# MacKenzie Scott’s wealth is growing faster than she can give it away ## Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $3.9 billion to 465 different non-profits since last June, she said in a blog post today (March 23). By [Courtney Vinopal](/content/author/courtneyvinopal/index.html) and [Courtney Vinopal](/content/author/cvinopalqz/index.html) Updated July 20, 2022 Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $3.9 billion to 465 different non-profits since last June, she said in a [blog post](https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/helping-any-of-us-can-help-us-all-f4c7487818d9) today (March 23). But even as she gives away billions, Scott’s net worth has continued to grow: Today she’s [worth $50 billion](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/mackenzie-scott/), according to the Bloomberg Billionaire’s index. Scott first pledged to [give away](https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=393) half of her wealth in 2019 following her divorce from Amazon [$AMZN +0.48%](/content/quote/AMZN/index.html) founder Jeff Bezos. As part of the divorce settlement Scott received a 4% stake in Amazon, worth [about $36 billion](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/mackenzie-bezos-charity.html) at the time. The recent donations, she said, aim to “support the needs of underrepresented people from groups of all kinds.” ## Which organizations are receiving Scott’s donations? Scott donated $275 million to Planned Parenthood’s national office and 21 state affiliates, representing the [largest-ever gift](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/planned-parenthood-announces-275-million-historic-donation-from-mackenzie-scott-to-support-public-health-equity-across-the-country) from a single donor to the reproductive health organization. She also gave money to a number of other organizations focusing on reproductive rights, including SisterSong and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice. The non-profit housing organization Habitat for Humanity International and its US affiliates also received $436 million from Scott. The organization’s CEO said they would [use the funds](https://apnews.com/article/mackenzie-scott-philanthropy-habitat-for-humanity-0fecee027064c35dbfc00d7c3e998153) to increase the supply of affordable housing, particularly for communities of color. The philanthropist’s list also includes a $281 million gift for [Boys & Girls Clubs of America](https://www.bgca.org/news-stories/2022/March/boys-and-girls-clubs-of-america-announces-281-million-dollar-gift-from-mackenzie-scott), as well donations to the Innocence Project, which advocates for people who were wrongfully convicted, and humanitarian organizations working on relief efforts in Ukraine. ## Scott’s wealth continues to grow When Scott first pledged to give away her wealth three years ago, [she said](https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=393) she would keep at it “until the safe is empty.” But the pandemic [proved lucrative](/content/1887183/amazon-is-making-more-money-from-coronavirus-than-christmas/index.html) for Amazon, and as the company has grown, so has Scott’s net worth. In the past two weeks alone it grew by more than $10 billion, according to Bloomberg, thanks to the climbing value of [Amazon stock](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AMZN/). Though Scott has given away about [$12 billion](https://www.philanthropy.com/article/mackenzie-scott-shows-strong-support-for-equity-in-her-latest-round-of-giving) over the past two years, she’s still $19 billion richer than she was when she first committed to donating her wealth.