In total, the Amazon founder’s former wife has given about $25 million to Minnesota nonprofits.
MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon.com founder and leader Jeff Bezos, announced on Tuesday that she had donated $4.15 billion over the last four months to charities across the U.S. Scott, who has pledged to give away “the majority of my wealth back to the society that helped generate it,” posted a list of all 384 groups to which she donated in the latest round on Medium.
In total, Scott has donated $25 million to nonprofits in Minnesota, including $15 million for the Community Reinvestment Fund, a community development financial institution (CDFI) based in Minneapolis.