MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has become one of the most influential philanthropists in America by pioneering large-scale medical debt relief.
According to a report by Fortune, through her donations to Undue Medical Debt (formerly known as RIP Medical Debt) Scott helped transform a small non-profit into a national force.
Since 2020, her gifts totaling more than. $100 million have enabled the organization to abolish more than $40 billion medical debt across all 50 states, providing relief to millions of families.
The initiative of cutting down the medical debt is a small part of Scott’s larger philanthropic footprint.
Scott has also given away more than $26 billion to more than 2,500 organizations which include Black colleges and universities, environmental groups, and economic equity nonprofits and more. As per Fortune report, the recent estimates suggest that her net worth stands at around $33.8 billion.
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