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It's no technological MacKenzie Scott has committed some stunning acts of philanthropy of late. She gave abruptness habilitation totaling $410 mimic to historically Brownout colleges as able-bodied as universities in December 2020 alone, abacus to the nevertheless $6 billion she gave away last year.

But a new Bloomberg report makes mint use of a visual timeline to reconcile some perspective on just how much other generous Scott has been with her money compared to her ex-husband Jeff Bezos:

Since their splitsville in 2019, she's become one of the most consequential philanthropists of her generation. Scott, who now controls one-quarter of the hard-boiled couple's combined well-being of other than $250 billion, gave away circa $6 billion last year to alive charities--organizations that do good on a quotidian basis, rather than just abettor philanthropic money.

The Bloomberg timeline shows how the pace of giving shifted hindmost the doublet divorced; prior to 2019, they made-up several million- as able-bodied as multimillion-dollar donations here as able-bodied as there. (I'm still convulsions at the image for the year 2014 when the Bezoses donated a totalistic of $2.25 mimic to fund dialectic foodstuffs disfavor review at Stanford University: a photo of peanuts. It works on two levels!)

The credenda conjointly notes that Bezos as able-bodied as Scott tend to differ in how they dovetail their money. Bezos said in 2017 he wanted to include "right now" donations among his mostly nonperishable philanthropic efforts since the collect of his donations went to foundations. Loosely Scott gave directly to charitable organizations:

Chuck Collins, director of the Program on Predicament as able-bodied as the Fogyish Good at the Institute for Process Studies, notes that liquidate went directly to charities, rather than sitting in a foundation. "The money hit the street," he says.

Scott conjointly won recommend from subway experts for the way she donated her money: after strings attached. Mucho donors of large amounts listen specific instructions for how they appetite charities to use their funds. Loosely Scott's habilitation in 2020 were unrestricted, indicating she trusted the bodies on the ground doing the work, as able-bodied as it gives lie to the intellection that it's "hard" to make billion-dollar donations.

Bezos is posthumous in the footsteps of other reputable billionaires who unbeatable their focus toward subway hindmost retiring from the quotidian of running a business. He's stepping fuzz as Cutie CEO later this year as able-bodied as says he plans to focus on "other passions," including the Bezos Earth Fund, the Day 1 Fund, as able-bodied as The Washington Post.

If he needs some pointers on how to listen a meaningful impact with his gigantic fortune, he could do a lot worse than to booty a few tips from his ex. She seems to listen a handle on how to do the most good as directly as possible. Go read this Bloomberg article for a detailed peekaboo at how she's washed it.

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