{{short description|American philanthropist and novelist (born 1970)}} {{For|the musician named Mackenzie Scott|Torres (musician)}} {{distinguish||Scott MacKenzie (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = MacKenzie Scott | image = | image_size = | other_names = MacKenzie Bezos | caption = | birth_name = MacKenzie Scott Tuttle | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1970|4|7}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Jeff Bezos|1993|2019|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Dan Jewett|2021|2023|reason=divorced}}}} | children = 4 | awards = American Book Award (2006) | education = Princeton University (BA) | occupation = {{hlist|Novelist|philanthropist}} | organization = Yield Giving | notable_works = ''The Testing of Luther Albright'' }}
'''MacKenzie Scott''' ({{nee}} '''Tuttle''', formerly '''Bezos'''; born April 7, 1970)<ref>{{cite news|title=What we know, and don't know, about Jeff Bezos' religious beliefs|url=https://www.insider.com/what-we-know-about-jeff-bezos-religious-beliefs-after-divorce-2019-1|first=J.K.|last=Trotter |date=January 22, 2019 |website=Business Insider|access-date=February 12, 2020 |quote=...marriage of Jeffrey Preston Bezos and MacKenzie Scott Tuttle.|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vSiJY|archive-date=July 31, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Verge 2020-07-28">{{Cite news|last=Statt|first=Nick|date=July 28, 2020|title=MacKenzie Scott has already donated nearly $1.7 billion of her Amazon wealth since divorcing Jeff Bezos. |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/28/21345440/mackenzie-scott-jeff-bezos-amazon-wealth-donation-philanthropy|access-date=July 28, 2020|website=The Verge}}</ref> is an American novelist, philanthropist, and early contributor to Amazon. She was married to Jeff Bezos, the co-founder of Amazon, from 1993 to 2019.
{{As of|2025|12}}, she had a net worth of US$40.0 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, owning a 1.3 percent stake in Amazon.<ref>{{cite web |title=MacKenzie Scott |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mackenzie-scott/ |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref name="cbsdec2022">{{cite web |title=Here's how much money MacKenzie Scott has given away in recent years |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mackenzie-scott-donations-gifts-website/ |website=www.cbsnews.com |publisher=CBS |access-date=31 December 2022 |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="mks_net" /> As such, Scott was the third-wealthiest woman in the United States and the 40th-wealthiest person in the world.<ref name="mks_net">{{cite web |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index: MacKenzie Scott |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mackenzie-scott/ |access-date=December 16, 2024 |website=Bloomberg}}</ref> Scott was named one of ''Time''{{'}}s 100 most influential people in 2020 and one of the world's 100 most powerful women by ''Forbes'' in 2021, 2023 and 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World's Most Powerful Women 2023 |url=https://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/#tab:overall |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=MacKenzie Scott: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020 |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888445/mackenzie-scott/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924085507/https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888445/mackenzie-scott/ |archive-date=24 September 2020 |work=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Forbes Profile: Makenzie Scott, Yeild Giving (#11 Power Women Ranking) |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mackenzie-scott/?list=power-women |work=Forbes |date=December 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260109043845/https://www.forbes.com/profile/mackenzie-scott/?list=rtb&ctpv=rtb |archive-date=January 9, 2026 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2006, Scott won an American Book Award for her 2005 debut novel, ''The Testing of Luther Albright.''<ref name=":2" /> Her second novel, ''Traps'', was published in 2013.
