MacKenzie Scott

A Boston nonprofit with the goal of helping children in need has gotten a big boost from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The National Institute for Children’s Health Quality received a $4 million grant from Scott, who was previously married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. “I don’t think ‘surprised’ fully captures how excited we all were,” said Heidi Brooks, NICHQ’s...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches. Sofia Chang, CEO of the 110-year-old organization, said Tuesday that Scott’s support means as much to them as the donation itself. The funds will help the organization recover from the impact of the pandemic, which drove down its membership. Specifically, the...

Scott, who was previously married to Jeff Bezos before tying the knot with Dan in 2021, filed for divorce from Jewett on Sept. 26, per court documents obtained by E! News on Sept. 28.

MacKenzie Scott gifted a pair of mansions to the California Community Foundation, which intends to sell the homes—and invest the proceeds in housing nonprofits.

MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its U.S. affiliates – the largest publicly disclosed donation from the billionaire philanthropist since she pledged to give away the majority of her wealth in 2019

MacKenzie Scott’s $50 million gift to the National 4-H Council, which the youth-focused nonprofit called “transformational,” is part of a new patch of the philanthropist’s donations now coming to light

Scott and French Gates are joining forces to support projects focused on advancing gender equality in tech, higher education and caregiving.

Boston Business Journal Editor Doug Banks is on the business beat looking at the Vaxmillions incentive plan and the Vax Express. Plus, which emergency measures stay and which ones go? How is the Coolidge Corner Theatre able to expand? And, as Jeff Bezos prepares for space, his former wife MacKenzie Scott invests in nonprofits making the world better– to the...

One of the world’s richest people recently gave away nearly $3 billion to historically overlooked and underfunded organizations across the country — including to 10 in Massachusetts. The windfall sounded absurd to many of them off the bat. “Our first reaction was, is this a joke?!” ZUMiX program manager Corey DePina said. “I think everybody’s jaw dropped,” said Lily Mendez,…

One of the world’s richest people, McKenzie Scott, just gave away billions of dollars, including to some Massachusetts organizations — which had to keep it secret for three weeks!

MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher

Among the billions of dollars in recent donations made by MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is the largest contribution in the history of the YMCA of Greater Boston. Scott, an author and philanthropist, said this week that she had given away $4.1 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations as part of…

MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, says she has given away $4.1 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations as part of a giving pledge she announced last year