The ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, announced on July 28 a donation of $1.7 billion to 116 charities, including Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC.
All the organizations that received donations are established nonprofits, selected for working in areas of interest to Scott, from racial justice and LGBTQ equality to climate change and global health. Neither Advancing Justice – AAJC or Scott revealed how much she donated to Advancing Justice – AAJC, but in all, she gave $586.7 million to racial justice groups.
AAAJ is a national coalition of five affiliate groups under the Advancing Justice umbrella, but according to Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC in Washington, D.C., it will receive the entire donation.
In a statement, Advancing Justice – AAJC said, “We have no special connection with Ms. MacKenzie Scott, and the contribution that we received was unexpected, unsolicited and it was coordinated by a third-party consultant.”
Scott’s estimated fortune is $38 billion and she has joined a group of billionaires in pledging to give a majority of her wealth “back to society.” Scott helped Bezos found Amazon in 1997. After their divorce in 2019, Scott received 25% of Bezos’ stake in the company, minus voting control. The Bezos had four children together including an adopted girl from China.
Denise says
Ms Mackenzie God bless you for being a caring, loving and giving person. Thank you for all that you do for people.
Pauline Chakanyuka says
Hello, Mrs McKenzie. Keep it up the world needs you. You are doing a diligent job, I also need your help so that my family can survive, there is lot of suffering in our lives so we need your help, please help us. It would great to get a response from you.
Lamoyne says
Sorry so much negativity posteded before me..bless u for caring the choices u made I’m sure came with a lot of thought.
It’s ur money and ur choices thank u for caring so much I’m very proud of u.
Many prayers sent ur way. God Bless Moyne
Harry Kidd says
Unfortunately there are a lot of lives lost and lots of suffering especially for the working poor but hopefully
lessons will be learnt from the pandemic that will somewhat help to cure the greed and selfishness in today’s world.l am sad.
Ronald Goode says
Is all about your tensions when you donate you donate to be seen most people you get no blessings you do it what people don’t know you donate can you get blessings the way God sees his four books book of Psalms Torah the gospel in the Quran plant trees Build Wells for poor people can drink out of them all over the world and help the suffering animals in the kids that got leukemia God bless you and your family
Ronald Goode says
Like I said the last comment do things for business you get blessing you do things for just tax write-off then you get no blessing and why leaving the earth a being there but people still starving homeless all over the world God can be testing you
Wu Hu says
There is no personality coming to give blessings. The human organism itself will work its actions. All these nan made written regulations make no science even sense. The human by being humane scientifically will make progress irrespective of what that person believes on or not. No God made any religion nor no God made rules & regulations. These are all human made.
Terry Thompson says
All of these people are so rich that its impossible for them to become poor. They give money that end up in greedy men and women that passes laws that put more money into their hands . So they fool people with their selfish agendas thinking that we don’t see the real picture. The real picture is . They keep getting richer and richer , and the poor, and 9 to 5ers are remaining not able to buy food or even enjoy a vacation with their family because of wicked men and women that think that nobody’s paying attention to this smoke and mirrors act. We see you rich folks.
Shawn says
Let z be honest. When did u commented such for somebody conservative doing donation? Or same is true for Trump and other charities? U have 2 choices – mention ur previous such ref. Or agree same for Trump and other conservative charities, Let z see what u do ?
Wu Hu says
I would like her to donate to the cause of counteracting the evil dominance of the Totalitarian Autocratic Evil Communist Party of China, not Chinese People just that ruthless organisation using the word people in every corrupt dealing they pursue. Unfortunately the Communist Party of China is representative of nobody in China since nobody has been given any choice in voting due to a lack of democracy by a bunch of demons. The Communist Party of China has a bunch of very old shrewd an evil men who have transformed themselves into the New Nazi Party that is exploiting the world.
Zulkifli says
Good open statement, make me understand more to uighur or Burma problem
Victor L Balurin says
Keep it up madam.The world needs you.
Pauline Spratley says
HOW ABOUT THE ELDERLY SOME OF US NEED A HOME
Jean says
I need help to feed the homeless people in Delaware so does Haiti
David Allen says
I love the fact that Mackenzie is so self aware and globally aware! I would love to contact her about a solution we have for slowing Climate Change.
Stephen E Shook says
Self aware? What the hell does that mean? There’s absolutely no scientific proof whatsoever that proves that climate change as the liberal-left describes it exists!