She has been executive director of Bystander Revolution, an anti-bullying organization, since she founded it in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bystander Revolution|url=http://www.bystanderrevolution.org/about|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214065530/http://www.bystanderrevolution.org/about|archive-date=February 14, 2015|access-date=April 21, 2015}}</ref> She is committed to giving at least half of her wealth to charity as a signatory to the Giving Pledge.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gren|first=Christy|date=May 29, 2019|title=MacKenzie Bezos Signs The Giving Pledge and Pledges to give Half Her Fortune|url=https://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/mackenzie-bezos-signs-the-giving-pledge-and-pledges-to-give-half-her-35-billion-fortune/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713180125/https://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/mackenzie-bezos-signs-the-giving-pledge-and-pledges-to-give-half-her-35-billion-fortune/|archive-date=July 13, 2019|access-date=July 13, 2019|website=Industry Leaders Magazine}}</ref> Scott made $5.8 billion in charitable gifts in 2020, one of the largest annual distributions by a private individual to working charities.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=December 15, 2020|title=MacKenzie Scott Gives Away $4.2 Billion in Four Months|work=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-15/mackenzie-scott-gives-away-4-2-billion-within-four-months|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Vallely|first=Paul|title=Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Scott: Please stop giving. You're making me look bad|newspaper=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/jeff-bezos-and-mackenzie-scott-please-stop-giving-youre-making-me-look-bad-02870rtzq|access-date=December 30, 2020|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> She donated a further $2.7 billion in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MacKenzie Scott Is Giving Away Another $2.7 Billion To 286 Organizations|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/15/1006829212/mackenzie-scott-is-giving-away-another-2-7-billion-to-286-organizations|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=NPR}}</ref> As of December 2025, Scott had given a total of $26.3 billion to over 1,600 charitable organizations through her vehicle, Yield Giving.<ref name="cbsdec2022" /><ref name="cnnbusiness">{{cite web|first=Ramishah|last=Maruf |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/business/mackenzie-scott-donations/index.html|date=November 15, 2022|title=MacKenzie Scott announces another $2 billion in donations|website=CNN Business|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223021412/https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/14/business/mackenzie-scott-donations/index.html|archive-date=December 23, 2022|access-date=December 23, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="apscott24">{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/mackenzie-scott-open-call-yield-giving-bezos-ae809a469080e9e61a945a14a230629e|date=March 21, 2024|title=MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million, more than doubling her planned gifts to nonprofit applicants|first=Thalia|last=Beaty|newspaper=The Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321080845/https://apnews.com/article/mackenzie-scott-open-call-yield-giving-bezos-ae809a469080e9e61a945a14a230629e|archive-date=March 21, 2024|access-date=March 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Early life and education == MacKenzie Scott Tuttle was born on April 7, 1970, in San Francisco, California, to Holiday Robin (née Cuming), a homemaker, and Jason Baker Tuttle, a financial planner.<ref name="nyt22"/><ref name="vogue">{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Rebecca|url=http://www.vogue.com/article/a-novel-perspective-mackenzie-bezos|title=MacKenzie Bezos: Writer, Mother of Four, and High-profile Wife|work=Vogue|date=February 20, 2013|access-date=August 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220071525/http://www.vogue.com/article/a-novel-perspective-mackenzie-bezos|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She has two brothers.<ref name="nyt22"/> She says she remembers writing seriously at the age of six, when she wrote ''The Book Worm'', a 142-page book that was destroyed in a flood.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last1=Bromwich |first1=Jonah Engel |last2=Alter |first2=Alexandra |date=January 12, 2019 |title=Who Is MacKenzie Scott? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/style/jeff-bezos-mackenzie-divorce.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613163748/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/style/jeff-bezos-mackenzie-divorce.html |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In 1988, she graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut.<ref name="AlumniAchievements">{{cite web|year=2004|title=Alumni Award: Previous Recipients|url=http://www.hotchkiss.org/alumni/Accomplishments.aspx| website= hotchkiss.org| url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310133421/http://www.hotchkiss.org/alumni/Accomplishments.aspx|archive-date= March 10, 2015|access-date= March 8, 2015|publisher=The Hotchkiss School}}</ref> In 1992, Tuttle earned her bachelor's degree in English from Princeton University, where she studied under Nobel Laureate in Literature, Toni Morrison, who in 2013 described her as "one of the best students I've ever had in my creative writing classes".<ref name=":5" /><ref name="vogue" />
== Career == After graduating from college, Tuttle worked as a research assistant to Toni Morrison for the 1992 novel ''Jazz''.<ref name= ":5" /> She also worked in New York City in an administrative role for hedge fund D. E. Shaw, where she met Jeff Bezos.<ref name=":5" />
