Mackenzie Bezos, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced on Twitter and Medium blog on Tuesday that she has donated $6,543.8+$67 million to charity so far. She also announced that she was officially renamed Mackenzie Scott.

The non-profit organizations she donated fall into nine categories: racial equality, sexual minority+equality, gender equality, economic mobility, empathy and bridging differences, functional democracy, public health, global development and climate change.

In May, 20 19, Scott signed a "Donation Commitment Letter"-promising to donate more than half of her wealth in their lifetime or in their will. Since she divorced Bezos in the middle of 20 19, Scott's net worth was estimated at $58 billion, and she bought a quarter of Bezos' Amazon shares, which was worth $36 billion at that time.

Of the nine undertakings, by far, she has made the greatest contribution to racial equality, totaling $586.7 million. Her second largest donation area is economic mobility, with charitable donations reaching $399.5 million. Her non-profit organizations include Asian Americans for Justice, Black Girls Code, Blue Meridian Partnership, Center for Police Equality, george walker bush Presidential Center, Howard University, Obama Foundation and Black Union University Foundation.

Scott wrote: "The winged butterfly is a small butterfly with invisible wings, which can bear 40 times its own weight." "In the past 14 months, I was inspired by my personal ability to help others: an association composed of professional women guided girls to pay for their own education through the same project; A network of low-income families who help themselves out of poverty through mutual support and advice. "

Although Scott remained largely silent after the divorce, she provided some insights about the process she started last fall in her media blog post. She wrote: "I invited a team of non-profit consultants, whose main representatives came from historically marginalized ethnic, gender and sexual identity groups. They help me find and evaluate organizations that have a significant impact on various undertakings. "

Scott added: "Although this work is in progress and will last for several years, I released an update today, because after the recent events, my reflection shows that I have been ignoring the dividend of privilege: I can arouse people's attention to organizations and leaders who promote change."

2018110/0 In October, when Scott and Bezos were still together, the couple announced a commitment of $2 billion for two causes: supporting homeless families and funding the establishment of a national kindergarten network inspired by Montessori in underserved communities. The foundation is called Bezos Day One Fund, the founder of Amazon. In 2065,438+08 and 2065,438+09, it donated about $6,543.8 billion to non-profit organizations dedicated to helping homeless families. In February this year, Bezos also announced the establishment of a $654.38+00 billion Bezos Earth Fund to combat climate change. He hasn't announced the latest progress of this charity action. Jeff Bezos hasn't signed giving pledge yet.

At the end of the blog post, Scott promised that she would continue to share her charitable donations publicly "in the next few months or years".

Li Yongqiang Stephen School