A California community college was gifted $20 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott — but some of the money was used ...
MacKenzie Scott donated $26 billion over the past seven years, including a record $7.2 billion in 2025, a pace of giving that makes her the third-larg.
A large portion of Scott's donation was used without proper approval, official said.
MacKenzie Scott attributes her philanthropic approach to early acts of kindness, recalling a college roommate's loan and a ...
Her 2025 giving hit $7.1B, with fewer grants but far larger checks driving her most ambitious year yet. By pouring resources into repeat partners and global and environmental causes, she’s signaled a ...
Career advice typically focuses on resumes, promotions, titles, and paychecks. But MacKenzie Scott has a different idea about ...
Acts of charity she received as a student in university often spring to mind when Scott is deciding where to donate money.
A newly created JCPS central office position is largely being paid for through a grant that was at the center of a billboard controversy last fall.
Santa Barbara City College has blown more than half of MacKenzie Scott’s $20 million donation — the largest the college has ever received — on a program that wasn’t properly approved. About $10.5 ...
MacKenzie Scott and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos divorced in 2019 after 25 years of marriage, but she's made a name for herself as a philanthropist in the years since. Scott and Bezos wed in 1993 after a ...
NEW YORK(AP) — MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's wealthiest women and most influential philanthropists, is now known for her “no strings attached” surprise grantmaking. But, as a Princeton ...
Last year, MacKenzie Scott pledged to give the majority of her wealth back to society—and to do so with urgency. “It will take time and effort and care,” she wrote. “But I won’t wait. And I will keep ...