Jeff Bezos gave Dolly Parton $100 million to donate to charities

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has awarded his Courage And Civility Award to country music legend Dolly Parton.

It’s $100 MILLION, which Dolly can use in any charitable way she likes.

We’ve just announced a new Courage and Civility award recipient — @DollyParton, who leads with her heart, and will put this $100 million award to great use helping so many people. She joins prior awardees, @VanJones68 and @Chefjoseandres. Congrats, Dolly! pic.twitter.com/dzTuoGVp3G

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 12, 2022

In response, Dolly said:

“When people are in a position to help, you should help. I try to put my money where my heart is and will do good things with this.”