MacKenzie Scott backed an anti-bullying cause before giving away billions

MacKenzie Scott is widely known for the extraordinary pace at which she has given away her fortune, often handing large grants to organisations with few restrictions on how the money should be spent. But years before her name became closely associated with billionaire philanthropy, she was backing a much smaller and less publicised cause.In 2014, Scott founded Bystander Revolution, an organisation focused on bullying and encouraging people to intervene when they witnessed it. The project reflected an interest in social issues that existed well before her 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos turned her into one of the world's wealthiest women.At the time, Scott was better known as an author and the mother of four than as a major philanthropist. She had also worked at Amazon during its early years. The Bystander Revolution offered a glimpse of her charitable interests before she gained control of a vast fortune and began distributing billions of dollars to causes around the world.MacKenzie Scott's charitable journey began well before her vast fortuneScott had largely stayed out of the public spotlight during her marriage to Bezos. She was an author and mother of four, and she had also worked...