Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott who alone made one-third of America's billions of mega donations in 2025 is missing from 'Chronicle of Philanthropy' list as it is 'impossible to ...'
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife and billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated around $7 billion in 2025, accounting for more than one-third of America’s largest charitable gifts that year, according to a report by Fortune. The contributions made by Scott helped power a record $617.2 billion in overall U.S. charitable giving, according to Giving USA and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The other major donors included Michael Bloomberg ($4.3 billion), Bill Gates ($3.7 billion), Warren Buffett ($1.34 billion), and Susan and Michael Dell (nearly $1 billion). Despite making all these donations Scott failed to appear in the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list.
Why MacKenzie Scott was missing from the listDespite the massive donations made by Scott, she did not appear on the annual philanthropy ranking list of Chronicle of Philanthropy. The publication mentioned that it was ‘impossible’ to verify all the contributions made by Scott as her representatives decline to provide all the needed information. Also, Scott has consistently avoided publicity around her donations and has always preferred a low-profile approach. Since the year 2020, Scott has donated around $26.2 billion to thousands of organisations supporting affordable housing, disaster recovery, diversity initiatives, and education. In a December essay, Scott reflected: “It is these ripple effects that make imagining the power of any of our own acts of kindness impossible.”
Why MacKenzie Scott was missing from the listDespite the massive donations made by Scott, she did not appear on the annual philanthropy ranking list of Chronicle of Philanthropy. The publication mentioned that it was ‘impossible’ to verify all the contributions made by Scott as her representatives decline to provide all the needed information. Also, Scott has consistently avoided publicity around her donations and has always preferred a low-profile approach. Since the year 2020, Scott has donated around $26.2 billion to thousands of organisations supporting affordable housing, disaster recovery, diversity initiatives, and education. In a December essay, Scott reflected: “It is these ripple effects that make imagining the power of any of our own acts of kindness impossible.”
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