MacKenzie Scott donates millions to N.J. groups as part of $4.1B in giving Updated Dec 18, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 In this March 4, 2018 file photo, then-MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP) Facebook Share Author and billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, donated millions of dollars to New Jersey groups as part of the $4.1 billion in charitable giving she announced Wednesday. “This pandemic has been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling,” Scott said in a post on Medium. “Economic losses and health outcomes alike have been worse for women, for people of color, and for people living in poverty. Meanwhile, it has substantially increased the wealth of billionaires.”