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.
Her fortune didn’t come from her husband. She was an integral business partner in growing their fortune together. She’s just one of the few ghouls who show some semblance of humanity occasionally, so we seem to have to take her agency out of the equation. She’s guilty just like Bezos, but at least there’s some sign of remorse.
She rarely gets credit, why should she take the blame.
Why misattribute her wealth though?