On Monday, billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $45 million to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit that serves LGBTQ+ youth. The big reward comes simply months after the Trump administration shut down counseling companies for queer youth by way of the federally funded 988 Suicide and Disaster Lifeline, for which the The Trevor Undertaking administered companies.
In a blog post Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Undertaking, known as the donation “transformational,” describing Scott’s reward as the most important single donation the charitable group has ever acquired in its 27 years of working. Scott beforehand donated $6 million to the nonprofit in the course of the first Trump administration.
Scott, who divorced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, is a prolific philanthropist who has just lately ramped up her charitable donations. In 2025, Scott gave over $7 billion to nonprofit organizations.
“At a time when many LGBTQ+ younger individuals are going through heightened stigma, political hostility, and psychological well being challenges, MacKenzie Scott’s help sends a robust message,” Black wrote. “LGBTQ+ younger folks matter, and the world is stuffed with folks combating for his or her security and well-being.”
In accordance with a Trevor Project survey regarding LGBTQ+ youth psychological well being within the US, round 45 % of LGBTQ+ youth ages 13 to 24 have thought of suicide. The group goals to assist these disproportionately in danger.
Following Trump’s election in 2024, the Trevor Undertaking noticed a 700 percent increase in calls, chats, and texts. It noticed a 33 % bump in outreach following the inauguration final yr, and in addition sees upticks following occasions like final yr’s ruling within the US v. Skrmetti case, which upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming look after minors.
Black sees Scott’s reward as “a robust step towards constructing on our sustainable capability” because the group works to broaden and serve extra LGBTQ+ youth across the globe and innovate to ensure companies are reaching them when they’re in want of assist.
“Over the approaching months, we are going to road-map a strategic and considerate funding plan targeted on strengthening our core disaster companies, bettering long-term sustainability, and accelerating our progress towards a world the place each LGBTQ+ younger particular person is aware of they’re beloved and supported,” Black stated within the weblog put up.
Scott’s different latest presents to charitable organizations embrace multimillion-dollar donations to teams engaged on environmental safety and public training.