=== Amazon === In 1993, Scott and Bezos married. The following year, they left D. E. Shaw, moved to Seattle, and Bezos founded Amazon with Scott's support. Scott was one of Amazon's early key contributors, and was heavily involved in Amazon's early days, working on the company's name, business plan, accounts and order shipping,<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine|title=MacKenzie Bezos and the Myth of the Lone Genius Founder|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/mackenzie-bezos-amazon-lone-genius-myth/|access-date=December 24, 2020|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> and negotiating the company's first freight contract.<ref name=":2" /> After 1996, Scott took a less involved role in the business, focusing on her literary career and family.<ref name=":5" /> Their oldest son was born in 2000.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2023 |title=Jeff Bezos' 4 Kids: Everything to Know |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-jeff-bezos-kids/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>
=== Literary career === Scott was introduced to the literary agent Amanda "Binky" Urban by Toni Morrison, her former professor.<ref name="vogue" /> In 2005, she published her debut novel, ''The Testing of Luther Albright'', which won an American Book Award in 2006. Scott said that the book took her ten years to write as she was helping Bezos build Amazon and raising her family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=7 Things To Know About MacKenzie Scott, The Woman Who Donated $6 Billion In 2020|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/mackenzie-scott|access-date=December 24, 2020|website=British Vogue|date=December 22, 2020|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808080943/https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/mackenzie-scott|archive-date=August 8, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Toni Morrison reviewed the book as "a rarity: a sophisticated novel that breaks and swells the heart".<ref name=":5"/> Her second novel, ''Traps'', was published in 2013. According to NPD BookScan, sales of her books were modest.<ref name=":5" />
== Personal life == [[File:Naturalization Ceremony (27590969882).jpg|thumb|At a naturalization ceremony on June 14, 2016 (center in the back)]] Scott was married to Jeff Bezos,<ref name="bezosp">{{cite magazine |last=Bayers |first=Chip |url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.03/bezos_pr.html |title=The Inner Bezos |magazine=Wired |volume=7 |issue=3 |access-date=August 23, 2013 |date=March 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831214002/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.03/bezos_pr.html |archive-date=August 31, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Snider2019">{{Cite web |title=Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie to divorce after 25 years of marriage |first=Mike |last=Snider |newspaper=USA Today |date=January 9, 2019 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/09/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-wife-mackenzie-divorce-after-25-years/2523544002/ |access-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109190914/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2019/01/09/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-wife-mackenzie-divorce-after-25-years/2523544002/ |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> whom she met while working as an administrative assistant at D. E. Shaw in 1992. After three months of dating, they married and moved from Manhattan to Seattle, Washington, in 1994.<ref name=":5"/> They have four children: three sons and an adopted daughter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/05/us/jeff-bezos-fast-facts |title=Jeff Bezos Fast Facts |publisher=CNN |year=2019 |access-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212121012/https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/05/us/jeff-bezos-fast-facts/ |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their oldest son was born in 2000.<ref name=":1" />
Their community property divorce in 2019 left Scott with $35.6 billion in Amazon stock, but her former husband retained 75% of the couple's Amazon stock.<ref name=":5" /> She became the third-wealthiest woman in the world and one of the wealthiest people overall in April 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.recode.net/2019/4/4/18295576/mackenzie-bezos-jeff-bezos-divorce-wealth-billionaire-women |title=MacKenzie Bezos, with $35 billion, is now the world's third-wealthiest woman |last=Schleifer |first=Theodore |date=April 4, 2019 |website=Recode |access-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425013116/https://www.recode.net/2019/4/4/18295576/mackenzie-bezos-jeff-bezos-divorce-wealth-billionaire-women |archive-date=April 25, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5" /> In July 2020, Scott was ranked the 22nd-richest person in the world by ''Forbes'' with a net worth estimated at $36 billion.<ref name="ForbesProfile">{{cite web|title=MacKenzie Scott|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mackenzie-bezos/|access-date=September 29, 2020|website=Forbes}}</ref> By September 2020, Scott was named the world's richest woman, and by December 2020, her net worth was estimated at $62 billion.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|last=Kulish|first=Nicholas|date=December 16, 2020|title=MacKenzie Scott Announces $4.2 Billion More in Charitable Giving|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/business/mackenzie-scott-donations.html|access-date=December 16, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Goodwin|first=Jazmin |title=MacKenzie Scott has become the world's richest woman|date=September 3, 2020 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/business/mackenzie-scott-worlds-richest-woman/index.html|access-date=September 10, 2020|work=CNN}}</ref>
