Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $70 million to Meals on Wheels America—helping feed more than 2 million people a year

While billionaires have come under fire for not living up to their philanthropic promises, one person is rising from the rest: MacKenzie Scott. She’s pouring billions into education, public health, and the environment—and now, she just funneled some of her fortune to help feed and support millions of Americans. 

Scott recently gave a $70 million unrestricted donation to Meals on Wheels America, a nationwide charity providing meals, social connection, and safety checks to more than 2 million U.S. seniors and homebound people every year. 

The organization announced Scott’s donation last Friday, adding that her contribution comes at a time when one in three local Meals on Wheels providers have a waitlist, with elderly citizens having to wait an average of four months for meals and services. 

Scott’s $70 million donation is just a drop in the bucket of her $26 billion philanthropic streak since 2020. The early Amazon employee and ex-wife of Jeff Bezos worth $41.1 billion is rewriting the playbook of billionaire philanthropy. 

How Scott’s $70 million donation will support America’s isolated elders

Thanks to Scott’s latest investment, Meals on Wheels said it can focus more on opportunities to “strengthen the network’s capacity” in the long-term and give more resources to local providers. 

Meals on Wheels currently supports more than 5,000........

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