MacKenzie Scott Donates the Largest Single Donation to Planned Parenthood
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has recently made a sizeable donation of 275 million to Planned Parenthood. This is considered one of the largest donations Planned Parenthood received from a single donor.
Just in from Planned Parenthood @ppfa: MacKenzie Scott has donated $275 million to the national office and 21 Planned Parenthood affiliates. That’s the largest donation from a single donor in Planned Parenthood’s history.
— Gabriella Borter (@gabriellaborter) March 23, 2022
In a statement announcing the news of the donation, the CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Alexis McGill Johnson, commented, “We are incredibly grateful for Ms. Scott’s extraordinary philanthropic investment in Planned Parenthood, as a critical part of the public health infrastructure. There is no question that we live through a crisis for sexual and reproductive health and rights in this country. As we face the most serious attacks on access to reproductive health care that we’ve seen in a generation, we know this moment requires us to be innovative and double down on our efforts to ensure everyone has equitable access to health care, including abortion.”
The donation is said to go towards health equity for all kinds of patients, with the ultimate goal of eliminating racial and structural barriers.
In the past few months, Scott has announced in her blog that she has donated nearly 4 billion dollars to 465 nonprofit organizations that range from climate change, youth help, women’s health and more.
MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropic choices are simply unmatched. None of this “I’ll start my own org and suck up all the press and $ whether it’s effective or not”, she just hands the $ to the established orgs who are best at what they do. Sublime.
— 🏳️🌈☽✩☾🏳️🌈 (@aKestra) March 23, 2022
A few years ago, Scott joined a pledge initiative with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet called the Giving Pledge, where billionaires will donate most of their money to charities.
Can we just take a moment to applaud MacKenzie Scott.
— Secular Gent (@SecularGent) March 23, 2022
She is taking her part of Jeff Bezos’ fortune and putting it back to work in America.
275 million to Planned Parenthood (largest ever donation)
436 million to Habitat. You know Jimmy Carter is proud.
Through this organization, Scott has made a few sizable donations to the following charities and more: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, CARE, ClimateWorks Foundation, Code for America, FoodCorps, Guttmacher Institute, Habitat for Humanity International, National Council on Aging, National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Vera Institute of Justice, Wounded Warrior Project, and Young People in Recovery. You can see the full list of the recipients of her donations here.
MacKenzie Scott, billionaire and ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, announced another round of donations to 465 nonprofits today, 12 of which are #military #veteran organizations. This round totaled nearly $3.9B since her last blog post in June. pic.twitter.com/0Pd3u0FymQ
— Sara Samora (@SaraESamora) March 23, 2022
We applaud MacKenzie Scott for her charitable donations to those who need help and can’t wait to see what she does in the future.
