1. Celebrities Put Star-Power to Good Use
Charities cultivate relationships with stars for their ability to increase the public’s awareness of
their charitable endeavors and thus stimulate more donations. Celebrities can be
spokespersons, board members or even a founder of a charity. The following video highlights
a number of celebrities and the causes to which they’ve pledged their support.
It is wonderful that celebrities have the
power to make us aware of causes
that need our support. But the onus is
still on us to do our homework before
making a contribution. A celebrity’s
endorsement simply can not serve as
a substitute for researching a charity.
First of all, even if you are the number
one fan of a particular celebrity, you
two probably do not have exactly the
same philanthropic interests. Second,
the celebrity may not have thoroughly
vetted the charity’s finances, commitment to accountability and transparency or its programmatic
accomplishments --- all steps that savvy donors take before making a donation.
Charity Navigator is pleased to present this list of celebrity-related charities to help you determine which
may be worthy of a contribution from you. While this certainly isn’t an exhaustive list, it is an extensive list
of celebrity-charity relationships.
Charity Name Rating
Actors and Others for Animals
Betty White, Doris Day, Joanne Worley, Loretta Swit
America's Promise Alliance
Colin Powell
Baby Buggy
Jessica Seinfeld
Better World Fund
Ted Turner
Blue Ridge Broadcasting Corporation
Billy Graham
The Children's Health Fund
Paul Simon
College Summit
Don Cheadle
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Jack Hanna
Dream Foundation
Priscilla Presley
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Gloria Reuben, Neal McDonough, Nigel Barker
Elton John AIDS Foundation
Elton John, Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association
Betty White
Green Dot Public Schools

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Habitat for Humanity International
Jimmy Carter
The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund
Julia Roberts, Paul Newman
Hunter's Hope Foundation
Jim Kelly
In Defense of Animals
Elaine Hendrix
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Michael Bloomberg, Wynton Marsalis
Keep a Child Alive
Alicia Keys
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Michael Bloomberg
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
Chris Webber, Grant Hill, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Donnalley, Michael Johnson
MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation
MaliVai Washington
MASS MoCA
Meryl Streep
Mayo Clinic
Tom Brokaw
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Michael J. Fox
National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
Amy Grant, Bon Jovi, Donny Osmond, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire
National Inclusion Project
Clay Aiken
Natural Resources Defense Council
James Taylor, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Redford
New York City Center
Joanne Woodward
New York Restoration Project
Bette Midler
Oceana
January Jones, Kelsey Grammer, Pierce Brosnan, Ted Danson
The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival
Jimmy Smits, Kevin Kline, Liev Schrieber, Michael Bloomberg, Morgan Freeman, Nora
Ephron, Sam Waterson
Rainforest Foundation US
Sting , Trudie Styler
Refugees International
Matt Dillon, Queen Noor Al-Hussein
Shelter Network
Maya Angelou
Southeastern Legal Foundation
Edwin Meese
Sundance Institute

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Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation
Tony La Russa
United States Fund for UNICEF
Alyssa Milano, Clay Aiken, India.Arie , Laurence Fishburne, Lucy Liu, Sarah Jessica
Parker, Téa Leoni
V-Day
Eve Ensler, Jane Fonda, Kerry Washington, Rosario Dawson, Salma Hayek
Victory Junction Gang
Kyle Petty
Vital Voices Global Partnership
Diane von Furstenburg, Sally Field
Water.org
Matt Damon
Africare
Nelson Mandela
After-School All-Stars
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kobe Bryant, Maria Shriver
All Stars Helping Kids
Emmitt Smith, Kristi Yamaguchi, Marcus Allen, Ronnie Lott
Alonzo Mourning Charities
Alonzo Mourning
ALSAC - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Marlo Thomas
American Cinematheque
Candice Bergen, Francis Coppola, Goldie Hawn, Martin Scorsese
American Film Institute
Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck, Steven Spielberg
American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center for the Study of Israel
Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright
American Humane Association
Paula Abdul
American Museum of Natural History
Michael Bloomberg, Tom Brokaw
amfAR
Elizabeth Taylor, Harry Belafonte, Kenneth Cole, Sharon Stone
Best Buddies International
David Caruso, Mark Montigny
The Boomer Esiason Foundation
Boomer Esiason
Camp Sunshine, Georgia
Jeff Foxworthy, Julianne Chambliss, Saxby Chambliss
Canine Companions for Independence
Dean Koontz
The Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Charlize Theron, Katie Couric, Pierce Brosnan
Farm Aid

5. Dave Mathews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Willie Nelson
Greenpeace Fund
Bono
Healthy Child Healthy World
Amy Brenneman, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Olivia Newton-John
Human Rights First
Sigourney Weaver
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Jim Courier, Pam Shriver, Patrick McEnroe
John Tracy Clinic
Robert Wagner
KICKSTART
Chuck Norris
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Lance Armstrong
The Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Larry King
Last Chance for Animals
Chris DeRose
Los Angeles Opera
Placido Domingo
Magic Johnson Foundation
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
My Stuff Bags Foundation
Michael Reagan
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
John Walsh
National Constitution Center
Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Sandra Day O'Connor
National Kidney Foundation
Rusty Wallace, Tina Fey
The Nature Conservancy
Michael Douglas
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
George W. Bush
New York City Ballet
Michael Bloomberg
The Roar Foundation
Tippi Hedren
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Al Roker, Billy Bush, Carl Lewis, Cindy Crawford, Hayden Panettiere, Mario Lopez
Santa Barbara Zoo
John Cleese
Save the Manatee Club
Jimmy Buffett
Special Olympics
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bart Conner, Jackie Chan, Maria Shriver, Michael Phelps,
Nadia Comaneci, Pierce Brosnan, Scott Hamilton, Timothy Shriver, Vanessa Williams,
Yao Ming

6. Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
Lee Iacocca
Tiger Woods Foundation
Tiger Woods
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
Julianne Moore
United Way Worldwide
Dolly Parton
USA for UNHCR
Angelina Jolie
Waterkeeper Alliance
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Women for Women International
Rania Al-Abdullah
Youth For Tomorrow
Joe Gibbs
Alaska Wilderness League
Jimmy Carter
American Heart Association
Andie McDowell
American Parkinson Disease Association
Muhammad Ali
Amnesty International USA
Bono , Nazanin Boniadi, Nicolas Cage
Andre Agassi Foundation
Andre Agassi, Emeril Lagasse, Sir Elton John
Apollo Theater Foundation
Quincy Jones
Baltimore Reads
Cal Ripkin, Jr.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Ashanti , Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Courtney Vance, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Denzel
Washington, Edward James Olmos, Gen. Wesley Clark, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jimmy
Rollins, John Mellencamp, John Singleton, Kerry Washington, Mario Lopez, Mark
Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Queen Latifah, Ruben
Studdard, Shaquille O'Neal, Smokey Robinson, Swin Cash, Usher
The Center for Strategic and International Studies
Henry Kissinger
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Christopher Reeve
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation
Gary Sinise
Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation For Autism
Doug Flutie
Freedom Alliance
Oliver North
Geffen Playhouse
David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg
George Bush Presidential Library Foundation
Andrew H. Card, Jr., Jeb Bush

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Joan Rivers
The Goodman Theatre
Brian Dennehy
Grassroot Soccer
Ethan Zohn
International Campaign for Tibet
Richard Gere
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Caroline Kennedy
Marijuana Policy Project Foundation
Adam Carolla, Bill Maher, Jack Black, Jesse Ventura
Michael Bolton Charities
Michael Bolton
Mitchell Institute
George J. Mitchell
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Jerry Lewis
The Museum of Modern Art
Michael Bloomberg
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Thurgood Marshall
National Women's History Museum
Meryl Streep
Operation USA
Julie Andrews
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Alec Baldwin, Alicia Silverstone, Pamela Anderson, Pink , Woody Harrelson
Positive Coaching Alliance
Barry Zito, Bart Conner, Bill Bradley, Dean Smith, Doc Rivers, Dot Richardson, Herm
Edwards, Kerri Strug, Larry Brown, Nadia Comaneci, Phil Jackson, Ronnie Lott,
Summer Sanders, Tony Dorsett
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
Christina Ricci
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
George Schultz, Nancy Reagan, Rudolph Giuliani, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Forbes, T.
Boone Pickens
SOS Children's Villages-USA
Sarah Ferguson
Symphony Space
Alec Baldwin, Cynthia Nixon, Stephen Colbert, William Hurt
United Nations Foundation
Ted Turner
Washington National Opera
Placido Domingo
WildAid
Harrison Ford, Yao Ming
WITNESS
Peter Gabriel

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Michelle Obama, Tony Bennett, Trisha Yearwood
Women's Sports Foundation
Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Dominique Dawes, Geena Davis, Holly Hunter, Laila Ali,
Martina Navratilova, Mia Hamm, Sheryl Crow
World Society for the Protection of Animals
Audrey Landers, Simon Cowell, Tiffani Thiessen
American Diabetes Association
Donovan McNabb, Elliott Yamin, Gladys Knight, Greg LeMond, Joan Allen, Lovie
Smith, Tony Dungy
American Tinnitus Association
William Shatner
Children Affected by AIDS Foundation
Doris Roberts, James Gandolfini, Jamie Lee Curtis
CJ Foundation for SIDS
Don Imus
The Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation
Darrell Green
Dove Foundation
Dean Jones, Lisa Whelchel, Michael Medved
The Fresh Air Fund
Mariah Carey, Tiki Barber
Gilda's Club Worldwide
Gilda Radner
Helen Woodward Animal Center
Diane Keaton
Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation
Joe Torre
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Mary Tyler Moore, Nick Jonas, Sugar Ray Leonard
Literacy Partners
Liz Smith
March of Dimes
Denny Hamlin, Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Nicole Kidman, Sherri Shepherd
Miracle Flights for Kids
Bruce Jenner, Wayne Newton
Seeds of Peace
Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Queen Noor Al-Hussein
Several Sources Shelters
Stephen Baldwin
Teammates for Kids Foundation
Garth Brooks
VH1 Save The Music Foundation
Wynton Marsalis
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California Police Youth Charities
Stars
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Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis
Stars
Avril Lavigne, Tom Arnold, Tommy Hilfiger

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National Council of Negro Women
Stars
Maya Angelou
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Operation Lookout
Stars
Dyan Cannon
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