{"id":445678,"date":"2022-05-12T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jeff-bezos-makes-120-million-mystery-donation\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T07:11:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T04:11:00","slug":"jeff-bezos-makes-120-million-mystery-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeff-bezos-makes-120-million-mystery-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Jeff Bezos makes $120 million mystery donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30a3399cb9d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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>Leslie Albrecht<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C_Jeff_Bezos_makes_120_million_mystery_donation%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;: Jeff Bezos makes $120 million mystery donation&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_worlds_second-richest_person_unloaded_about_47700_Amazon_shares_but_didnt_specify_which_group_received_the_contribution\"><\/span>\n  The world\u2019s second-richest person unloaded about 47,700 Amazon shares, but didn\u2019t specify which group received the contribution.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div 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data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Jeff Bezos donated roughly $120 million in Amazon<br \/>\n        AMZN,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210331248\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-3.20%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n        stock to a nonprofit organization, but the recipient of the money is a mystery so far.<\/p>\n<p> In an SEC filing, Bezos detailed donating 47,727 shares on May 3 and May 4 to a \u201cnon-profit organization,\u201d but did not list which group received the shares, worth just over $120 million based on May 3 and May 4 closing prices. The donation was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rachelsandler\/2022\/05\/06\/jeff-bezos-just-gave-away-nearly-120-million\/?sh=6f6042510107\" class=\"icon none\">first reported<\/a> by Forbes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Bezos\u2019s most well-known philanthropic initiatives are the Bezos Earth Fund, which is a $10 billion effort targeting climate change, and the Bezos Day One Fund, which donates to groups serving families experiencing homelessness and is building a nationwide network of free preschools for low-income children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear whether either of those was the recipient of the $120 million. A spokeswoman for the Bezos Earth Fund and Bezos Day One Fund declined to comment, as did a spokesman who handled inquiries about Bezos\u2019s donation earlier this year to the DC Public Library Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon shares aren\u2019t destined for the Smithsonian Institution or the National Air and Space Museum, a spokeswoman confirmed. Bezos has pledged $200 million to help to fund a new Bezos Learning Center at the Air and Space Museum. It\u2019s slated for completion in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon and Blue Origin, Bezos\u2019s space exploration company, did not respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bezos hasn\u2019t mentioned any donations recently on his Instagram<br \/>\n        FB,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205064656\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-4.51%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       account, where he\u2019s previously announced philanthropic activities. He also made a surprise announcement following his 2021 Blue Origin rocket <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> about $100 million prizes to be awarded to chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s and CNN commentator Van Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery contribution is the latest example of a high-profile billionaire keeping philanthropy under the radar. Elon Musk donated $5.7 billion worth of Tesla shares to charity in 2021, but didn\u2019t say where the money went.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bezos\u2019s former wife, MacKenzie Scott, has been somewhat more public about the $12 billion she\u2019s handed out over the past three years. But in her most recent update about her giving, she said she didn\u2019t want to list the dollar amounts she had given to each group, because she wanted to reframe society\u2019s definition of philanthropy. Scott later reversed course and said she would set up a database showing all of her grants.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon shares have declined 36% this year while the Dow Jones Industrial Average<br \/>\n        DJIA,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210598065\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-1.02%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       has dropped 12% and the S&amp;P 500 Index<br \/>\n        SPX,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210599714\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-1.65%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       has fallen 17%.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Leslie Albrecht\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/topics\/journalists\/leslie-albrecht\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReporterLeslie\",\"text\":\"@ReporterLeslie\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:lalbrecht@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"lalbrecht@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Leslie_Albrecht\"><\/span>Leslie Albrecht<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"119_MW\" author-name=\"Leslie Albrecht\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fjeff-bezos-makes-120-million-mystery-donation-11652306632%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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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