MacKenzie Scott says she won't disclose how much she donated
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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott said she won't reveal how much she has given to charity since her last round of donations earlier this year, in an effort to reduce the attention she draws. Instead, she wrote a reflection on what philanthropy means in a blog post titled "No Dollar Signs This Time."
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, earlier this year wrote about donating $2.74 billion of her massive fortune. In announcing the gifts to 286 organizations via a blog post, Scott blasted the wealth gap that she said has placed "disproportionate wealth" into a "small number of hands."
But Scott — who is worth more than $59 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — signaled in a Wednesday blog post that she wants the focus to be on the charities, not the dollar amount of her donations.
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