Scott has signed The Giving Pledge, promising to give away more than half of her wealth, which largely comes from her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. 9News
Bezos is worth $US124 billion , and has said he will give away most of his fortune, but has not signed The Giving Pledge. Bezos has committed $US10 billion over 10 years, or about 8 per cent of his current net worth, to the Bezos Earth Fund.Mackenzie Scott has made a number of 'no-strings' billion-dollar donations in a bid to help close the 'wealth gap'
Another $40 million donation to the nonprofit consulting group that has helped Scott vet and select recipients of her donations was also disclosed.“While we are an advisor of Scott’s on her philanthropy, we did not have prior knowledge of or involvement with the decision to include Bridgespan as a grant recipient,” The Bridgespan Group said in a statement Wednesday.
Scott promised to release the database of donations in an essay in March 2022, saying the site would not go live until “it reflects the preferences of every one of these nonprofit teams about how details of their gifts are shared.” Habitat for Humanity International also said it had not been contacted by Scott's representatives specifically about content posted to the website.Scott, whose net worth Forbes currently estimates at US$27 billion , has not given any interviews about her donations, opting to discuss her reasons in a handful of essays that she posted on Medium and now on Yield Giving.
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