{"id":275996,"date":"2021-06-15T19:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T16:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mackenzie-scott-donates-2-7-billion-to-286-organizations\/"},"modified":"2021-06-15T19:30:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T16:30:26","slug":"mackenzie-scott-donates-2-7-billion-to-286-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mackenzie-scott-donates-2-7-billion-to-286-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"#MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7 billion to 286 organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7 billion to 286 organizations<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist known for her impromptu multibillion-dollar donations to charities and racial equity issues, announced Tuesday that she has given $2.7 billion to 286 organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, wrote in a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mackenzie-scott.medium.com\/seeding-by-ceding-ea6de642bf\">Medium post<\/a>\u00a0that she made the gifts to enable the organizations to continue their work, and as a \u201csignal of trust and encouragement\u201d to them and others.<\/p>\n<p>It is the third round of announcements Scott has made regarding her philanthropy, which values quick response and unrestricted donations that as an individual rivals the largest of foundations. In 2020, she made two similar surprise announcements \u2014 when she donated about $6 billion to COVID relief, gender equality and historically black colleges and universities and other schools.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jeff and Mackenzie Bezos during their marriage\" class=\"wp-image-18529133 lazyload\" width=\"279\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Bezoses.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Bezoses.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=509 509w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Bezoses.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=279 279w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 279px\"\/><figcaption>Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos during their marriage.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scott made clear in her announcement Tuesday that she is troubled by the increasing concentration of wealth among a small proportion of individuals. She said she worked with a team of researchers and philanthropy advisers \u201cto give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this effort, we are governed by a humbling belief that it would be better if disproportionate wealth were not concentrated in a small number of hands, and that the solutions are best designed and implemented by others,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough we still have a lot to learn about how to act on these beliefs without contradicting and subverting them, we can begin by acknowledging that people working to build power from within communities are the agents of change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The list of her recipients varied, including universities, refugee resettlement groups and arts and culture organizations that have suffered from a drop in giving as donors focused on more urgent needs brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Scott\" class=\"wp-image-18529535 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Mackenzie-Bezos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Mackenzie-Bezos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Mackenzie-Bezos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Mackenzie-Bezos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/Mackenzie-Bezos.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott divorced in 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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