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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has long been chastised by the press for the relatively little he gives to charity despite his massive $194 billion net worth. In 2020, he set out to do things a bit differently and ended up topping the list of the most philanthropic people of the year. Bezos donated $10 billion to launch the Bezos Earth Fund and $100 million to Feeding America. Bezos recently announced he was stepping down as CEO of Amazon to focus more time on philanthropy and other projects.
Now, that said, there is some controversy over Bezos donation. It is true that he donated $10 billion to the Bezos Earth Fund. However, in comparison to his ex-wife, who was transparent about exactly where her nearly $6 billion in donations were going, Bezos has been tight lipped about how that $10 billion will be spent… or when it will be. We don t know how that donation is structured, if the money has been irrevocably set aside for the Bezos Earth Fund, or really anything about it except that in
These are the donors who gave the most in 2020, according to the Philanthropy 50, an annual ranking compiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, per the AP . A searchable database.
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Jeff Bezos was the top philanthropist of 2020, according to results released Tuesday by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
The outgoing head of Amazon made $10.15 billion in contributions in 2020, $10 billion of which to start the Bezos Earth Fund, which will issue grants to organizations working to reduce climate change. Bezos also made a $100 million contribution to Feeding America.
Bezos rejoined the annual top 50 rankings of philanthropists after failing to make the list in 2019. Bezos topped the list of US philanthropists in 2018 with more than $2 billion in philanthropy.