The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the organization said Monday.
The gift is the largest in the organization’s history but also a major boon following years of management turmoil, layoffs and the loss of significant federal funding over the summer.
“I literally could not believe it and it took some time. I actually gasped,” said Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project, when they were notified of Scott’s gift.
Scott, whose fortune largely comes from her ex-husband Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gave more than $7 billion to nonprofits in 2025, but this gift to The Trevor Project was not included among the donations she disclosed on her website in December. Scott previously gave The Trevor Project $6 million in 2020.
And the only reason she’s a billionaire is because she’s… well, maybe mooching isn’t the right word, maybe “siphoning off his wealth” lol.
More proof you have to be a complete psycho to become a billionaire the normal way, and they shouldn’t exist!
She wasn’t just along for the ride with Bezos, she helped found Amazon. She wasn’t involved directly for the part where it became huge and evil, though
Well, tbf when she married him, he wasn’t rich. This was pre-Amazon. Yes, he got a fair bit of startup cash—but Amazon really is one of those “right thing right time” companies.
It’s what he did in the following couple decades that made him a monster.
She just got half.