MacKenzie Scott gave away another $7.1 billion in 2024 — bringing her total donations since 2019 to a staggering $26 billion.

In a rare blog post published on her philanthropy site, Yield Giving, Scott detailed her latest contributions, which span nonprofits around the world. “Since my post last December, I’ve given $7,166,000,000 to organizations doing work all over the world,” she wrote.

Scott’s giving is notable not just for its scale, but also for its style: recipients often don’t even know they’re being considered until the money lands. Many learn of the gift through a quiet call or email, sometimes from an unfamiliar intermediary.

That was the case for Kim Mazzuca, CEO of the California-based nonprofit 10,000 Degrees, which helps low-income students access and afford higher education. Mazzuca told the Associated Press that the news came via a call from someone at Fidelity Charitable — not even the firm that manages Scott’s fortune.

“I was just filled with such joy,” she said. “I was speechless and I kind of stumbled around with my words.”

Scott, who received her Amazon fortune following her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos, has consistently focused her giving on equity and access — particularly for underserved communities. In her latest blog, she explained that her own experiences with hardship as a student guide her decisions.

“Whose generosity did I think of every time I made every one of the thousands of gifts I’ve been able to give?” she wrote. “It was the local dentist who offered me free dental work when he saw me securing a broken tooth with denture glue in college.”

She also recalled a former roommate who loaned her $1,000 so she wouldn’t have to drop out.

Those stories have shaped a pattern in her donations: many of Scott’s recipients support education, student aid, and community development — often with a focus on racial and economic equity.

Scott rarely seeks public attention for her philanthropy and doesn’t attach strings or restrictions to her gifts. The organizations she supports are often left with no reporting requirements and full discretion over how to spend the money.

Her model has reshaped how many view high-dollar philanthropy: less ceremony, more trust, and a willingness to give big without micromanaging the result.

And at $26 billion in just five years, she’s proving that doing good quietly can still make a global impact.