GiveIndia among beneficiaries of Mackenzie Scott's $2.7 billion charity donation, to scale up using funds

Bangalore-based non-profit GiveIndia today said that it is one among the 286 beneficiaries of billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott's recent $2.7billion charity donation.

GiveIndia said that the money comes with "no restrictions".

Scott, ex-wife of the world's richest man and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, made the donation along with her husband Dan Jewett. Scott said in a Medium post speaking about the decision that she is troubled by rising wealth inequality and believed that "solutions are best designed and implemented by others".


Last year, Scott donated about $6 billion to Covid-19 related causes and gender equity and racial equality causes.

Speaking about the announcement, chief executive of GiveIndia Atul Satija, "This is a big moment for us as much as it is a big moment for philanthropy. Mackenzie Scott has left it to the organisations receiving the awards to decide on the most impactful way of spending them. This puts a huge onus on us to use the contribution responsibly to further scale our poverty alleviation work. As an organisation enabling giving back, this would mean enhancing our platform and technology to enable our 2,000+ NGO partners to scale their crowdfunding, and partnering with corporates and foundations to support their giving. We are extremely honoured and humbled by the trust placed in GiveIndia as an organisation."

Over the last two years, GiveIndia has also received grants from A.T.E. Chandra Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Omidyar Network India, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and philanthropist Vikrant Bhargava.