- Form
- cash
- Status
- committed
- Channel
- own fund
- Recipient
- Day 1 Fund
- Date
- 2018
What it means: One commitment to his own fund, made jointly with MacKenzie Bezos; not a lifetime total.
One commitment to his own fund, made jointly with MacKenzie Bezos; not a lifetime total.
Key facts
Documented record (USD)
$2B
Day 1 Fund commitment (2018), listed jointly with MacKenzie Bezos
Scope
Single gift
Period
2018
As of
Unknown
Attribution
Channel: own fund. Recipient: Day 1 Fund.
Original currency
USD as reported
One or more sources on this profile are secondary (marked below) and queued for a better source.
Net worth
Unknown — not yet documented
Giving share
Unknown — not yet documented
No compatible net-worth observation in this preview.
Annual giving
Unknown — not yet documented
No current-year paid total verified.
Private impact
Unknown — not yet documented
Unknown is not zero.
How they give
The math
Every number is footnoted. Where we did the arithmetic, the note shows it.
- Paid vs pledged
- Committed[1]As reported by the cited sources. A pledge is not proof of payment.
- Foundation pass-through vs. reaching charities
- Goes through their own vehicle first[1]Money placed in a foundation, DAF or LLC they control reaches charities later, as grants.
- % of net worth
- Not yet researchedUnknown is not zero.
The gift
Giving timeline
Dated facts present in this record, each tied to a numbered citation.
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Cited disclosure[1]
‘Forbes 400' and ‘Giving Pledge’ Billionaires Who Gave Big in 2018
Notable gifts / records
$2B [1]
Day 1 Fund commitment (2018), listed jointly with MacKenzie Bezos
Scope: Single gift. Period: 2018. As of: Unknown.
Sources
- [1] S01 ‘Forbes 400' and ‘Giving Pledge’ Billionaires Who Gave Big in 2018 The Chronicle of Philanthropy · 2019-02-12 · checked 2026-10-11 “… . Philanthropy 50 rank Donor Amount donated Forbes rank Net worth Share of wealth donated 1 Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos $2,000,000,000 1 $160,000,000,000 1.3 2 Michael Bloomberg $767,000,000 10 $51,800,000,000 1.5 3 Pierre and Pam Omidyar $392,000,000 …” Page states the figure used here ($2B). Citation check: passed (HTTP 200, figure found near the name).
- [2] S02 Jeff Bezos - Wikipedia Wikipedia · checked 2026-10-11 “… 8, 2019 . Retrieved July 1, 2019 . ↑ Kim, Eugene (September 16, 2018). "Unanswered questions about Jeff Bezos' new $2 billion philanthropic fund" . CNBC. Archived from the original on April 29, 2019 . Retrieved July 1, 2019 . ↑ Grothaus, …” Page states the figure used here ($2B). Citation check: passed (HTTP 200, figure found near the name). Source check: secondary. Queued for a better primary or independent source.
Identity and updates
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