Bezos Promised $100 Million After Maui Wildfire But No One Knows Where It’s Going
- Billionaire has paid $15.5 million so far, spokesperson says
- Local officials, nonprofits don’t know where the money went
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Jeff Bezos has a habit of issuing splashy philanthropic promises while offering few details. The latest: a $100 million pledge to help rebuild Maui after August’s devastating wildfires.
Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez have given $15.5 million over the past five months through the Bezos Maui Fund, according to a spokesperson for the billionaire. But he declined to name the recipients — and local officials and nonprofits on Hawaii’s second-biggest island are puzzled at where the money might have gone.