Comments on: Madonna: Made Over $100 Mil, Gave Only $500K to Charity

By: denise

denise — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:55:48 +0000

Sally in Chicago: WTF? You think $500,000 dollars is a good donation from some tight ass earning 100mill for prancing around on stage? Really?
Jesus, get a brain.

By: ben johnson

ben johnson — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:46:22 +0000

Sorry, but I don’t agree with some comments on here about madonna being a charitable person. “Its her money and at least she donates some of it.’ WTF?
Look, the way I see it, if all the super rich folk on this God-forsaken planet…the likes of Madona, Oprah winfrey,Roman ambrovovich…etc, etc, each gave a good third of their money (Oh come on, they wouldn’t miss it!) then not only would there be enough money to save Haiti but bloody well rebuild it.
That’s what I call charity…not a token offer (which is mostly for tax purposes anyway) but each putting a good third of their money so that the acheivable can be achieved.
Also, all this “songs for Haiti” crap, all I see is a way for the rich singers out there to record a song for charity and get us to buy it. Yes, the money goes to Haiti (some of it) but the point is, the rich artists on the CDs walk around thinking THEY’VE done a good deed when its actually us whose forking out for it.
Don’t care if you don’t agree, this is the way I feel about it.

By: Rasco

Rasco — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:12:36 +0000

Who REALLY knows how much she gives.. The real issue here is that she is in and heavily supports Kabbalah which is the path to hell.

By: Lucas Eller

Lucas Eller — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:55:17 +0000

She gives almost half a million dollars to charities and you’re bitching about it… lol. She has a choice, she could choose not to give any of her wealth at all, which she doesn’t. People buy her albums and music because they like her and her music. It’s true she’s worth a lot of money, and whatever she’s spending on charities is great. Let’s be nicer towards her social work

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:54:03 +0000

The gull! This is more than a bit deceptive. That’s only one organization she has and it doesn’t take into account personal donations. All you are reporting is what she gave through the Ray Of Light Foundation, an organization she currently has $6.5-8.5 million in (money she alone donated) and which donated $3.5 million just the year prior to your reported year, which you conveniently didn’t mention. She made $110 million and gave back probably $45-50 million in taxes, which often go to support social programs in the US. Furthermore, she paid anywhere between $75-95 million dollars to Guy Ritchie in divorce settlements. She’s given millions to Malawi over the years as well as to tons of other charities since the 80s, from AIDS, cancer, children’s hospitals, Make-A-Wish, 9/11 victims families, Tsunami victims, Italian earthquake victims, Gypsy children’s education fund, and many, many organizations. Raising Malawi is doing a lot (with Madonna’s help) for thousands of children and adults in that country. Her own two adopted Malawian children attend private school in NYC along with her other two children. And she’s helping to build a $15 million academy which hopes to create female doctors, scientists, and math & science teachers. She has hardly mentioned her charity work, it was really until the last few years when she founded Raising Malawi that she started being more outspoken, but she has never gloated about her donations. Finally, it’s her hard-earned money and she is not required to give a single cent.

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:06:23 +0000

Charity is charity, no matter the amount. It is solely the giver’s prerogative.

Anyway, isn’t she building a school in Malawi? And hasn’t she adopted two African kids?

No one should be shamed for giving. Shame on you Roger!

By: CAS

CAS — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:05:39 +0000

Madonna’s fans are aware of how much the woman gives to charity. It’s quite a lot and Roger is always trying to make her look bad. She could cure cancer and Roger would have a problem with it, then go cash the check he receives from Mariah Carey.

By: Jeff C

Jeff C — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:53:14 +0000

To all of those that say “it’s none of our business what she does with her money,” this isn’t about how she spends her money, but that she talks a good game but is lite when it comes time to put her money where her mouth is.

@frank rizzo: you do know that the median salary in the US is something like 45k, right? 10% of 500k is 50k, so it is not possible for a person making 45k to even donate that much. your point is complete crap, try again

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:57:45 +0000

Afghanistan Relief Organization
* American Foundation for AIDS Research
* BID 2 BEAT AIDS
* Bony Pony Ranch
* Charity Projects Entertainment Fund
* Children in Need
* Children of Peace
* H.E.L.P. Malawi
* Live Earth
* Make-A-Wish Foundation
* Millennium Promise Alliance
* Millennium Villages
* Raisa Gorbachev Foundation
* Treatment Action Campaign
* UN Millennium Project

These are some of the charities that Madonna donates to, outside of her Ray of Light foundation. Would you mind to also finding out how much that she has given to those charities Roger?

By: GenoBaby

GenoBaby — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:17:04 +0000

She didn’t have to give a thing. Be glad she gave something. I know the charity is not going to say… ‘That bitch… only giving us a half a million dollars.’