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5 takeaways from MacKenzie Scott's $1.7 billion in support for social justice causes

  • Written by Elizabeth J. Dale, Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Leadership, Seattle University
imageJeff Bezos's ex-wife is funding efforts to dismantle racism and fight homophobia.Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has announced that she’s disbursed nearly US$1.7 billion to 116 organizations, since first publicly discussing her giving intentions in May of 2019. Most of the...

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