After divorcing Jeff Bezos in 2019, MacKenzie Scott has been showing everyone that you can and should donate to important causes, especially when you have money out of the wazoo. This time, her latest donation is going viral on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter. Recently, Scott donated a $2 million grant […]
Luther Knight was in a low place. Addicted to drugs, eating out of the trash and sleeping in Maplewood Park in northwest Rochester, then arrested and taken to the Monroe County Jail. It was there that he first connected with Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach, a small non-profit with supportive transitional and permanent housing for men […]
Mar. 25—Nearly a dozen nonprofits that are based in New Mexico or doing business here are the latest grant recipients from MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The nonprofits include the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, Cuidando Los Niños, Enlace Comunitario, La Semilla […]
Billionaire philanthropist and the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced a list of 361 nonprofits that her foundation, Yield Giving, will be donating to this year. Nine Georgia nonprofits made the cut. Six of them received a $2 million grant and the other three received $1 million. In total, Scott is giving away […]
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott just couldn’t decide on the 250 organizations she wanted to donate $1 million to, so she picked 361 instead. Last year, the Amazon co-founder invited nonprofits to apply for $1 million grants through her organization, Yield Giving. The open call was met with over 6,000 applications. Apparently, Scott and her team […]
Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she is giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications. Yield Giving’s first round of donations is more than double what Scott had initially pledged to give away through the application process. Since she began giving away billions in 2019, […]
Elon Musk slammed MacKenzie Scott for her philanthropy, but that hasn’t stopped her from donating. Scott more than doubled her planned $250 million donation pledge, upping it to $640 million. Musk previously accused Scott of being a “super rich ex-wife” who’s destroying Western civilization. Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott might have landed in Elon Musk’s crosshairs […]
MacKenzie Scott has given away billions to charity since her split from Jeff Bezos in 2019. But Elon Musk isn’t a fan of Scott’s philanthropy. Musk claimed that women such as Scott were why Western civilization was doomed. Elon Musk isn’t a fan of MacKenzie Scott‘s charitable giving. “‘Super rich ex-wives who hate their former […]
Amazon.com Inc. Founder Jeff Bezos’s financial trajectory has been a subject of speculation and analysis, particularly in the context of his 2019 divorce from MacKenzie Scott. At the time of their separation, Bezos was the wealthiest individual globally, with a net worth of $150 billion, primarily due to his 16% ownership in Amazon, according to […]
Mackenzie Arnold played all seven of Australia’s matches at the 2023 Women’s World Cup West Ham goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold put off dealing with her hearing loss until the coronavirus pandemic forced her into action. The Australia international didn’t realise how reliant she was on lip-reading before the introduction of face masks began to make everyday […]
Amazon.com Inc. Founder Jeff Bezos has been at the center of controversy for years. The billionaire is no stranger to luxury and took ownership of his $500 million mega-yacht Koru midway through 2023. But the billionaire recently went viral on Reddit after a picture was posted showing a fleet of other support ships following Koru. […]
A cult leader arrested in Kenya over 400 deaths must undergo mental health checks before being charged, a judge has said. Paul Mackenzie was detained in April last year after hundreds of bodies were found in mass graves. Most showed signs of starvation, but some – children among them – may have been assaulted. MacKenzie, […]