Most Active Hollywood Stars Involved in Charity Work

Unknown to many, Mel Gibson has been generously contributing to Charity particularly to "Healing the Children" providing life saving medical treatment to needy children worldwide with an estimated nearly $10 million donation.

His salary as California Governor every year was donated to charity and it has been estimated that he has already donated around $4.1 million to charity.

He founded the Newman's Own, a line of products and created a policy that all proceeds from the franchise after tax would be donated to charity. In 2006, it is estimated that Newman's Own have already made donations to charities amounting to almost $250 million. He also established the Scott Newman Center for drug abuse prevention in memory of his son.

He donates millions of his own salary every year to the "Fischer house" foundation. The media has chosen to ignore this because its to help wounded vets.

She is an International Ambassador to Operation Smile an organization that provides free reconstructive surgery to tens of thousands of children and young adults in 25 developing countries and the United States and brings them new hope and new lives.

Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugee , Angelina Jolie through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation has been dedicated to eradicating extreme rural poverty, protecting natural resources and conserving wildlife. Jolie also co-chairs the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which helps fund education programs for children affected by conflict. Angelina together with Brad Pitt have donated more than $8 million dollars to charity in 2006 alone.

Sean Connery has been active in supporting charity institutions such as: Friends of Scotland Paralyzed Veterans of America Wounded Warrior Project

Did so much more for Haiti than Sean "the thief" Penn and crook Hillary Clinton!

Pitt's passion to architecture led him to convene a group of experts in New Orleans to brainstorm building green, affordable housing on a large scale to help those families most in need after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. That same group now formally comprises The Make It Right Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to the object of financing and constructing 150 new houses in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, rebuilding lives and communities with an emphasis on sustainability and affordability. long with George Clooney, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Jerry Weintraub, Pitt is one of the founders of Not On Our Watch, an organization that tries to focus global attention and resources to stop and prevent genocide such as that in Darfur. Pitt and Angelina are active in many humanitarian causes through the Pitt-Jolie Foundation which is generously donating money to charities, their latest donation was $2 million to the Namibian Sanctuary.

Ford has been passionate in conserving the environment and In 1991, he was introduced to Conservation International, one of the world’s leading environmental research groups, and was deeply impressed with the intellectual capacity of its directors. The actor donated over $100 million to the organization and conservation partners around the world.

Barrymore donated $1 million to the United Nations World Food Program. In 2007 was appointed as Ambassador Against Hunger for the organization.

He donated $1.5 million to help and rebuild the lives of the victims of Hurricane Katrinahe Righteous Persons Foundation was established with Spielberg’s earnings from “Schindler’s List” to fund projects which impact on modern Jewish life (e.g. “to engage Jewish youth, to support the arts, to promote tolerance and to strengthen the commitment to social justice”). As of fall 1995, the foundation had made 30 grants totaling nearly $10 million. The organization projected to distribute more than $40 million over its first decade of existence.

He donated $1 million dollars to rebuild and help victims of disaster and donated $2 million for shelter, medical and psychological rehabilitation for child soldiers around the world.

He is active in protecting the welfare of animals and have donated $1.9 million to charity and actively supports the The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

s highly active in raising awareness about violence against women and discrimination against immigrants, and in helping children to overcome problems such as drugs, violence or lack of education

Ambassador of Hope for FINCA International, an organization that promotes micro-lending to help finance women-owned businesses in poor countries.

Active member and sponsor of Raising Malawi's advisory committee. She helps the volunteer of organizations to help orphans in one of the poorest countries of the world.

Oprah is included in the list of 32 most Philanthropic Individuals in the world and approximately $ 303 million has been donated by the talk show queen. Oprah continues to help and inspire people in every way.

Sean Penn co-founded the J/P HRO Haitian Relief Organization in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake and has spent months in the Caribbean nation distributing food and medical supplies. He also helped in building schools and hospitals.