MacKenzie Scott

Mackenzie Scott
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MacKenzie Scott is making another huge donation with no strings attached—this time it’s $70 million to historically Black colleges and universities

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September 23, 2025
Zuckerberg, Sanchez, Bezos, Pichai, and Musk at President Trump's inauguration.
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America’s billionaires are worth $5.7 trillion—but they’ve only pledged or donated $185 billion of that in the last decade

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September 4, 2025
Jeff Bezos next to Lauren Sanchez
Finance

Jeff Bezos famously neglected to sign a prenup in his first marriage. He’s not making the same mistake twice

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June 23, 2025
Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett
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Hundreds of billionaires pledged to give away $600 billion to charity—but the Bill Gates and Warren Buffett era of philanthropy may be over

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May 24, 2025
MacKenzie Scott.
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The 5 key moments in MacKenzie Scott’s life that made her the ultra-philanthropist she is today

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April 7, 2025
Marie Dageville
Finance

She became a billionaire overnight after years as a hospice nurse. Now a philanthropist, she is challenging America’s richest ‘to redistribute’ their wealth

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March 13, 2025
MacKenzie Scott
Newsletters

3-year study finds MacKenzie Scott’s $19 billion in charitable giving has been ‘transformational’ for nonprofits

By Alicia Adamczyk and Nina Ajemian
February 18, 2025
MacKenzie Scott
Newsletters

MacKenzie Scott and Melinda French Gates’s momentous year of giving

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January 2, 2025
MacKenzie Scott
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MacKenzie Scott’s game-changing philanthropy still mystifies nonprofits: ‘Her gifts are super generous, but unfortunately, they don’t provide long term sustainability’

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
December 30, 2024
MacKenzie Scott
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MacKenzie Scott’s mysterious donations totaled $2 billion this year—and many were a complete surprise

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December 20, 2024
MacKenzie Scott
Success

MacKenzie Scott has given away over $19 billion in the last 5 years and experts say she’s ‘changed entire fields like affordable housing’

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December 18, 2024
Melinda French Gates smiles for the camera
Success

Melinda French Gates is taking a page out of Mackenzie Scott’s playbook, launching an open call for $250 million in funding

By Thalia Beaty and The Associated Press
October 9, 2024
MacKenzie Scott just donated $10 million to help small businesses—but the staffer receiving the offer thought it was spam
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MacKenzie Scott just donated $10 million to help small businesses—but the staffer receiving the offer thought it was spam

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September 11, 2024
Women will soon have more money than men for the first time in history—and they’re following the MacKenzie Scott and Melinda Gates playbook
Commentary

Women will soon have more money than men for the first time in history—and they’re following the MacKenzie Scott and Melinda Gates playbook

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August 5, 2024
Sam Altman
Tech

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joins the ranks of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in promising to give away half a billion

By James Pollard and The Associated Press
May 28, 2024

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