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December 30, 2022 at 8:05 am

Bill Gates made 2022’s biggest charitable donation

Bill Gates topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of the 10 largest gifts for 2022. Also on the list: Jeff Bezos' parents and his ex-wife,...

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November 15, 2022 at 7:08 am

MacKenzie Scott donations avoided feared pitfalls: New study

MacKenzie Scott’s big gifts have been a boon to the charities who received them, and widespread fears in the nonprofit world that her gifts would...

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November 9, 2022 at 11:05 am

More big donors supporting – and discussing – mental health

Wealthy donors publicly gave more to mental health last year than in any other year over the past decade: According to a Chronicle of Philanthropy...

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August 26, 2022 at 6:23 am

Wendy Schmidt gives big to protect oceans, planet’s future

The health of the world’s oceans looms large in Wendy Schmidt’s thinking about the planet’s future and in her giving.

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FILE – In this March 4, 2018, file photo, MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. The billionaire philanthropist revealed that she has donated nearly $4 billion to 465 nonprofits in a new blog post Wednesday, March 23, 2022 confirming the gifts that the groups have been announcing on their own for months. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) NYPS204 NYPS204

May 24, 2022 at 6:30 am

Big Brothers Big Sisters gets 'transformative' gift from MacKenzie Scott

With this latest donation, MacKenzie Scott has given nearly $12.5 billion to at least 1,253 nonprofits, many of which help low-income and underserved populations.

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FILE – In this March 4, 2018, file photo, MacKenzie-Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott has donated $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America and 62 local Boys & Girls Clubs around the country, the 160-year-old nonprofit announced Thursday, March 17, 2022. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) NYBZ501 NYBZ501

March 18, 2022 at 9:47 am

MacKenzie Scott donates $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs

MacKenzie Scott has donated $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America and 62 local Boys & Girls Clubs around the country, the 160-year-old...

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FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland, Wash. It was a healthy year for big gifts to charitable causes in 2021, a year that saw one of the largest multibillion-dollar contributions in more than a decade, according to a Chronicle tally. The power philanthropists Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced in May that they were divorcing and then gave a jaw-dropping $15 billion to their foundation in July. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) NY109 NY109

December 31, 2021 at 10:08 am

$15B from Gates, French Gates tops 2021 biggest gift list

It was a healthy year for big gifts to charitable causes in 2021, a year that saw one of the largest multibillion-dollar contributions in more...

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FILE – In this March 4, 2018, file photo, then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher. Dan Jewett wrote in a letter to the website of the nonprofit organization the Giving Pledge, on Saturday, March 6, 2021, that he was grateful to be able to marry such a generous person and was ready to help her give away her wealth to help others. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

October 12, 2021 at 2:33 pm

MacKenzie Scott gifts help bolster nonprofit infrastructure

Umbrella groups that serve and advocate for nonprofits or grant makers and donors are an unsexy part of the charitable world, but that might be...

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September 29, 2021 at 10:39 am

88% of Affluent Households Donated in 2020, New Study Says

In a year beset with a global pandemic and other crises, the vast majority of wealthy households — 88% — gave to charity in 2020,...

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FILE – In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie Bezos arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bezos says he and his wife, MacKenzie, have decided to divorce after 25 years of marriage.
Bezos, one of the worldâ€™s richest men, made the announcement on Twitter Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) NY116

June 2, 2021 at 1:34 pm

MacKenzie Scott’s no-strings gifts extend beyond grantees

The many tentacles of MacKenzie Scott's giving are poised to touch charities far beyond those that received money directly from Scott, who stormed the philanthropy...

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