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With all the scandal going on in the news (Lindsay Lohan’s multiple DUIs, Michael Vick’s dogfighting allegations, and the leader of the Tour De France getting ousted), it’s hard to believe that celebrities do anything worthwhile anymore. They seem to just make money and get busted by the cops.
But in doing some research, I found that many celebrities do a lot of good – by giving away large amounts to charity. The Giving Back Fund, a national public charity, compiled List of Largest Charitable Donations by Celebrities in 2006. I was really interested to see who the top donors were so I included the Top 11 below. The #1 donor wasn’t too surprising but the others I didn’t expect.
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Ranking |
Donor |
Amount
Donated or
Pledged |
Recipients |
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1 |
Oprah Winfrey |
$58,300,000 |
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, Oprah's Angel Network, and other groups |
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2 |
Geoffrey Beene |
$44,000,000
(bequest) |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
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3 |
Jack and Marie
Lord |
$40,000,000
(bequest) |
Hawaii Community Foundation |
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4 |
Barbra Streisand |
$11,750,000 |
Barbra Streisand Foundation, numerous civil liberties, environmental, and civil
rights organizations "dedicated to democratic values" |
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5 |
Tiger Woods |
$9,500,000 |
Tiger Woods Learning Center, Earl D. Woods Sr. Scholarship Fund, and other
Tiger Woods Foundation programs |
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6 |
Rosie O'Donnell |
$5,700,000 |
Katrina Relief efforts including Renaissance Village (a temporary shelter for Katrina victims), day care centers, a rehabilitation center in San Antonio, and a Habitat for Humanity sub division in Baton Rouge |
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7 |
Martha Stewart |
$5,000,000 |
New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital for a center on healthy aging |
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8 |
Carmelo Anthony |
$4,282,000 |
CAF Youth Center in Baltimore, AAU Basketball, Syracuse University
Recreational Center, and other charities |
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9 |
Pat and Shirley
Boone |
$3,000,000 |
Pepperdine University for the Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Center for the Family |
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10 |
LeRoy Neiman |
$3,000,000 |
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago to support a Master's class in figure drawing |
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11 |
Angelina Jolie
and Brad Pitt |
$2,415,000 |
School and Community Center in Swakopmund in Namibia, Daniel Pearl Foundation, Namibian hospitals, Doctors without Borders, Global Action for Children and others |
CLICK HERE to view the full list.
Justin – A Lumen
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