After her divorce from Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Bezos changed her name to MacKenzie Scott, with the surname deriving from her middle name given at birth, which was the surname of her maternal grandfather, G. Scott Cuming.<ref name="nyt22"/><ref name="Verge 2020-07-28"/>
In 2021, Scott married Lakeside School science teacher Dan Jewett.<ref name="ex-husband info">{{cite news |last1=DeSantis |first1=Rachel |title=Who Is MacKenzie Scott's Husband? All About Dan Jewett |url=https://people.com/human-interest/who-is-dan-jewett-mackenzie-scott-husband/ |access-date=October 11, 2022 |publisher=People |date=October 3, 2022}}</ref> The marriage was revealed in Jewett's Giving Pledge letter posted in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mattioli|first=Dana|date=March 7, 2021|title=Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, Ex-Wife of Jeff Bezos, Marries Seattle School Teacher |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/philanthropist-mackenzie-scott-ex-wife-of-jeff-bezos-marries-seattle-school-teacher-11615152251|access-date=March 8, 2021|work=The Wall Street Journal|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McLean|first=Rob|date=March 8, 2021|title=Billionaire MacKenzie Scott remarries, tying the knot with a Seattle schoolteacher|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/07/business/mackenzie-scott-marriage/index.html|access-date=March 8, 2021|work=CNN}}</ref> In September 2022, Scott filed for divorce, which was finalized in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kulish |first1=Nicholas |last2=Ruiz |first2=Rebecca R. |last3=Weise |first3=Karen |date=2022-09-28 |title=MacKenzie Scott, Billionaire Philanthropist, Files for Divorce |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/business/mackenzie-scott-dan-jewett.html |access-date=2022-09-28 |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MacKenzie Scott Officially Divorced From Seattle Teacher Dan Jewett 4 Months After Billionaire Filed |url=https://people.com/human-interest/mackenzie-scott-officially-divorced-seattle-teacher-dan-jewett/ |website=www.people.com|publisher=People|access-date=11 January 2023 |date=10 January 2023}}</ref>
In December 2024, Scott announced that she began to direct her advisors to invest her wealth in for-profit companies and funds seeking solutions to societal challenges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/mackenzie-scott-reports-2-billion-in-gifts-signals-changes-in-her-philanthropy|title=MacKenzie Scott Reports $2 Billion in Gifts, Signals Changes in Her Philanthropy|first=Drew |last=Lindsay|date=December 18, 2024|access-date=March 22, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241219170417/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/mackenzie-scott-reports-2-billion-in-gifts-signals-changes-in-her-philanthropy|archive-date=December 19, 2024|url-status=live|website=The Chronicle of Philanthropy}}</ref>
== Philanthropy == {{Main|Yield Giving}}
Since her divorce from Bezos, Scott has become a major philanthropist. In May 2019, Scott signed the Giving Pledge, a charitable-giving campaign in which she undertook to give away most of her wealth to charity over her lifetime or in her will.<ref>{{cite web |title=MacKenzie Bezos signed the philanthropic commitment her ex-husband spurned |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/28/18641623/mackenzie-bezos-giving-pledge-philanthropy-jeff-bezos-divorce |last=Schleifer |first=Theodore |date=May 28, 2019 |website=Vox |access-date=May 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527201045/https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/28/18641623/mackenzie-bezos-giving-pledge-philanthropy-jeff-bezos-divorce |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Much of her philanthropy is organized through Yield Giving which she uses to distribute her wealth with an emphasis on trust-based, high-impact giving. Launched publicly in 2022, Yield Giving reflects her philosophy of “adding value by giving up control,” prioritizing unrestricted donations to community-led organizations and underserved institutions.<ref name=":6" /><ref name="forbes2021" />
As of the end of 2025, Scott had given away a total of $26.3 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jr |first=Tom Huddleston |date=2025-12-13 |title=MacKenzie Scott announced another $7.1 billion in 2025 charitable donations—she's now given away $26.3 billion since 2019 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/13/mackenzie-scott-revealed-her-total-charitable-donations-for-2025.html |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>
=== Donations === In a July 2020 Medium post,<ref name="Scott">{{cite web |last=Scott |first=MacKenzie |date=July 28, 2020 |title=116 Organizations Driving Change |url=https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/116-organizations-driving-change-67354c6d733d |access-date=November 18, 2021 |website=Medium |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731045848/https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/116-organizations-driving-change-67354c6d733d |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott announced that she had donated $1.7 billion to 116 non-profit organizations, with a focus on racial equality, LGBTQ+ equality, democracy, and climate change.