MacKenzie Scott is many things: author, former student of Toni Morrison, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, instrumental part of the retail giant’s early years and, now, prolific philanthropist.

NEW YORK — The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 this week, marking a significant increase in her annual giving from recent years.

MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is continuing to give major gifts to those who need it. This time, she donated to $80 million to Howard ...

Philanthropist Adrienne Arsht is fueled by a need to bring people together and to find ways to support them. That’s been true since she moved to Miami in 1996 to run TotalBank, a family-owned bank.

Are the fictional exploits of the globe-trotting philanthropist Teddy Rist good or bad for the nonprofit world? To answer that question, the Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and ...