There are many celebrities who have been known to be extremely charitable, and love to give back to others and the communities they live in. Some celebs love to give back to others so much that they've gone on to start their own charities. Many of these charities are for causes that are close to their hearts, whether they're directly affected, or it's just something that they believe in.
Using your celebrity status to help others is an incredibly humble way to help those who have helped you get to the top of your career. Big names like Lady Gaga, Elton John, and Shawn Mendes, have gone on to start their own foundations to try to make a better difference in this world.
10 Lady Gaga - Born This Way Foundation
Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation launched in 2012. The Born This Way Foundation focuses on tolerance and safety within communities, and discourage bullying. Gaga invested over $1 million of her own money to get the foundation up and running. The goal is to have everyone feel safe in their communities and to be able to develop skills to become an all-around tolerant and functioning person in society. Once you develop those skills, you should then have the opportunities to become an even better person.
9 Miranda Lambert - MuttNation
Miranda Lambert has a lot of love for dogs, which is why she decided to start a charity completely devoted to them. As a result, Miranda created the MuttNation Foundation in order to bring attention to shelter pets and to basically adopt, don't shop. The foundation also educates people on the importance of spaying and neutering all pets, and how it is beneficial to the animals.
The foundation also has a number of adoption and fundraising events, as well as helping provide financial support to shelters around the United States that are in need. Miranda hopes to help bring attention to animals in shelters and to get people to adopt them. By raising awareness she hopes to help clear shelters.
8 Eva Longoria - The Eva Longoria Foundation
Eva Longoria founded the Eva Longoria Foundation in 2012. The mission of her foundation was to help Latinas build better futures for themselves. She wants to help Latinas to live up to their greatest potential in order to help themselves and their families. The foundation provides Latinas with the proper tools in education and entrepreneurship and other resources to help them succeed in school, business, and anything else they put their mind to. Her biggest goal is to raise the visibility of Latinas and other women of color and help them succeed to the best of their abilities.
7 Elton John - Elton John AIDS Foundation
For Elton John, the AIDS epidemic is something that is near and dear to his heart and that he wants to fight for. As a result, he started the Elton John AIDS Foundation back in 1992. The mission of the foundation is to aid the fight in the AIDS epidemic. They also focus on helping those with HIV get non-discriminatory care and treatment. Of course, in aiding the fight of the AIDS epidemic, they also would like to stop AIDS deaths and new HIV infections. They help fund research and are advocates for the disease and help bust any myths.
6 Miley Cyrus - Happy Hippie Foundation
Miley Cyrus founded her very own nonprofit organization called The Happy Hippie Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to rally young people to fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBTW youth, and other vulnerable populations, according to the foundation's website.
Miley wants to make a huge change in this world, and she believes that it also starts with the younger generation by making noise and standing up for what's right. On top of that, she advocates for those who don't have a home or anything to their name that sleep on the streets. Together, everyone can make a difference.
5 Ashton Kutcher - Thorn
Ashton Kutcher is very passionate about the devastating issue of child sex trafficking and doing everything in his power to stop it. That's why in 2012, he created his nonprofit called Thorn. Ashton and his now ex-wife Demi Moore had watched a documentary about child sex trafficking in Cambodia, and that's what sparked their concern and their want to get involved with the cause. Thorn was used to help create technology to combat this horrible issue by making a product to help identify child sex trafficking victims that were sold online. They now use this technology to help find these victims and bring the people who commit these awful crimes to justice.
4 Emma Watson - HeForShe
Emma Watson is another celebrity who used her platform to start her own charitable organization called HeForShe. This organization focuses on fighting for gender equality. They fight for change in countries, organizations, and the workforce to help fight for equality and highlight the importance of it. The organization also speaks with global leaders in hopes to achieve gender equality all over the world. HeForShe also highlights how gender quality isn't just an issue for women, but it's an issue for human rights.
3 Ian Somerhalder - The Ian Somerhalder Foundation
Born in November 2010, actor Ian Somerhalder started his very own charity called The Ian Somerhalder Foundation. Ian and his wife Nikki Reed have a huge love for animals, which is why they decided to start the nonprofit. The goal of the foundation is to help promote the conservation of natural resources for the benefit of the community. They also aim to help the poor and underprivileged in any way they can. However, their biggest focus is on the environment as well as animals and what they can do to help and conserve the world we live in.
2 Shawn Mendes - The Shawn Mendes Foundation
Shawn Mendes is one of the biggest names in music, which only makes sense for him to use his celebrity status to help others. Hence, The Shawn Mendes Foundation was born. The goal of his foundation is to inspire his fans and the younger generation to learn more about the causes that they want to fight for and figure out what they're passionate about. He hopes that with the help of his foundation they use their voice to speak out and make changes. The charity focuses on a number of different topics, including children's healthcare, youth empowerment, sustainability, education, anti-bullying, human rights, as well as mental health.
1 Karlie Kloss - Kode With Klossy
Karlie Kloss is a big name in the modeling world, but she also wants to work hard to help young women succeed in life. That's why she started her own foundation called Kode With Klossy. The program is a two-week summer program for young women from ages 13 to 18 years old. While attending the program, these girls learn how to code in order to build websites, apps, and anything else you might need to code technology. The technology industry is a male-dominated industry and Karlie aims to help change that and help little girls follow their dreams.
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