MacKenzie Scott Says We Underestimate the Impact of Small Acts of Kindness

Whatever you think about the charitable gifts of MacKenzie Scott, no one would describe them as small. The novelist and philanthropist gave away $7 billion in 2025. That's more than her ex-husband Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has given away in his entire lifetime. But when Scott penned her end-of-year essay reflecting on her efforts, she wasn't focused on eye-popping numbers or dramatic gestures.

Instead, she wanted to spotlight the impact of small, everyday acts of kindness.

America the Generous

"It's easy to focus on the methods of civic participation that make news, and hard to imagine the importance of the things we do each day with our own minds and hearts," she wrote. But our everyday acts of care and kindness add up financially.

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