Mackenzie Scott

Source: MacKenzie Scott Published: March 2022

An open letter to MacKenzie Scott Dear Ms. Scott, Thank you for having your heart in the right place - for your charitable giving! I, also, believe mine is in that place. My wife and I, now in retirement (I’m now 81), make charitable contributions of approximately 30% of our…

Recently, it was announced that Achievement Network (ANet) is among a few notable non-profits across the country to receive a generous gift of $15 million from esteemed philanthropist, MacKenzie Scott. This donation is the largest single gift our organization has ever received. We are deeply honored to be in such…

Collectively, we citizens of the world (from the perspective of an US citizen) are overwhelmed by the many concerns facing both civilization and our planet — from climate change by reducing plastic pollution and carbon emissions, protecting wildlife and endangered species, and our wilderness and oceans, to reforming justice systems…

As the Executive Director of the Clean Slate Initiative, I am honored and grateful to receive financial support from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. It is a strange experience to receive a call that the organization you lead has received a large cash donation from MacKenzie Scott. As the director of a…

Finally a super rich person gets it! Thank you Mackenzie Scott. Living a simple life is not easy when you are the ex-wife of Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos. Mackenzie Scott received the largest divorce settlement in celebrity history walking away with 25% of the couple’s Amazon stock, which is a…

The Alchemy of Trust-Based Philanthropy I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I’m a growth and improvement junkie — everything can always be better. So, I’ve found myself curious about why I don’t feel compelled to engage in this particular improvement ritual when the calendar turns from one year to the…