NEW YORK (Diya TV) — MacKenzie Scott contributed approximately $6.65 billion to U.S. nonprofits in 2025, accounting for roughly one-third of the $19.22 billion in exceptionally large donations tracked by Giving USA.
The annual report, published in June and researched by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, estimated that total U.S. charitable giving reached $617.2 billion. Contributions increased 5.7 percent from the previous year, or three percent after inflation.
Scott’s U.S. contributions counted in the report differ from her worldwide giving. Her December disclosure listed more than $7 billion in gifts to organizations globally during the period covered by that update.
Yield Giving, her philanthropic operation, reports more than $26 billion distributed through over twenty-seven hundred gifts. Scott provides funding that nonprofit teams can use as they see fit, rather than directing every dollar toward a specific project.
Her website publishes recipient information and essays explaining her approach, although some gift amounts remain undisclosed. Recipients work across education, housing, health, economic opportunity and other community needs.
In an essay published Dec. 9, Scott emphasized that everyday acts of generosity contribute to communities alongside large financial gifts.
Other major contributions tracked in 2025 included $4.3 billion from Michael Bloomberg, $3.7 billion from Bill Gates and $1.34 billion from Warren Buffett. Giving USA’s exceptionally large donations category increased from $11.72 billion in 2024 to $19.22 billion in 2025.
Individual donors remained the largest source of charitable funding, contributing approximately $394.2 billion. Foundations provided $117.15 billion, estates contributed $62.19 billion through bequests, and corporations gave $43.67 billion.
Religious organizations received the most funding, followed by human services and education. Giving to eight of the nine recipient categories increased in current dollars.
The national total set a record before adjusting for inflation and ranked second-highest after that adjustment. Giving USA describes its figures as estimates and revises them as final tax records and other data become available.
