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Yield Giving
Yield Giving is an American foundation which is the primary philanthropic vehicle for MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The organization's name is based on her philosophy of adding value in her philanthropy by giving up control to local organizations (localization).
The website was launched in December 2022. At the time, Scott had already donated approximately $14 billion to around 1,600 with $1 billion of the funds directed outside the United States after her 2019 divorce.
As of the end of 2025, Scott had given away a total of $26.3 billion.
Prior to launching the Yield Giving website, Scott announced that she had donated $1.7 billion to 116 non-profit organizations, with a focus on racial equality, LGBTQ+ equality, democracy, and climate change in a July 2020 Medium post.
In December 2020, less than six months later, Scott stated that she had donated a further $4.15 billion in the previous four months to 384 organizations, with a focus on providing support to people economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing long-term systemic inequities. She said that after July, she wanted her advisory team to give her wealth away faster as the United States struggled with the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 while billionaires' wealth continued to climb. Her team's focus was on "identifying organizations with strong leadership teams and results, with special attention to those operating in communities facing high projected food insecurity, high measures of racial inequity, high local poverty rates, and low access to philanthropic capital." Scott's 2020 charitable giving totaled $5.8 billion, one of the largest annual distributions by a private individual to working charities.
Scott announced another $2.7 billion in giving to 286 organizations in June 2021. Forbes reported that Scott donated $8.5 billion across 780 organizations in one year (July 2020 to July 2021). In June 2021, Scott and Melinda French Gates launched the Equality Can't Wait Challenge, a contest to promote gender equality and expanding women's power and influence in the United States by 2030. The four winners received $10 million each, and an additional $8 million was split between the two finalists. In February 2022, nine organizations announced gifts from Scott totaling $264.5 million. The Association for Women's Rights in Development received a $15 million donation. On March 23, 2022, more gifts were announced, including $436 million to Habitat for Humanity and $275 million to Planned Parenthood. In May 2022, the Big Brothers, Big Sisters foundation reported a $122.6 million donation from Scott. Scott has also made donations to organizations in Kenya, India, Brazil, Micronesia, and Latin America. In April 2022, The New York Times reported that Scott's donations since 2019 have exceeded $12 billion. In September 2022, Scott donated two of her Beverly Hills homes, worth a combined $55 million, to the California Community Foundation (CCF), which provides grants to mission-based nonprofits in Los Angeles. The organization intended to sell both homes and use 90% of the earnings to fund affordable housing initiatives and direct the other 10% to an immigrant integration program. In October 2022, Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and its 29 local councils. This was the largest donation from an individual in the organization's history. As of November 2022, Scott had donated almost $14 billion to 1500 organizations.
In March 2023, Scott announced Yield Giving would launch an "open call" for community-focused nonprofits with annual budgets between $1 and $5 million that she could fund. Scott planned to make unrestricted $1 million donations to 250 nonprofits selected in the process. Lever for Change announced that Scott's open call for grants prompted 6,000 applicants. Scott donated nearly $2.2 billion in 2023 to 360 organizations supporting early learning, access to affordable housing, race and gender equity, health equity, and civic and social engagement. As of December 2023, Scott had donated more than $16 billion to non-profit organizations. On March 19, 2024, Yield Giving announced another $640 million donated to 361 small nonprofits, more than double what the original open call planned for. 279 organizations received $2 million each while 82 were given $1 million each. In March 2024, Scott's donations had reached $17.2 billion. In December, she announced another $2 billion in donations in a blog on the Yield Giving website.
In December 2024, Scott announced that she began to direct her advisors to invest her wealth in for-profit companies and funds seeking solutions to societal challenges. She stated, "When I make gifts, rather than withdrawing funds from a bank account, or from a stock portfolio that increases the wealth and influence of leaders who already have it, I'd like to withdraw them from a portfolio of investments in mission-aligned ventures."
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Yield Giving
Yield Giving is an American foundation which is the primary philanthropic vehicle for MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The organization's name is based on her philosophy of adding value in her philanthropy by giving up control to local organizations (localization).
The website was launched in December 2022. At the time, Scott had already donated approximately $14 billion to around 1,600 with $1 billion of the funds directed outside the United States after her 2019 divorce.
As of the end of 2025, Scott had given away a total of $26.3 billion.
Prior to launching the Yield Giving website, Scott announced that she had donated $1.7 billion to 116 non-profit organizations, with a focus on racial equality, LGBTQ+ equality, democracy, and climate change in a July 2020 Medium post.
In December 2020, less than six months later, Scott stated that she had donated a further $4.15 billion in the previous four months to 384 organizations, with a focus on providing support to people economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing long-term systemic inequities. She said that after July, she wanted her advisory team to give her wealth away faster as the United States struggled with the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 while billionaires' wealth continued to climb. Her team's focus was on "identifying organizations with strong leadership teams and results, with special attention to those operating in communities facing high projected food insecurity, high measures of racial inequity, high local poverty rates, and low access to philanthropic capital." Scott's 2020 charitable giving totaled $5.8 billion, one of the largest annual distributions by a private individual to working charities.
Scott announced another $2.7 billion in giving to 286 organizations in June 2021. Forbes reported that Scott donated $8.5 billion across 780 organizations in one year (July 2020 to July 2021). In June 2021, Scott and Melinda French Gates launched the Equality Can't Wait Challenge, a contest to promote gender equality and expanding women's power and influence in the United States by 2030. The four winners received $10 million each, and an additional $8 million was split between the two finalists. In February 2022, nine organizations announced gifts from Scott totaling $264.5 million. The Association for Women's Rights in Development received a $15 million donation. On March 23, 2022, more gifts were announced, including $436 million to Habitat for Humanity and $275 million to Planned Parenthood. In May 2022, the Big Brothers, Big Sisters foundation reported a $122.6 million donation from Scott. Scott has also made donations to organizations in Kenya, India, Brazil, Micronesia, and Latin America. In April 2022, The New York Times reported that Scott's donations since 2019 have exceeded $12 billion. In September 2022, Scott donated two of her Beverly Hills homes, worth a combined $55 million, to the California Community Foundation (CCF), which provides grants to mission-based nonprofits in Los Angeles. The organization intended to sell both homes and use 90% of the earnings to fund affordable housing initiatives and direct the other 10% to an immigrant integration program. In October 2022, Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and its 29 local councils. This was the largest donation from an individual in the organization's history. As of November 2022, Scott had donated almost $14 billion to 1500 organizations.
In March 2023, Scott announced Yield Giving would launch an "open call" for community-focused nonprofits with annual budgets between $1 and $5 million that she could fund. Scott planned to make unrestricted $1 million donations to 250 nonprofits selected in the process. Lever for Change announced that Scott's open call for grants prompted 6,000 applicants. Scott donated nearly $2.2 billion in 2023 to 360 organizations supporting early learning, access to affordable housing, race and gender equity, health equity, and civic and social engagement. As of December 2023, Scott had donated more than $16 billion to non-profit organizations. On March 19, 2024, Yield Giving announced another $640 million donated to 361 small nonprofits, more than double what the original open call planned for. 279 organizations received $2 million each while 82 were given $1 million each. In March 2024, Scott's donations had reached $17.2 billion. In December, she announced another $2 billion in donations in a blog on the Yield Giving website.
In December 2024, Scott announced that she began to direct her advisors to invest her wealth in for-profit companies and funds seeking solutions to societal challenges. She stated, "When I make gifts, rather than withdrawing funds from a bank account, or from a stock portfolio that increases the wealth and influence of leaders who already have it, I'd like to withdraw them from a portfolio of investments in mission-aligned ventures."
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