MacKenzie Scott donates $3.8 billion to 465 charities: "Helping any of us can help us all"
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MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, announced she has donated $3.8 billion to 465 charities since June, picking organizations that she said "support the needs of underrepresented people from groups of all kinds."
The gifts include a record $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood, which the health care organization said "comes at a time when access to sexual and reproductive health care is under attack like never before, especially access to abortion." States including Texas have passed restrictive anti-abortion laws that critics say hamper the ability for women in those regions to access essential health care.
In a Wednesday post on Medium, Scott said her donations are designed to help all types of people, noting that "helping any of us can help us all." She pointed out that efforts such as investing in workplace and educational opportunities for women and girls results in stronger economic growth. About 6 in 10 of the charities Scott donated to are led by women, she added.
On Nov. 13, 2016, Dr. Eric "Scott" Sills, a renowned California fertility doctor, called 911 and reported finding his wife and business partner Susann Sills unresponsive at the bottom of the stairs. An initial investigation revealed some evidence that was consistent with an accidental fall. But as "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports, other evidence pointed to something more sinister. DETECTIVE: How do you know she — she got an email? MARY-KATHERINE SILLS: I woke up and my dad was just like on the covers just laying there like there wasn't enough room to get in I guess. So, he was just laying there.