00:00One woman alone accounted for a third of America's $19.2 billion in mega-gifts last year.
00:07Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott quietly donated $7 billion in 2025,
00:11according to new data shared with Fortune by GivingUSA and Indiana University.
00:16That's far greater than the other top mega-donors, including Michael Bloomberg,
00:21Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Susan and Michael Dell.
00:25In total, Scott has donated a whopping $26.2 billion in just five years.
00:31Her efforts have spanned organizations focused on housing, DEI, and disaster recovery,
00:37and the gifts are notoriously under the radar.
00:40And it's all a part of her promise to the Giving Pledge to give away the majority of her net
00:44worth.
00:45She steadily chipped away at that, but due to the power of Amazon shares she received
00:49upon her divorce from founder Jeff Bezos,
00:51her net worth still sits at nearly $35 billion.
00:55She credits the ripple effects from kindness in her own past as inspiration for her giving,
01:01and has shared in the past that giving just feels good.
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