Here are the local organizations that benefited from MacKenzie Scottâs $4.1 billion giving spree
By Anissa Gardizy Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 5:56 p.m.
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MacKenzie Scott announced nearly $4.2 billion in gifts given to nonprofit organizations in 2020, including several in New England. (2018 photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced in a blog post Tuesday that she has donated more than $4.1 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations, including several in New England.
The former spouse of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said she asked her advisors to speed up her planned philanthropic efforts in 2020 to help those affected by the ongoing pandemic, which she said âhas been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling.â