MacKenzie Scott gives away $4.1 billion to 384 organizations, including 5 Washington state groups

MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced Tuesday that she has given away $4.1 billion in the past four months to 384 organizations, part of a giving pledge she announced last year.

Five Washington state organizations were included: Craft3, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) focused on investing in Black- Indigenous- and people of color-owned businesses, which received $10 million; The Pride Foundation, which received $3 million; Easterseals Washington, one of 22 child-centered affiliates from around the country, which received an undisclosed sum; Walla Walla Community College; and the YMCA of Greater Seattle.

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