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.
She apparently gave $7.1 billion to nonprofits last year. I think we may have found the only decent billionaire, though she probably won’t stay one for longer than a decade at this rate.
If anyone is interested in reading about the only good billionaire, check out Chuck Feeney’s story.
She’s still a bad billionaire. The only way she stops being a bad billionaire is to stop being a billionaire.
She inherited her wealth through divorce and has given away a good portion of it. She’s working toward being a millionaire, which is the best kind of billionaire. It takes time and what she’s done with her money has been good.
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Yeah, sure, but that doesn’t make all billionaires equally bad. If you’re going to set up the guillotines, it’s worth knowing who the worst are.
Agreed. This is the “both sides” argument
Truly insufferable.
Wow! I don’t understand why isn’t she hoarding the money. Must be something wrong with her. Living in a capitalistic economy and not hoarding wealth.
