Fistula Foundation CEO Kate Grant says the record-setting gift will fuel the foundation’s mission to end obstetric fistula in a generation.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has done it again, making a game-changing donation of $15 million to the Fistula Foundation, a San Jose-based nonprofit on a mission to eradicate obstetric fistula, a condition that leaves women incontinent after childbirth.
“I met my first fistula patient in 1994, and am as moved today as I was then by the suffering women with fistula endure before they have surgery,” Grant said. “The treatment is quite miraculous, giving them a new lease on life.” “The Scott gift is a huge vote of confidence in us,” she said. Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, began giving away more than $4 billion to nonprofits in 2020, putting an emphasis on those that work on issues of racial and LGBTQ equality, climate change, democracy and women’s rights.
“We do think this is big – a pioneering philanthropist helping a women led organization that benefits women,” she said this week. “I was playing Annie Lenox and Aretha Franklin singing ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves’ for my team recently!”Memorial Day is Monday, and while many people will be firing up their backyard grills and enjoying a day off work, others will be remembering those who gave their lives in service to our country.
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