MacKenzie Scott Gave $7 Billion in 2025 as U.S. Megagifts Totaled $19.2 Billion

MacKenzie Scott donated about $7 billion in 2025, one-third of the $19.2 billion in U.S. megagifts recorded that year, according to data provided to Fortune by Giving USA and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Scott's 2025 gifts raised her cumulative total to $26.2 billion over five years.

Other large donors included Michael Bloomberg at $4.3 billion, Bill Gates at $3.7 billion, Warren Buffett at $1.34 billion, and Susan and Michael Dell at nearly $1 billion. Total U.S. charitable giving reached $617.2 billion in 2025, a 5.7 percent increase from the previous year, the same report stated.

The figures cover donations from individuals, bequests, foundations, and corporations. Gabe Cooper, vice chair of the Giving USA Foundation, said the year showed solid growth across recipient categories. Organizations in religion, human services, education, health, international affairs, and arts and culture received the largest shares.

Scott was not included on the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Philanthropy 50 list for 2025. The Chronicle attributed the omission to her practice of declining to share details of gifts made through donor-advised funds. Scott signed the Giving Pledge after her divorce from Jeff Bezos and has continued to direct the majority of her giving toward housing, diversity initiatives, and disaster recovery.

Her net worth remains nearly $35 billion, supported by Amazon shares received in the divorce settlement. In an essay published December 9, Scott described the personal experiences that shaped her approach and noted that generosity activates the same brain reward centers as food and gifts.