Billionaire philanthropist and novelist Mackenzie Scott has donated $275 million to reproductive health care nonprofit Planned Parenthood—the largest gift ever given to the organization.
In an announcement Wednesday in a Medium post, Scott details his latest donations to 465 organizations and institutions, including Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Urban Teachers.
She says the primary focus of her philanthropy is to support "underrepresented people from all kinds of groups".
Scott said in his post, "The cause of equality has no side. Nor can there be a single solution."
"We are all human. And we all have a lot of energy to dedicate to helping and protecting the people we love," she also said.
Scott, who divorced Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos in 2019, has given more than $12 billion to nearly 1,200 groups so far. In his divorce from Bezos, he received a 4% stake in Amazon. Currently, she has an estimated net worth of $48.3 billion.
The large donation was made to Planned Parenthood's national office and its 21 regional partners, a move that is part of Scott's 2019 pledge to give away the majority of his wealth.
"As an important part of the public health framework, we are incredibly grateful for Ms. Scott's extraordinary philanthropic investment in Planned Parenthood," Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson said in a statement.
The donation, McGill Johnson says, will support the nonprofit's efforts to improve health equity for its patients of color by eliminating racial and structural barriers in the community.