Mackenzie Scott has announced $7.2 billion in new donations, bringing her lifetime giving to $26 billion and pushing her past Michael and George Soros in total money donated. The latest round, disclosed in 2025, went to about 200 organizations and included major support for higher education, historically Black universities, programs for Indigenous students and underserved groups, and a large share for environmental work.
The scale is striking not just because of the amount, but because of what it says about how much of her fortune she has already given away. Scott has now allocated more than 46% of her wealth, a share exceeded only by Soros, while she still trails Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in absolute dollars. Buffett has given about $65 billion and Gates about $48 billion, according to the source. The latest grants are also large in Brazilian terms, totaling about R$38.88 billion, while her lifetime donations amount to roughly R$140.43 billion.
Scott’s fortune comes from Amazon, the company tied to her wealth after her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos, when she received about 400 million shares. She has since divested more than 75% of those shares. Forbes estimates her net worth at about $30 billion, down from a peak of $59 billion in 2021, even as her giving has continued to climb.
Her philanthropy is unusual in more than one respect. Scott is known for making large, unrestricted grants, rarely speaks publicly about them, and usually comments only through texts posted on Yield Giving. She does not run a traditional foundation, instead using donor-advised funds that offer tax advantages similar to those of foundations. The latest donations also underscore where she is directing the bulk of her money: not toward building a public philanthropic brand, but toward institutions and groups that have long struggled to attract funds at this scale.
That leaves the broader picture clear. Scott is now among the most consequential philanthropists of her generation, not because she has given the most money in absolute terms, but because she has moved faster than almost anyone else in parting with her own fortune. The remaining question is how far she will keep going as her Amazon-linked wealth continues to shrink.
