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How MacKenzie Scott's $12 billion in gifts to charity reflect an uncommon trust in the groups she supports

  • Written by Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, IUPUI
How MacKenzie Scott's $12 billion in gifts to charity reflect an uncommon trust in the groups she supportsThe top donor is challenging conventional wisdom about giving.Jorg Carstensen/dpa/AFP via Getty Images

MacKenzie Scott disclosed on March 23, 2022, that she had given US$3.9 billion to 465 nonprofits in the previous nine months. These no-strings-attached donations bring the total she has given away in the past two years to at least $12 billion. We...

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