<ref>{{cite news |last=Iyengar |first=Rishi |date=July 28, 2020 |title=MacKenzie Scott, formerly Bezos, says she has given away $1.7 billion of her wealth so far. |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/tech/mackenzie-scott-bezos-donation/index.html |work=CNN Business |access-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731045743/https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/tech/mackenzie-scott-bezos-donation/index.html |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2020, less than six months later, Scott stated that she had donated a further $4.15 billion in the previous four months to 384 organizations, with a focus on providing support to people economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing long-term systemic inequities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kulish |first=Nicholas |date=December 16, 2020 |title=MacKenzie Scott Announces $4.2 Billion More in Charitable Giving |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/business/mackenzie-scott-donations.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216010005/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/business/mackenzie-scott-donations.html |archive-date=December 16, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Scott announced another $2.7 billion in giving to 286 organizations in June 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Helmore |first=Edward |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/15/philanthropist-mackenzie-scott-gives-away-2bn-to-286-organisations |title=Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gives away $2.7bn to hundreds of charities |date=June 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731051414/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/15/philanthropist-mackenzie-scott-gives-away-2bn-to-286-organisations |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |url-status=live |work=The Guardian}}</ref> ''Forbes'' reported that Scott donated $8.5 billion across 780 organizations in one year (July 2020 to July 2021).<ref name="forbes2021">{{Cite news|last=Voytko-Best|first= Lisette|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2021/07/07/inside-mackenzie-scotts-no-strings-attached-philanthropy-i-was-in-tears/?sh=7a952ac45bb6|title=Inside MacKenzie Scott's 'No Strings Attached' Philanthropy: 'I Was In Tears'|date=July 7, 2021|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220731050732/https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2021/07/07/inside-mackenzie-scotts-no-strings-attached-philanthropy-i-was-in-tears/?sh=437cb9ec5bb6|archive-date=July 31, 2022|url-status=live|work=Forbes|access-date=November 16, 2021}}</ref> In February 2022, nine organizations announced gifts from Scott totaling $264.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rachel|last=Sandler|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2022/02/12/heres-who-mackenzie-scott-donated-to-so-far-in-february/?sh=26a1574466c1|title=Here's Who MacKenzie Scott Donated To So Far In February|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=Forbes|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230324113333/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2022/02/12/heres-who-mackenzie-scott-donated-to-so-far-in-february/?sh=56555b9466c1|archive-date=March 24, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 23, 2022, more gifts were announced, including $436 million to Habitat for Humanity<ref>{{Cite web |title=Habitat for Humanity International and 84 U.S. Habitat affiliates receive transformational $436M gift from MacKenzie Scott |url=https://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2022/habitat-humanity-international-and-84-us-habitat-affiliates-receive-transformational |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Habitat for Humanity|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731052302/https://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2022/habitat-humanity-international-and-84-us-habitat-affiliates-receive-transformational|archive-date=July 31, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and $275 million to Planned Parenthood.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Franklin |first=Jonathan |date=2022-03-23 |title=MacKenzie Scott makes a record $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088390733/mackenzie-scott-donation-planned-parenthood |access-date=2022-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731052441/https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088390733/mackenzie-scott-donation-planned-parenthood|archive-date=July 31, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=MacKenzie |date=2022-03-23 |title=Helping Any of Us Can Help Us All |url=https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/helping-any-of-us-can-help-us-all-f4c7487818d9 |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Medium |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731052620/https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/helping-any-of-us-can-help-us-all-f4c7487818d9|archive-date=July 31, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2022, the Big Brothers, Big Sisters foundation reported a $122.6 million donation from Scott.<ref>{{cite press release|date=24 May 2022 |url=https://www.bbbs.org/2022/05/big-brothers-big-sisters-on-path-to-transform-mentorship-in-america-with-122-6-million-donation-from-mackenzie-scott/|title=Big Brothers Big Sisters on Path to Transform Mentorship in America with $122.6 Million Donation from MacKenzie Scott|publisher=Big Brothers, Big Sisters|access-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731052847/https://www.bbbs.org/2022/05/big-brothers-big-sisters-on-path-to-transform-mentorship-in-america-with-122-6-million-donation-from-mackenzie-scott/|archive-date=July 31, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
In April 2022, ''The New York Times'' reported that Scott's donations since 2019 have exceeded $12 billion.<ref name="nyt22">{{cite news|first1=Nicholas|last1=Kulish|first2=Rebecca R.|last2= Ruiz|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/business/mackenzie-scott-charity.html |date=April 10, 2022|title=The Fortunes of MacKenzie Scott|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802135418/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/business/mackenzie-scott-charity.html|archive-date=August 2, 2022|access-date=August 1, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> As of November 2022, Scott had donated almost $14 billion to 1500 organizations.<ref name="cnnbusiness" />
