The Giving Back Fund ---The Giving Back 30



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Ranking	Donor	Amount Donated or Pledged	Recipients
1	Oprah Winfrey	$50,200,000	To the Oprah Winfrey Foundation and Oprah's Angel Network; to "support the inspiration, empowerment and education of women, children, and families around the world; to encourage people around the world to make a difference in the lives of others
2	Herb Alpert	$13,000,000	To The Herb Alpert Foundation. In 2007 the Herb Alpert Foundation distributed more than $50,000,000 million in grants, which included a $30,000,000 gift to UCLA. Since 1988 Mr. Alpert has donated more than $100,000,000 million to the Herb Alpert Foundation
3	Barbra Streisand	$11,000,000	To the Barbra Streisand Foundation. The Barbra Streisand Foundation distributed $16 million in 2007. Barbra Streisand Foundation, numerous civil liberties, environmental, and civil rights organizations "dedicated to democratic values"
4	Paul Newman	$10,005,000	$10 million to Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio from which he graduated, for a scholarship program; an additional $5,000 to Ypsilanti High School's drama department
5	Mel Gibson	$9,899,654	To the AP Reilly Foundation, the tax-exempt entity named for his late mother, which supports Holy Family Catholic Church in Malibu, California
6	Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt	$8,400,000	The Jolie-Pitt Foundation. $5 million directed to the Make It Right Project - new project aims to rebuild 150 homes in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans with an emphasis on "green" technology with a goal to prove that it can be replicated elsewhere. $100k to the Daniel Pearl Foundation, which promotes cross-cultural understanding through journalism and music. Ms. Jolie starred in a movie based on his tragic murder; one million gift to help Afghan refugees in Pakistan
7	Lance Armstrong	$5,000,000	Pledge to Lance Armstrong Foundation, which unites, inspires and empowers people affected by cancer over the next 10 years.
7	Michael Jordan	$5,000,000	To Hales Franciscan High School for the historically African-American all-boys school
7	Eric Lindros	$5,000,000	$5 million dollars in support of London Health Sciences Centre. The gift is one of the largest one-time donations ever received by London Health Sciences Foundation and will support programs at the hospital including the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic where Eric was treated during his NHL career.
10	Rush Limbaugh	$4,200,000	To Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, a charity that provides financial assistance to the children of fallen Marines and federal law enforcement officers.
11	Rosie O'Donnell	$3,515,512	$1,872,970 to early education centers and other child-related programs funded; $1,000,000 to Rosie's Broadway Kids Initiative; $642,542 to the Project Katrina Initiative
12	Richard Jefferson	$3,500,000	To University of Arizona for a new basketball / volleyball facility
13	Jerry Seinfeld	$3,000,000	To Seinfeld Family Foundation, which distributed more than $2 million to various charities including Oprah's Angel Network, The American Red Cross, Autism Speaks and City Year
14	Hugh Hefner	$2,000,000	To University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts to build new exhibition space
14	Dan Rather	$2,000,000	To Sam Houston State University for scholarships and communications programs
14	Tom Shadyac	$2,000,000	Valley Floor Preservation Partners to preserve 570 acres of meadows and wetlands just outside the entrance to the Victorian-era resort townof Telluride
17	Sam and Lynn Waterston	$1,751,000	Established Waterston Family Foundation in August of September 2007; previously Mr. Waterson was involved in refugee work and is on the Board of Refugees International
18	Tiger Woods	$1,350,000	To Tiger Woods Learning Center to get students thinking about the role education plays in their futures
19	Andre Agassi	$1,300,000	To Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation dedicated to transforming U.S. public education for underserved youth
20	Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson	$1,000,000	To The University of Miami's football facilities renovation fund
	David Kopay	$1,000,000	To the University of Washington's Q center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, questioning and intersex students, faculty, and staff
	Tracy McGrady	$1,000,000	To Stand up for Darfur and other related projects; to improve education for Sudanese Refugees
	Mike and Jennifer Miller	$1,000,000	To establish the Mike and Jennifer Miller Endowment Fund to support Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.
	Adam Sandler	$1,000,000	To the Boys and Girls Club in Manchester, NH where he was raised.
	Steven Spielberg	$1,000,000	To Not On Our Watch Project established by cast of Ocean's Thirteen; Mr. Spielberg is Chairman of the Righteous Persons Foundation to which he makes an undisclosed annual donation
	Denzel Washington	$1,000,000	To Wiley College to re-establish the famed debate team on which his movie, The Great Debators, was based.
27	Isabel Allende	$869,655	To The Isabel Allende Foundation, which pays homage to her daughter who passed away at 28; Promotes a vision of a world in which women have achieved social and economic justice. Also supports healthcare, education, protection against violence.
28	Jerry and Karen West	$800,000	To West Virginia University. Includes $250,000 for the new Athletic Academic Performance Center in the Coliseum and $300,000 to be divided equally between the Jerry and Karen West and Ann Dinardi Basketball Scholarship Fund and the Jerry West Scholarship Fund. The designation for the remaining funds will be announced at a later date.
29	David and Valerie Robinson	$779,499	To the David Robinson Foundation, which supports the Carver Academy, mentoring programs, hunger programs
30	Richard Seymour	$724,825	To Richard Seymour BGC Foundation (Blessing God's Children), which holds youth camps and health fairs

Giving Back 30

Special thanks to the Sillerman
Center for the Advancement of
Philanthropy at Brandeis University
for their help researching the Giving
Back 30.

(September 14th) Parade magazine released today The Giving Back Fund's second annual Giving Back 30 survey,
a ranking of the celebrities who have made the largest donations to charity in 2007 according to public records.

To compile the most accurate rankings, The Giving Back Fund culled media reports of charitable giving by sports
and entertainment professionals; reviewed PF-990 tax-forms; contacted more than 250 publicists, attorneys,
agents, agencies, and managers for information about their clients; sent inquiries to more than 150 charities
known for their celebrity associations; and contacted the major sports leagues.

“Our hope is that celebrities will begin to become more comfortable sharing information about their charitable
giving --- perhaps not disclosing everything they give, but sharing enough that they will serve as role-models to their
peers and fans,” said Marc Pollick, President and Founder of The Giving Back Fund. “We know that many
celebrities re-direct income from sponsorship and merchandising deals to charity, or help to raise funds in other
ways,” continued Pollick. “We are researching reliable means to report this information in a separate list.”

The Giving Back Fund did not include grants made by foundations in the list so as to avoid counting the same funds
twice --- once when the donor gave money to a foundation and again when the donor decided on a beneficiary for
that money. The Giving Back did not calculate giving as a percentage of the celebrities income because there is no
consistent way to calculate income when taking into account income from sponsorship and merchandise sales.

Donations to private foundations are disclosed in public documents. However, donations to public charities are not
publicly disclosed and therefore may not be reported in the Giving Back 30.

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emotionally with Americans about the issues they care most about and move them to action. For more information,
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Oprah Winfrey Once Again Leads the Giving Back 30 List
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