Overview
- Scott detailed on the Yield Giving site that a roommate’s $1,000 loan kept her from leaving Princeton and has guided her approach to donating.
- Through Yield Giving, launched in 2022, she has distributed about $19.25 billion to more than 2,400 organizations.
- This fall she directed more than $700 million to HBCUs, including recent gifts of $63 million to Prairie View A&M, $50 million to Bowie State, and $19 million to Philander Smith.
- Her capacity to give stems from a roughly 4% Amazon stake obtained in the 2019 divorce, and she has since sold or donated about 58 million shares, a reduction of roughly 42%.
- Recent estimates place her net worth in the mid–$30 billions, with People citing about $34 billion as of Nov. 17 and other reports noting more than $35 billion.