Fund Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Racial Equity in Philanthropy Fund

Of the charities she chose, MacKenzie explained: “[these causes] have been historically underfunded and overlooked. People struggling against inequities deserve center stage in stories about change they are creating. This is equally — perhaps especially — true when their work is funded by wealth.” With a previous donation MacKenzie revealed that it was her intention to: “…to give the majority of my wealth back to society that helped generate it, to do it thoughtfully, to get started soon, and to keep at it until the safe is empty.” So on the one hand you’ve got Jeff Bezos (net worth $196 billion) announcing he’s flying into space. And on the other hand you’ve got MacKenzie racing to donate as much money to charity as humanly possible.  Hopefully some of MacKenzie’s grace will eventually rub off on her ex-husband.