Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie don’t just talk the talk, they walk the walk. According to the 2008 tax return for the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, the Hollywood couple sent over $6 million to charities last year.
Indeed, they more than doubled what they gave in 2007, which is pretty impressive.
In 2008, the pair parked just over $13 million in their foundation, and gave away half of it.
The biggest recipients of their largesse were: Global Health ($2 million), Human Rights Watch ($1 million), Brad’s Make it Right Foundation ($1 million).
Some other notable contributions: $500,000 to the Armed Services YMCA of the U.S. Army; $50,000 to the Springfield, Missouri Public Schools (Brad’s hometown); and roughly a million dollars to projects in Cambodia, the country from which they adopted their first child.
The nice thing about Brad and Angelina’s donations: there are no cults, no crazy projects, private religions, nothing untoward or wacky. It’s all about human rights initiatives and helping people. They’ve also kept their promises to places like Cambodia and Iraq. All together, the fair market value of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation is just over $12 million.
No scandals here. Just a nice story. By the way, Brad and Angie each put about $6 million into the foundation last year. Their lawyer, Robert Offer, added $10,000 out of his own pocket. And all they paid in expenses was $224,564 for grant management to Global Philanthropy Group. No one’s aunt or cousin got a salary, and there were no expenses laid off to “travel,” “conferences,” or “other.”
Nice!
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:36 am
Hey – Roger…
Proof read and correct your mistake.
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:14 am
it’s nice to read a good story about them for once. The tabloids love to pick Angelina apart. I still don’t get why she’s with him, but whatever.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Good people.
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Nice to see that they don’t spend the money they get from selling their kids to PEOPLE, HELLO and every other tabloid outlet on themselves and actually give them away. It is not money from their own pocket, it is money from the sales of their children. Let’s not get carried away by declaring them saints of generosity.
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