Charities included the No More’s which combat domestic violence and sexual assault, Autism Speaks and the Worldwide Orphans Foundation.
JOHN CENA
John was the Grand Marshal for the 2014 Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure, and granted over 400 Make-A-Wish requests.
TAYLOR SWIFT
Taylor supports well over 20 charities and causes with both her time and money. Just in 2014 she donated $50k to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
JUSTIN BIEBER
In 2014, Justin made over 200 Make-A-Wish requests come true. He also joined the #CardsForDanny campaign, devoted to sending birthday cards to a young child battling cancer.
LEBRON JAMES
LeBron founded the Lebron James Family Foundation in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and has since helped around 800 children graduate high school.
OLIVIA WILDE
Olivia has spent many years with Artists for Peace and Justice, which supports communities in Haiti through programs in education, healthcare, and dignity through the arts. She has also been devoted to fighting hunger and providing clean water, and she co-founded Conscious Commerce in 2014, a retailer that donates a portion of every purchase to charity.
BEYONCE
Beyonce is known for her #beyGOOD social media campaigns, helping people with jobs, food and housing, medical services and everything in between. She has also put a lot of effort into helping the homeless, spent $7 million out of pocket on a Houston housing charity, and donated a dollar from every On The Run tour ticket to funding higher education.
EMMA WATSON
Emma launched HeforShe, which promotes gender equality around the world. She also has offered tremendous support for UNICEF, serving as the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Women, and working as creative advisor to PeopleTree, a fashion line drawing talent from developing nations.
JOHN LEGEND
Back in 2007, John launched the Show Me campaign, to promote higher education and to combat higher incarceration rates around the country. Furthermore, in 2014, he raised close to half a million dollars with his music video “You and I.”
GEORGE LUCAS
George recently announced plans to build a 52 acre affordable housing project in Marin County, the largest in the Bay area, costing him $200 million.
SETH ROGAN
Seth is one of the leading champions for improved funding in combating Alzheimer’s disease, and he spoke at the February 2014 Senate Committee in D.C. drawing on personal experience with his mother-in-law. Additionally, he founded Hilarity for Charity to help raise awareness and donations, topping $1 million in funds raised.
DEMI LOVATO
In 2011, Demi was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, so come 2014, she joined the Mental Health Listening & Engagement Tour. She also pledged $1 million to help earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan, back in 2011.
ANGELINA JOLIE & BRAD PITT
Angelina and Brad founded The Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation back in 2003 to fight rural poverty and protect natural resources in Cambodia. Additionally, when the two were married in 2014, they sold their wedding photos for $5 million and they invested every penny into the foundation, bringing the total up to more than $20 million.
GEORGE CLOONEY
In 2014, George co-authored an article for VICE News, calling for the US to focus on terrorism, poverty and human rights in Sudan. He also donated generously to ONE Campaign, Everyone Matters, and the World Food Programme.
MATT DAMON
In 2006, Matt co-founded the H20 Africa Foundation, in the name of providing safe, clean water to developing countries. More recently, he has helped to start the “Buy a Lady a Drink” foundation, providing water to impoverished women who spend an estimated 200 million combined hours a day collecting water.
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WILL.I.AM
Will.I.Am’s foundation i.am.angel is devoted to providing at-need communities, like Boyle Heights, with the educational opportunities that they need to pursue careers. It primarily covers education in science, technology, engineering, arts and math, or S.T.E.A.M.
MILEY CYRUS
Miley and Jess Helt, who accepted Miley’s 2014 VMA win in the name of 1.5 million homeless youth and runaways, raised over six figures following the ceremony. Since then, Miley spent most of 2015 performing “Happy Hippie Presents” concerts in her back yard to raise money for homeless youths.
MINDY KALING
Mindy recently auctioned off a script from The Mindy Project to raise money for Rosie’s Theater Kids, an arts education organization aiming to enrich the lives of children across the country.
ONE DIRECTION
Back in 2014, they raised $341,869 for the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.
LAVERNE COX
Laverne raised $1.6 million for charity performing for the Broadway Bares burlesque show.
RYAN SEACREST
In 2010, Ryan founded the Ryan Seacrest Foundation which is devoted to providing children with medical services at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Carrie founded the C.A.T.S. foundation in 2009, which helps with causes in her hometown area of Checotah, Oklahoma. Additionally, she has donated to charities including PETA, Project Clean Water, the Human Society and the Salvation Army, among almost two dozen others.
ELTON JOHN
In 2014, Elton founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and designed a custom Build-a-Bear to support Operation Bobbi Bear, a foundation devoted to helping victimized and sexually abused children.
LUPITA NYONG’O
Lupita helped promote WildAid, which combats poaching and saves wild elephants in Africa.
BONO
Bono has donated generously to both foundations Amnesty International and Make Poverty History. He also helped found RED to combat AIDS globally and he gave a surprise concert in Times Square to raise money for the foundation.
