You have celebrities such as the Black Eyed Peas, Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt whom have given a piece of themselves to the world because they know that people need help around the world, from South East Asia to Africa to America. I am here to educate everyone on how they are beneficial to us for more than just their wonderful attributes to the entertainment industry and beyond. This is only an attribution to them taken from places like YouTube and such to show how much they have accomplised and attempted to do to help those in need globally, because "WE ARE ONE PEOPLE."
THE BLACK EYED PEAS
In 2006 The Black Eyed Peas who founded the Peapod Foundation in 2005 performed in South Africa with friends to allow this underprivileged section of the world to experience music of such magnititude. Their goal for the concert was to raise awareness for the contributions to philanthropy and raise funds fpor the Adopt-A-School Program in South Africa (compliments of the Peapodfoundation.org).
The Black Eyed Peas have done more concerts and benefits in recognition of ample complications facing society, and the world... Visit The PeapodFoundation.org and check ot some of these philanthropic contributions....
OPRAH WINFREY
Oprah Winfrey is known for many things, charitable in many ways. She has given a piece of herslef for years, especially being a victim of circumstance at one point in her life, she knows how it is to have a need for a life beyond what is sitting in front of her. She has taken her blessing and have blessed people around the world. People condemned her for her contributions in South Africa, not understanding that "WE ARE ONE PEOPLE."
Oprah Winfrey was raped at age nine and lost a child at age 14, and has managed to develop into such a business woman, having endured such trials in her own life. She began as a radio personality, and has gone from that to being one of the most popular and wealthy television host, as she host The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago. She has even had her share of acting, producing, and debuts on Broadway as she has co starred in movies such as The Color Purple, and starred in her own directed movie Beloved, and who can forget her acclaimed broadway show a rendition of The Color Purple, which sold out everywhere.
Adding to the count of Oprah accomplishments she has added philanthropy to her amazing achievements as she has developed the Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.
Compliments of Businessweek, Oprah is the first African American to make the top 50 list in the magazine. As she was being interviewed by the prestige magazine she expressed what her philanthropic goals are, "My foundation will continue to focus primarily on funding education projects globally. I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny. My gifts are more focused and directed toward making immediate change" (Oprah Winfrey, Businessweek.com).
The Oprah Winfrey Foundations supply grants to non-profit organizations that want to help with educational opportunites and help families around the world live better. For more information check out O PHILANTHROPYANGELINA JOLIE AND BRAD PITT
Daughter of actor John Voigt, Angelina Jolie has made a name for herself in the movie industry as well, but beyond her acting capabilities, Jolie and partner Brad Pitt, and esteemed actor as well have taken time to travel the world and give a large part of their lives to helping and figuring how we can help the less fortunate. Going beyond the act of philanthropy, they have also taken it upon themselves to bring children from different cultures into their own lives, as they have adopted children from other countries as their own.
According to Philanthropy Today Brad Pitt gave $4.4 million to the Jolie Pitt Foundation and Angelina Jolie gave $4.1 million totaling $8.5 million to their charity which had only accrued $27,000 in expenses. From there they gave $1 million each to Doctors Without Borders and the Global AIDS Alliance and went on to supply smaller amounts to Namibia Red Cross Action Program, the Daniel Pearl Foundation, Global Green USA, and the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation, among other grantees (Philanthropy.com).
But the list of celebritities who have given to others does not end there....
According to LookAtTheStars.org there are 30 top Celebrity Philanthropists who we should know about, and Oprah makes #1.
1 Oprah Winfrey $58,300,000 Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, Oprah’s Angel Network, and other groups
2 Geoffrey Beene $44,000,000 (bequest) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
3 Jack and Marie Lord $40,000,000 (bequest) Hawaii Community Foundation
4 Barbra Streisand $11,750,000
Streisand Foundation, numerous civil liberties, environmental, and civil rights organizations “dedicated to democratic values” 
5 Tiger Woods $9,500,000 Tiger Woods Learning Center, Earl D. Woods Sr. Scholarship Fund, and other Tiger Woods Foundation programs
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
7 Martha Stewart $5,000,000 New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital for a center on healthy aging
8 Carmelo Anthony $4,282,000 CAF Youth Center in Baltimore, AAU Basketball, Syracuse University Recreational Center, and other charities
9 Pat Boone & Shirley Boone $3,000,000 Pepperdine University for the Graduate School of Education and Psychology Center for the Family
10 LeRoy Neiman $3,000,000 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago to support a Master’s class in figure drawing
11 Angelina Jolie & 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
12 Nicolas Cage $2,000,000 Amnesty International for a fund to help child soldiers
13 Dwayne Johnson (“The Rock”) and Dany Garcia Johnson $2,000,000 University of Miami to name new Alumni Center living room
14Paul McCartney $2,000,000 Adopt-A-Minefield 15 Arnold Palmer $2,000,000 Pledged to the Arnold Palmer Foundation ultimately to benefit the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
16 David Geffen $1,600,000 David Geffen Foundation
17 Susan Saint James and Dick Ebersol $1,300,000 The Gunnery to help pay for a new dormitory in memory of their son Teddy killed in a plane crash
18 Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg $1,250,000 Boston University to renovate facilities
19 Andre Agassi $1,070,000 Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation
20 Tiki and Ronde Barber and family $1,000,000 University of Virginia to support the McIntire School of Commerce, the Virginia Athletics Foundation, Childrens Hospital, a scholarship fund for African-American students, the Young Alumni Council, and to challenge young alumni to participate in the capital campaign
21 Bob Barker $1,000,000 Georgetown University to endow a fund at its law school that will focus on the study of animal rights
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Gloria Estefan $1,000,000 Miami Paralysis Project 23 Dr. Phil McGraw & Robin McGraw $1,000,000 Dr. Phil Foundation
24 George Steinbrenner & family $1,000,000 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Boshamer Stadium for baseball
25 Tony Stewart $1,000,000 Victory Junction Gang Camp
26 Denzel Washington $1,000,000 Save Africa’s Children
27 Mike Sexton $560,000 Special Olympics, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis, Children, Inc., Wounded Warrior Project, Ohio State University, and other charities
28 Lance Armstrong$500,000 Lance Armstrong Foundation
29 Dolly Parton $500,000 Fort Sanders Medical Center
30 Elizabeth Taylor $500,000 New Orleans AIDS Task Force to purchase mobile medical unit for AIDS sufferers in New Orleans
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