11/13/2022
Jeff Bezos is giving Dolly Parton $100 million to donate to a charity of her choice as a part of receiving his Courage and Civility award.
Bezos, the world’s second-richest person, tweeted a video clip on Saturday from the awards ceremony.
Parton has previously donated $1 million towards coronavirus vaccine research and has been an active philanthropist since 1995 when she launched the Imagination Library through the Dollywood Foundation. Her program donates books to children across five countries.
Bezos has also been known to give to charity in recent years. In 2019 the Amazon founder donated $100 million to help tackle homelessness and allowed the charities to choose how they spend the funds.
Since he stepped down as chief executive officer of Amazon in July last year, he has launched the $10 billion Earth Fund to help fight climate change and given $200 million to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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