Celebrity Causes
 

What causes does your favorite celebrity support?

(Celebrities are in no particular order.)

Lady Gaga has been a driving force in raising money to end HIV/AIDS, working with groups like the-MAC AIDS Fund.

Matthew McConaughey started the j. k. livin Foundation.

Alyssa Milano supports a variety of causes, and has used social media like Twitter to get others involved. For her 37th birthday she asked people to donate to charity:water. The effort raised over $75,000.

Natalie Portman is a spokesperson for FINCA International, which focuses on microloans in developing countries.

Selma Hayek has teamed with the Avon foundation to support the Speakout Against Domestic Violence. Hayek also started the Selma Hayek Foundation.

Don Cheadle founded Not On Our Watch with others including George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt.

photo: water.org

Matt Damon co-founded water.org. He is also a prominent advocate for one.org.

Ashton Kutcher used his twitter account in a challenge with CNN. As a result, Kutcher donated 10,000 mosquito bed nets to Nothing But Nets.

Hugh Jackman posted on his twitter page that he would donate to one individual's favorite non profit organization. He ended up contributing to two charities: Charity Water and Operation of Hope.

CNN anchor Betty Nguyen established Help the Hungry with her family.

Lucy Liu is an ambassador for the US Fund  for UNICEF

Maria Sharapova supports people affected by the Chernobyl disaster.

Tyra Banks started the TZONE Foundation.

Petra Nemcova started the Happy Hearts Fund.

Jimmy Carter

Sir Richard Branson has been involved with several charities; some are centralized at VirginUnite.

Bono

Charlize Theron

Sir Sean Connery

Sting started Rainforest Foundation with his wife.

Pierce Brosnan (Planet Ark)

Roger Daltry is a patron of Teenage Cancer Trust

Sir Paul McCartney

Gary Sinese and Laura Hillenbrand started Operation Iraqi Children

Muhammad Ali

Edward Norton supports the Enterprise Foundation, which has headquarters in Columbia, MD

Prince Charles

Sir Elton John

Meryl Streep

Tom Hanks

Darrell Greene

Celine Dion

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Michael Bolton

William Shatner

Bill Clinton

Jimmy Smits co-founded The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts

Leonardo DiCapprio

Oprah

Paul Newman started Newman's Own; they've given away over $175 million to charity.  "It started as a joke and got out of control."

Derek Jeter started the Turn 2 Foundation

Phil Collins (Little Dreams Foundation)

Sharon Stone

Rosie O'Donnell

Garth Brooks

Princess Grace of Monaco

Jane Seymour

Chris Evert

Dolly Parton

Doris Day  Doris Day Animal Foundation  Doris Day Animal League (both located in Washington DC)

Audrey Hepburn

Sarah Jessica Parker

Jennifer Aniston

Denis Leary

Carlos and Deborah Santana

Bill and Melinda Gates The Gates have given away over $20 billion.

Richard Gere

Michael Douglas

Dame Elizabeth Taylor: AMFAR and Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation

Princess Diana

Paul Simon co-founded The Childrens Health Fund

Edward James Olmos

Whitney Houston