In March 2023, Scott announced an "open call" for community-focused nonprofits with annual budgets between $1 and $5 million<ref name="apscott24"/> that she could fund.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/21/mackenzie-scott-open-call-philanthropy/ae8cfeb8-c7f1-11ed-9cc5-a58a4f6d84cd_story.html|date=March 21, 2023|title=MacKenzie Scott sets new 'open call' to donate $250 million|first=Glenn|last=Gamboa|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230322173329/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/21/mackenzie-scott-open-call-philanthropy/ae8cfeb8-c7f1-11ed-9cc5-a58a4f6d84cd_story.html|archive-date=March 22, 2023|access-date=March 24, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Lever for Change announced that Scott's open call for grants prompted 6,000 applicants.<ref name="apscott24"/> The result was announced on March 19, 2024.<ref name="cnn2024">{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/19/business/mackenzie-scott-donates-640-million-open-call/index.html|date=March 19, 2024|title=MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million after open call for nonprofits|first=Ramishah|last=Maruf|website=CNN Business|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321082457/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/19/business/mackenzie-scott-donates-640-million-open-call/index.html|archive-date=March 21, 2024|access-date=March 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> She ended up donating $640 million to 361 small nonprofits, giving more than double what the original open call planned for,<ref name="cnn2024"/> with 279 non-profits receiving $2 million each, and 82 groups receiving $1 million each.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68609687|date=March 21, 2024|title=MacKenzie Scott donates $640m to US non-profits|first=Madeline|last=Halpert|website=BBC News|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321114553/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68609687|archive-date=March 21, 2024|access-date=March 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/mackenzie-scott-amazon-donate-philanthropy-musk-critici-1851351886|title=Amazon co-founder MacKenzie Scott doubles her charitable donations after Elon Musk's criticism|first=William |last=Gavin|date=March 20, 2024|access-date=March 21, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240320180714/https://qz.com/mackenzie-scott-amazon-donate-philanthropy-musk-critici-1851351886|archive-date=March 20, 2024|url-status=live|website=Quartz}}</ref>
In December 2021, Scott faced backlash for a Medium post when she stated she would not reveal how much money she has donated or to whom.<ref name="town&country">{{cite web |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a39690331/mackenzie-scott-philanthropy-news/ |title=In 3 Years, MacKenzie Scott Has Donated $12 Billion |first=Emily |last=Burack |date=April 11, 2022 |access-date=August 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802135947/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a39690331/mackenzie-scott-philanthropy-news/ |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |website=Town & Country |url-status=live}}</ref> She subsequently announced that her team would build a website to share details of her philanthropy.<ref name="town&country" /> In December 2022, she posted the link to her donation database, called Yield Giving.<ref name="cbsdec2022" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MacKenzie Scott reveals details of her $14bn in donations to 1,600 non-profits |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/15/mackenzie-scott-billionaire-donations-non-profits |work=The Guardian |access-date=31 December 2022 |date=15 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222023933/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/15/mackenzie-scott-billionaire-donations-non-profits|archive-date=December 22, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Per the website, "Yield is named after a belief in adding value by giving up control."<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Yield Giving's website |url=https://yieldgiving.com/ |website=Yield Giving |access-date=2 June 2023|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222024143/https://yieldgiving.com/|archive-date=December 22, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Bibliography == <!-- Adding footnote citations for bibliographic entries is absurd. Below are complete bibliographic entries for Scott's published works. If different editions are indeed that different, they should be listed separately. Otherwise, these should stand alone --> * {{cite book|title=The Testing of Luther Albright|publisher=Fourth Estate|year=2005|isbn= 006075141X |lccn= 2004063235 |title-link=The Testing of Luther Albright}} * {{cite book|title=Traps|publisher=Knopf|year=2013 |LCCN=2012029032 |isbn=9780307959737|title-link=Traps (Scott novel)}}
== See also == * List of Princeton University alumni
== References == {{reflist}} {{notelist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/books/238032_book26.html |title=Bezos discusses her debut novel and her love for her husband's laugh |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |first=John |last= Marshall |date=August 26, 2005}} * {{cite news |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-09-14/arts/profile-mackenzie-bezos |title=Profile: MacKenzie Bezos|first=Brian|last=Miller|date=September 14, 2005 |newspaper=Seattle Weekly}}
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