mackenzie scott (bezos)

[married to Jeff]

on her writing process:

Yeah. Since my writing tends to be of the highest quality when I get up so early and haven’t spoken to anybody else, I’ve done different things to try to simulate that first-thing-in-the-morning brain. I can sometimes eke out three writing sessions by trying to simulate that: by doing things like taking a 10-minute nap after I drop off the kids from school. Another thing that can jog me into that state is going for a run. So I’ll finish a writing session, go for a run, come back, and for some reason I’m right there again.

huge to global reset.. getting 7bn people to start fresh every day with what matters to them.. ie: daily curiosities..

tech as it could be…. taking in self-talk as data..  via 2 convers as infra

I’ve also always really loved writing in sterile, windowless places, so for years I’ve written in a variety of closets. I put a desk in a small room with no windows and that really helps me as well. So quirky little things like that that you learn about yourself.

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via 2025 fb post:

When her divorce from Jeff Bezos left her with 4% of Amazon, the world expected another billionaire hoarding wealth. Instead, she became history’s most disruptive giver – not just in scale ($19.2 billion and counting), but in method. While traditional philanthropy operates like a patron granting favors, Scott’s no-strings approach whispered something revolutionary: “You know your community’s needs better than I ever could.”

 

only way we can try/see the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

Her grants read like a blueprint for healing America’s deepest wounds:

– $800 million to HBCUs, correcting generations of education inequity

– $15 billion in medical debt erased with surgical precision

– $436 million letting Habitat for Humanity redefine “affordable housing”

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via fb post [can’t add link was from Darren Jacklin on 9.2.25]:

Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, walked away with $38 billion after the divorce.

What did she do with the money?

She gave away $14 billion in 4 years.

She’s been giving it away faster than anyone in history.

MacKenzie Scott could have played the billionaire game: hedge funds, private jets, philanthropy galas.

Instead, she rewrote the rulebook.

Since 2019, she’s given away more than $14 billion to over 1,600 organizations.

No strings. No naming rights. No 200-page grant proposals. Just trust.

as per above.. you do have to go thru the strings of a company she uses to give out the money.. looser strings.. but not no strings

Community colleges. Food banks. Racial justice groups. Women’s shelters.

The kinds of organizations that don’t usually get billionaires on the phone.

Her model is radical in its simplicity:

– Give big
– Give fast
– Step out of the spotlight

She doesn’t announce where she’s going next.

She doesn’t sit on panels.

She doesn’t even run a foundation.

again.. she runs her funds thru one though.. 

She signs a check, walks away, and in a world where philanthropy is often theater, that’s the part that hits hardest.

MacKenzie Scott is proving you can change lives at scale without turning it into a performance.

The quietest billionaire in America might be the one making the loudest impact. 

wish someone would do no strings.. but yeah.. bravo for her at least doing better.. 

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if only..  (if only legit strings.. she just has others doing it.. less strings.. but not no strings.. wrote her anyway.. email never got thru)

dear mackenzie:

nothing to date has gotten to the root of problem

legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do

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yet.. google how to contact her:

There isn’t a direct way to contact MacKenzie Scott personally for philanthropic reasons, as her giving operates through a distinct process that does not involve direct outreach or applications. Instead, her philanthropic endeavors are managed through Yield Giving. According to Yield Giving, their approach focuses on empowering organizations by ceding control and supporting *those already doing impactful work.

If your organization aligns with the areas of focus identified by Yield Giving, you may have the opportunity to be considered for funding through their open calls. According to Lever for Change, they utilize partnerships and open calls to identify and distribute funds to organizations that meet their criteria. You can also review the areas of focus and trends in giving by checking the Yield Giving website and resources like articles about her giving patterns. 

so strings/constraints.. right up front..  or rather.. at the end.. she probably gives yield giving money no strings.. but then they are her intermediary strings before getting to people .. oi

ie of their strings ness from yield giving site:

• Evaluate organizations through careful analysis of criteria specific to their size, geography, and mission for indicators of high potential for sustained positive impact, including stable finances, multi-year track records, measurement and evidence of outcomes, and experienced leadership representative of the community served 

holy cow.. what a killer to unconditional ness.. to the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

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