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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott donates $15m to help provide glasses to farmers in developing countries

Donation is believed to be the largest single donation towards helping solve the problem of uncorrected blurry vision

The Guardian - UK

MacKenzie Scott donates $20m to California schools after announcing divorce from teacher husband

Scott, an author and the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is now largest donor in Fresno Unified’s history

The Independent UK

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from second husband

Philanthropist former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos married science teacher Dan Jewett last year

The Guardian - US

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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from second husband Dan Jewett

Couple married in 2021 after Ms Scott divorced her first husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

The Independent UK

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott files for divorce from second husband

Couple was married in 2021 after Ms Scott divorced first husband Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

The Independent UK

Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife MacKenzie Scott donates her two Beverly Hills mansions worth $55m to charity

The California Community Foundation, which was given the mansions earlier this year, plans to sell homes and spend funds on “affordable housing grant making” and immigrant integration program

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott supports child mentors with $44 million gift

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring organization, Friends of the Children, which supports children at risk of entering the welfare system by pairing them with a longtime mentor

The Independent UK

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MacKenzie Scott gives $39 million to Junior Achievement USA

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $38.8 million to Junior Achievement USA and 26 local operations — the largest single gift in its 103-year history — the national education nonprofit announced Tuesday

The Independent UK

Google co-founder Sergey Brin seeks divorce, joining Gates and Bezos in split

Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder and world’s sixth-richest person, filed for a divorce from his wife of three years, making him the third mega-billionaire to do so in as many years.

Tribune News Service

‘I see this money as not mine’: the people giving away fortunes from slavery and fossil fuels

What would you do if your inherited wealth was built on slavery, fossil fuels or came at the price of neglect? Meet the guilty rich who want nothing to do with their money

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk accuses Mackenzie Scott of hijacking Democrats to take aim at ex-husband Jeff Bezos

‘The Dems turned negative over the past 12 months – At least part of it is Mackenzie’s donation to PACs posing as charities,’ Musk claims

The Independent UK

Phil Knight, Alan Smolinisky makes $2 billion-plus offer to purchase Blazers from Paul Allen’s trust

Adrian Wojnarowski: Nike founder Phil Knight and Dodgers co-owner Alan Smolinisky have made a $2 billion-plus written offer to purchase the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell ESPN. Discussions are ongoing with the Paul Allen trust that's ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

MacKenzie Scott gives $123M to Big Brothers Big Sisters

MacKenzie Scott gave $122.6 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the national youth-mentoring charity announced on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Jeff Bezos Is A 'Very Smart Guy': Warren Buffett Praises Amazon Founder And What He's Accomplished

If Jeff Bezos had asked Warren Buffett his thoughts on moving out to Washington to create an online bookstore empire, things might have turned out different for the future of Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN).

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Axios

MacKenzie Scott's generosity outpaces fellow billionaires

She's given away $12 billion in 3 years.

Inverse

Axiom Space’s flight to the International Space Station is quietly making history

In this edition of Inverse Daily, get the latest details on Axiom-1’s private flight to the ISS, discover what spaceflight does to astronauts' eyes, and more.

Evening Standard

Coming soon: a bench to help make new friends

“Friendship benches” where Londoners can talk to a health volunteer about anxiety, depression and other concerns could be installed beside Tube stations, shops and cafes.

The Independent UK

Inflation hits nonprofits' services, ability to fundraise

Nonprofits of all kinds are getting hit hard by inflation, experts say

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Total wealth of world’s billionaires has fallen to $12.7tn, says Forbes

Number of billionaires worldwide falls by 329 amid Russian sanctions, according to Forbes

Chicago Sun-Times

Parental advocacy group gets $2 million donation

Last week, billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated $2 million to Chicago’s Community Organizing and Family Issues to keep training parents in community advocacy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dump CPD’s worthless ‘positive community interactions’ program

We don’t need the investment in a trained police force as it presently operates. And we definitely don’t need CPD’s latest lip service to reform.

Orlando Sentinel

Central Florida Habitat for Humanity affiliates get millions for ‘generational’ change

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Two local affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International are getting a record $9.25 million donation from global philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott, allowing them to build new homes, rehabilitate older ones, educate prospective home buyers and keep low-income seniors safely housed.

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott donates record $275m to Planned Parenthood

Ms Scott received a received a 4 per cent stake in Amazon.com as a part of her divorce settlement from Jeff Bezos

Benzinga

These 12 Nonprofits Got Millions Donated From MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' Ex-Wife: 'Helping Any of Us Can Help Us All'

MacKenzie Scott signed the Giving Pledge on May 25, 2019, committing to giving at least half of her wealth away to charities. What happened: The Giving Pledge is "a promise by the world's wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to charitable causes," according to its website.

The Independent UK

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates record $275m to Planned Parenthood

Ms Scott received a received a 4 per cent stake in Amazon.com as a part of her divorce settlement from Jeff Bezos

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