Overview

• Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $2.1 billion in the past year, bringing her total reported giving to more than $16 billion since 2019.
• The gifts include three donations of $25 million to affordable housing nonprofit Mercy Housing, reproductive care organization Upstream USA and youth training group Year Up.
• A significant portion of her donations this year appear to focus on housing organizations, including community land trusts, advocates for affordable housing and legal aid societies.
• The Hawai‘i Community Foundation received a second donation from Scott, this time of $5 million to support its Maui Strong Fund, which it started to benefit the survivors of the wildfire that wreaked havoc on the island in August.
• Scott has promised to give away more than half of her wealth, which largely comes from her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.