Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott writes about the $2 billion in donations her foundation gave in 2024 and also some alternate and forgotten definitions of the word “invest”: “To devote resources for a useful purpose. To endow with rights. To clothe.”
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I'm inspired by her no-strings giving approach.
Nearly everyone who makes any charitable financial contribution is making it without any restrictions.
If you mean Scott's .001%er peers, then agreed. Why that's good should be obvious, but probably isn't...
Speaking of no strings, I started giving a small monthly amount to GiveDirectly, inspired by this Kottke post last year.
In view of her wealth, I'm not so sure I'm all that impressed.
Also query the benefits (generally) of giving money that our exceptional national government that we freely elected will impede or even shut down as a matter of law.
I mean, if I was a zillionaire, I'd use a %^&* ton of money running progressive Congressional candidates...
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