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Melinda French Gates’ $12.5 Billion Creates Path to Unrestricted Giving

  • Nonprofit leaders hope she’ll model giving on MacKenzie Scott
  • French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures is focused on empowering women
Melinda French Gates Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
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After her divorce from Jeff Bezos in 2019, MacKenzie Scott changed the game of billionaire philanthropy, writing huge checks to small charities at a breakneck pace from her newly independent $36 billion fortune.

Now, the philanthropy world is hoping for another seismic shift from Melinda French Gates, who’s armed with $12.5 billion to deploy for her own charity work independent of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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