Breaking the Mold: The transformative effect of MacKenzie Scott’s big gifts: The final report in a three-year study

In just five years, MacKenzie Scott has given more than $19 billion in unrestricted support to more than 2,000 organizations,1 stating that her aim “has been to support the needs of underrepresented people from groups of all kinds.”2 Scott’s very large, unrestricted gifts — with few to no restrictions on the time in which they must be spent have transformed recipient organizations and influenced many of the communities these organizations serve.