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Phil Knight, Alan Smolinisky makes $2 billion-plus offer to purchase Blazers from Paul Allen’s trust

Adrian Wojnarowski: Nike founder Phil Knight and Dodgers co-owner Alan Smolinisky have made a $2 billion-plus written offer to purchase the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell ESPN. Discussions are ongoing with the Paul Allen trust that's ...

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MacKenzie Scott gives $123M to Big Brothers Big Sisters

MacKenzie Scott gave $122.6 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the national youth-mentoring charity announced on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Jeff Bezos Is A 'Very Smart Guy': Warren Buffett Praises Amazon Founder And What He's Accomplished

If Jeff Bezos had asked Warren Buffett his thoughts on moving out to Washington to create an online bookstore empire, things might have turned out different for the future of Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN).

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MacKenzie Scott's generosity outpaces fellow billionaires

She's given away $12 billion in 3 years.

Axios

Axiom Space’s flight to the International Space Station is quietly making history

In this edition of Inverse Daily, get the latest details on Axiom-1’s private flight to the ISS, discover what spaceflight does to astronauts' eyes, and more.

Inverse

Coming soon: a bench to help make new friends

“Friendship benches” where Londoners can talk to a health volunteer about anxiety, depression and other concerns could be installed beside Tube stations, shops and cafes.

Evening Standard

Inflation hits nonprofits' services, ability to fundraise

Nonprofits of all kinds are getting hit hard by inflation, experts say

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Total wealth of world’s billionaires has fallen to $12.7tn, says Forbes

Number of billionaires worldwide falls by 329 amid Russian sanctions, according to Forbes

The Guardian - UK

Parental advocacy group gets $2 million donation

Last week, billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated $2 million to Chicago’s Community Organizing and Family Issues to keep training parents in community advocacy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dump CPD’s worthless ‘positive community interactions’ program

We don’t need the investment in a trained police force as it presently operates. And we definitely don’t need CPD’s latest lip service to reform.

Chicago Sun-Times

Central Florida Habitat for Humanity affiliates get millions for ‘generational’ change

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Two local affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International are getting a record $9.25 million donation from global philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott, allowing them to build new homes, rehabilitate older ones, educate prospective home buyers and keep low-income seniors safely housed.

Orlando Sentinel

MacKenzie Scott donates record $275m to Planned Parenthood

Ms Scott received a received a 4 per cent stake in Amazon.com as a part of her divorce settlement from Jeff Bezos

The Independent UK

These 12 Nonprofits Got Millions Donated From MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' Ex-Wife: 'Helping Any of Us Can Help Us All'

MacKenzie Scott signed the Giving Pledge on May 25, 2019, committing to giving at least half of her wealth away to charities. What happened: The Giving Pledge is "a promise by the world's wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to charitable causes," according to its website.

Benzinga

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates record $275m to Planned Parenthood

Ms Scott received a received a 4 per cent stake in Amazon.com as a part of her divorce settlement from Jeff Bezos

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MacKenzie Scott gives Planned Parenthood $225 million, including $9 million for Missouri's only facility

ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri has received its largest single donation — $9 million — from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the abortion and reproductive health care provider announced Wednesday.

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott announces nearly $4 billion in donations

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed that she has donated nearly $4 billion to 465 nonprofits in a new blog post Wednesday, confirming the gifts that the groups have been announcing on their own for months

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott donates $436 million to Habitat for Humanity after Bezos divorce

MacKenzie Scott has given away as much as $4.3 billion in 375 grants since her divorce from Bezos

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Who is MacKenzie Scott, besides being Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife?

PHILADELPHIA — Who is MacKenzie Scott? She married Jeff Bezos in 1993, and together they co-founded Amazon in 1994 after leaving the investment firm D.E. Shaw. She divorced Bezos in 2019, and had previously given at least $49 million to Philly-area non-profit organizations.

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MacKenzie Scott gives Philly nonprofit $20 million to help needy get government benefits

PHILADELPHIA — Benefits Data Trust, a Philadelphia nonprofit that helps people overcome barriers to government benefits for food, housing and health care, received a $20 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the organization announced Tuesday.

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott donates $436 million to Habitat for Humanity

MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its U.S. affiliates – the largest publicly disclosed donation from the billionaire philanthropist since she pledged to give away the majority of her wealth in 2019

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott donates $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs

MacKenzie Scott has donated $281 million to Boys & Girls Clubs of America and 62 local Boys & Girls Clubs around the country, the 160-year-old nonprofit announced Thursday

Tribune News Service

Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott are backing $1 billion gender fund

Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott are among philanthropists donating money to the Gender Fund, which seeks to raise $1 billion to advance equality and women’s leadership in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The Independent UK

MacKenzie Scott donates $50M to support USDA youth programs

MacKenzie Scott’s $50 million gift to the National 4-H Council, which the youth-focused nonprofit called “transformational,” is part of a new patch of the philanthropist’s donations now coming to light

The Independent UK

Nonprofits reveal $180M of recent MacKenzie Scott donations

MacKenzie Scott, who has given at least $8 billion in the past two years to mostly small nonprofits that serve people in need, used to release posts on Medium about her gifts and who got them

The Conversation

The 50 biggest US donors gave or pledged nearly $28 billion in 2021 – Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates account for $15 billion of that total

The 50 Americans who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2021 committed to giving a total of US$27.7 billion to hospitals, universities, museums and more – up 12% from 2020 levels, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s latest annual tally of these donations.

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