With this latest donation, Scott has contributed a total of nearly $12.5 billion since 2020 to at least 1,253 nonprofits, many of which aim to help low-income and underserved populations.
MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author, and also Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, is donating billions of dollars to organizations across the country. Five of those organizations are in Minnesota.
MacKenzie Scott has given $436 million to Habitat For Humanity. Local chapters in Charlotte, the Hickory area and York County, South Carolina, got more than $18 million.
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg is getting $5 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to help students recover from setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic.