Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott donates $281 MILLION to Boys & Girls Club - the largest single donation in the after-school club organization's history, during ongoing philanthropy spree that's seen her donate $9.2bn of her $42.5bn fortune
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, donated $281 million to the Boys & Girls Club of America, the largest single donation in its 160-year history
It is her latest gift as she has given away $9.2 billion of her $42.5 billion fortune
Scott has given about six times as much in the last two years than Bezos has in his entire life despite the Amazon founder's pledge to donate $13 billion
The club's national headquarters will receive $25 million while $256 million will be spread out to 62 branches
It comes after she donated $20 million to Nashville's Meharry Medical College
Last month alone, Scott gave away about $250 million to organizations
The ex-wife of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos donated $281 million to the Boys & Girls Club of America, the largest single donation in the after-school nonprofit's 160-year history.
MacKenzie Scott, 51, directed $256 million to 62 chapters of the Boys & Girls Club across the nation on Thursday, with the remaining $25 million going to the organization's national headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
'Gifts like this are rare and have incredible impact,' said Jim Clark, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which serves more than 4.3 million children at more than 4,700 locations in the country.
The donation represents the latest in Scott's ongoing philanthropy spree where she has given away $9.2 billion of her estimated $42.5 billion fortune she was awarded in her divorce settlement, according to Fortune.
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