Forbes.com List of 10 Generous Celebs
Bono

Charity: Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA)
U2's frontman has campaigned so widely and vehemently against the spread of AIDS and for debt relief in Africa that in February he was among the 191 nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize. But his philanthropic efforts don't start or end with DATA, the organization he co-founded in 2002. He has participated in fundraising concerts including Live 8, Live Aid and Band Aid 20. In 2003, U2 donated €40,000 to One in Four Ireland, a charity that helps survivors of sexual abuse.
Sandra Bullock

Charity: American Red Cross
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Bullock donated $1 million to the American Red Cross. After the tsunami of December 2004, she gave another $1 million to the relief effort.
Nicholas Cage

Charity: Chrysalis
Cage donated $1 million to the New Orleans relief effort after Hurricane Katrina decimated the city last year. He has also lent his support to Chrysalis, a Los Angeles-based charity for the homeless.
Jackie Chan

Charity: The Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation
Chan was taken in by the Red Cross as a child after arriving in the U.S. from China. In 1998, he established his own foundation to help youth in Hong Kong, and in December 2004, he donated $64,000 to UNICEF to help tsunami victims in South Asia. He also recently donated $100,000 to Chrysalis, a Los Angeles-based charity that helps the homeless.
Celine Dion

Charity: Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Dion has a personal connection to the cause she began supporting in 1982; her own niece died of cystic fibrosis at the age of 16. The singer is now the foundation's Celebrity Patron and has raised money as well as donated fees from various concerts and appearances. After Hurricane Katrina, Dion gave $1 million to the American Red Cross' disaster relief fund. Proceeds from selected performances of her Las Vegas show have also gone to charitable causes.
Angelina Jolie

Charity: UNHCR-The United Nations Refugee Agency
The Academy Award-winning actress was selected to be a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2001 and has since traveled around the world advocating refugee rights. According to the agency, her contributions to the cause total more than $3 million.
Paul McCartney

Charity: Adopt-A-Minefield
In January 2005, Paul and Heather McCartney donated $1.9 million to tsunami relief efforts. But the pair have another pet cause; the former Beatle was introduced to the Adopt-A-Minefield charity by his wife, who lost part of a leg in a car accident in 1993. McCartney made the original red "No More Land mines" T-shirt famous when he wore it on stage during his 2004 world tour.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Charity: Special Olympics, After-School All-Stars
The former bodybuilder has supported a range of causes over the years. For more than two decades, he has been involved in Special Olympics, founded by his mother-in-law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. In 2001, Schwarzenegger's charitable donations amounted to $4.1 million, which was divided among the Twin Towers fund, his after-school program, After-School All-Stars, and Nelson Mandela's children's fund, among others.
Steven Spielberg

Charity: Righteous Persons Foundation, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation
The blockbuster filmmaker established the Righteous Persons Foundation to give away part of his profits from the movie Schindler's List, and beneficiaries have included Jewish causes around the world. In the wake of the film, Spielberg also created the Shoah Foundation (now part of the University of Southern California) to document the experiences of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. His philanthropy doesn't stop there: Spielberg donated $1.5 million to help with Hurricane Katrina recovery, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and gave $1.5 million to tsunami relief efforts.
Oprah Winfrey

Charity: The Oprah Winfrey Foundation, Oprah's Angel Network
The beloved talk-show host is generous with her cash: According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, she gave nearly $52 million to charity in 2005 alone. That included $36 million to the Oprah Winfrey Foundation, which supports programs for women and children, and $3.5 million to Oprah's Angel Network, which she founded in 1998 to encourage fans and celebrities to give to charitable causes. She also donated $10 million to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Comments (1)
VPres Cheney gave over $6mi... (Below threshold)1. Posted by John | May 15, 2006 5:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
VPres Cheney gave over $6million to charity last year. The only "celeb" that came close (excluding Oprah's gift to her self-named vanity project) was Arnold S. followed by Angelina Jolie.
Hmmm.
1. Posted by John | May 15, 2006 5:33 PM |
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Posted on May 15, 2006 17:33