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MacKenzie Scott
American philanthropist and novelist
WashingtonTechnologyGiving Pledge
A
78
Giving Score
uses a net worth as of Apr 2021
~$59.4B
Est. Net Worth (as of Apr 2021)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
A net worth stated in this summary may be out of date.
MacKenzie Scott is an American philanthropist and novelist, born in 1970, associated with Washington and the technology industry. Her estimated net worth is ~$59.4B. She is a signatory to the Giving Pledge. Wikidata RTB
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR records list two insider ownership filings for MacKenzie Scott J., both dated October 12, 2022: a Form 3 and a Form 4. A Form 3 is an initial statement of an insider's ownership in a public company, while a Form 4 reports subsequent changes in that ownership. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
Yield Giving reports over $26B in more than 2,700 unrestricted gifts, with no private foundation used for those gifts. RTB
Political Activity
FEC data shows at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the 100 most recent records, from December 1, 2025 through July 28, 2026, and are not a complete history. Those sampled contributions totaled $1,202.04: $1,058.81 went to Unknown-party recipients, $60 to Democratic recipients, $50 to Independent recipients, and $33.23 to Republican recipients. The largest listed recipients in the sample were ActBlue ($788.26), WinRed ($145.85), VoteVets ($100), DCCC ($60), and Osborn for Senate ($50). FEC
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
In the News
Recent coverage focused on Scott's reported $26B in giving through Yield Giving and described grants supporting organizations in areas including housing and public health. Another article reported that she donated two Beverly Hills homes in 2022 and that their sale supported affordable housing in Los Angeles. NewsAPI
U.S. Presence
otherU.S. economic presence
Direct Giving
$26.0BGiven via Yield Giving
$3.7BPer year (avg)
Over $26B in 2,700+ no-strings gifts via Yield Giving — no private foundation, so absent from 990 data.
Direct gifts made outside a private foundation (no 990 filing) — counted in the giving score.
Political Contributions
$1K+In Records We Hold
2391Contributions On File
2025–2026Range Shown
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 2,391 federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $1,202.04.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
ACTBLUE$788.26
WINRED$145.85
VOTEVETS$100
DCCC$60
OSBORN FOR SENATE$50
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
SEC Filings
2Total Filings
2Insider Filings
7EDGAR Mentions
0001949679Personal CIK
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
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10/12/2022News Coverage
Coverage window: 2026-08-11 to 2026-08-21 · retrieved 8/22/2026
Score Breakdown
A
78
Giving score
uses a net worth as of Apr 2021
The giving score is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Philanthropy65% weight
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
Data coverage35% weight
How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata