#24. Matthew McConaughey
There’re some actors that are not just pretty faces, like the case of Matthew McConaughey. The Texan actor has been in the film industry for more than 20 years. He rose to fame when he starred Dazed And Confused in 1993 and has been part of many romantic comedies like How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days or Failure To Lunch.
Did you know that McConaughey has another passion besides acting? He created the Just Keep Livin’ foundation that helps children and teenagers to go to school and have a better future. The foundation has raised more than $2 million and continues growing every day.
#23. Angelina Jolie
It’s known that actress Angelina Jolie is one of the most solidarity celebs in the world. The big change in her life started when she was filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001 in Cambodia. Jolie said she was the first witness to the troubles that Cambodian society was suffering and since then, her life changed forever.
Jolie has visited many refugee camps and spend time with the local people. The actress also donated a lot of people to foundations like the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees. For her love and devotion, Jolie has become a Goodwill Ambassador for the U.N.
#22. Miley Cyrus
Singer and actress Miley Cyrus is not like other young celebs that we’re used to. Since she was a teenager, she always declared she wanted to do a contribution in this world to the ones who needed more. Nowadays, Miley is a woman who defends humans’ and animals’ rights with a lot of conviction.
In 2014, she founded the Happy Hippie Foundation that works against injustice to homeless youth, LGTBQ youth and vulnerable people. Since its foundation, the center has received more than 25,000 LGBTQ youth and helped them against homophobia in the company of their families. The foundation has earned more than $2 million!
#21. Beyoncé
We think that singer Beyoncé can’t do anything else to make us fall in love with her. And once again, we’re wrong! Apart from her talented and great career as a singer, Beyoncé has been always on the good side helping many children, teenagers and women that are vulnerable.
Beyoncé considers herself as a “modern-day feminist” and every time she has some space she always confirms this. For example, in February 2017 she gave a speech against transgender homophobia in a public school. Also, the singer is part of many charity concerts.
#20. Ed Sheeran
If we look at Ed Sheeran, we’ll probably think he’s the kindest boy in the world. Perhaps we’re not so wrong. Sheeran is part of a new generation of singers that are making a huge success but he didn’t forget about the less fortunate.
The singer offered a big concert in Bristol that earned more than $40,000 for a charity that helps street sex workers. Also, he’s always donating clothes in charities closed to his hometown, Suffolk and he’s the Ambassador for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice. Last but not least, Sheeran was part of the band Aid 30, which raised money to battle the Ebola virus in West Africa.
#19. Ellen Degeneres
We can’t deny Ellen Degeneres has been one of the most important persons in the LGBTQ’s rights movement. The TV host has been openly gay since she started her career. Nowadays, her talk show is the favorite of everyone. But Ellen is not only involved in LGBTQ rights, she has also been supportive of others causes.
Ellen is a vegan and her wife, De Rossi too, both of them always talk about animal protection. Also, in 2013 Ellen donated $25,000 to help to the prohibition of medicaments on animals. Also, she was part of the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign and the Andre Agassi Foundation For Education.
#18. Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is perhaps one of the most important foremost women of recent years. Oprah is a very strong woman that determinate to achieve success and she did it, but she never forgets where she came from.
Oprah is part of the women who support other women as she is the founder of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy For Girls in South Africa. Oprah declared that she wanted to give to the life opportunities to children that she never had. Also, she is the founder of The Angel Network and The Oprah Winfrey Foundation that has received millions in donations. You won't believe who's the next most generous celeb!
#17. NIcki Minaj
We know how hard is for some people to study in a college because of the amount of college tuition fees. Believe it or not, Nicki Minaj has made her contribution to this social issue. In 2017, Nicki tweeted that she would pay college tuition fees to 30 fans with only one condition: they had to prove they were true fans of her!
Many people replied that tweet and Nicki contacted some of them. A month later, the singer declared that she wants to launch a charity that helps students to pay their college bills and help them study. Also, Nicki said that she donated money to a village in India and that because of the donation, the community could put a computer center and a reading program.
#16. Emma Watson
Maybe fortune and fame was not some really important for Emma Watson as when she finished filming the Harry Potter films franchise, she decided to continue with her education and graduated in English literature at Brown University in Oxford. Watson is continuing with her acting career, for example, her recent film is Little Women as Meg March.
Watson has been always behind the women’s rights movement. For example, she supported education for girls in Bangladesh and Zambia. Also, in 2014 she became a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and since then, she has been given speeches around the world that promote women’s rights and liberation.
#15. Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock is considered one of the best actresses of all time. Since Miss Congeniality, Bullock has stolen our hearts. You will love her even more when you find out that she has donated more than $3 million to different human rights causes, for example to the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
Bullock has always been a supporter of the American Red Cross, she donated a lot of money to the foundation to help them in different causes. In 2013, she earned the Favorite Humanitarian Award for her work and help at New Orleans’ Warren Easton High School that was extremely damaged after Hurricane Katrina.
#14. Keanu Reeves
Maybe the nicest actor in Hollywood is definitely Keanu Reeves. Sometimes we think he’s from another planet! It’s said that Reeves donated 80% of his salary from The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions to the special effects and makeup staff. Nowadays, we really don’t know if this is true but we have some proves that show us his big heart.
Reeves has secretly set up a cancer charity and decided not to put his name on it. Also, he supports PETA, the SickKids Foundation and organizations that face cancer. Reeves once declared he was doing this for his sister Kim who was battling leukemia. A noble reason! Keep reading to see who are the most generous people in Hollywood!
#13. Carmelo Anthony
The American basketball player Carmelo Anthony is considered one of the best NBA’s players of all time. Nowadays he is part of the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite his fame, Anthony never forgets about his childhood and decided to contribute to his hometown.
Anthony opened The Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center that helps children to finish their studies and gives job-training to teenager and young adults. Anthony declared that he is very happy to make a little contribution to the town he was born.
#12. Jennifer Aniston
Besides Jennifer Aniston is America’s sweetheart, she has also supported many charities and donated a lot of money to different causes. It’s impossible not love her! Aniston has been supportive of different causes, like the visibility and LGBTQ’s rights and also the women’s rights.
Aniston donated $500,000 to Doctors Without Borders, Partners In Health and AmeriCares. In 2017, after the disaster of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, Aniston decided to donate $500,000 to the Red Cross and the same amount to Ricky Martin’s foundation. The Puerto Rican singer said that he was very grateful to the actress!
#11. Leonardo DiCaprio
We know Leonardo DiCaprio is not only famous because his acting talent but also because he has always been where the less fortunate need help. For example, after the hurricane Harvey, DiCaprio donated $1 million to the United Way Harvey Recovery Fund to help the families that had lost everything.
The actor has also been involved in the climate change movement. We often see him giving speeches about the importance of taking care the environment and the natural resources of the earth. Also, he produced two documentaries called Water Planet And Global Warning.
#10. Taylor Swift
The Me!’ singer has been involved in many charity causes as she donated a lot of money to different causes like high schools that needed to rebuild the school, to education centers and many centers that help homeless children. Taylor is not the typical young pop artist that doesn’t care about the injustice in the world but she also protects her fellow pop stars.
When Kesha denounced that her producer, Dr. Luke abused her, Taylor didn’t hesitate in bringing her support. Taylor donated $250,000 to the singer to help her in the ongoing legal battle after the court said that she couldn’t break the contract with the producer. It was a great gesture that shows that women support women!
#9. George Lucas
If we have to think in someone who doesn’t need anything, probably the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchise would come to our minds. George Lucas has earned millions around the world but he also gave a big part of his profits to charity.
In 1991, Lucas founded The George Lucas Educational Foundation that encourages and helps schools to implement new modern tools. The director has donated more than $4 million to the foundations and he continues working there.
#8. J.K. Rowling
We can say that British writer J.K. Rowling made a big contribution into our childhoods by creating the fantastic adventures of Harry Potter and his adorable friends Ron and Hermione. Of course, Rowling has earned more than $1 billion between the book series and the films franchise but she decided to do something with that money.
Part of her personal story encourages her to be part of the charity One Parent Families, nowadays Gingerbread, as she was a single parent too. Nowadays, the writer is the president of it and she has been very supportive in causes that are related to homeless children and in the importance of a healthy and peaceful childhood.
#7. Meryl Streep
Did you know that when Meryl Streep started her acting career she wasn’t considered pretty enough for the screen? Luckily, that didn’t stop Streep and nowadays she is considered one of the most talented actresses in Hollywood, not to mention that she is three-time Academy Award-winner.
Nowadays, Streep has donated more than $2 million to the Silver Mountain Foundation that encourages children who don’t have the money to pay for their education and want to study arts. Streep doesn’t want to leave without opportunities to the underprivileged!
#6. Alec Baldwin
Perhaps, you recognize Alec Baldwin for being involved in many scandals, like with photographers or because some of his public declarations. But Baldwin is a very good actor that has been part of films like The Devil And Daniel Webster and The Cooler.
Baldwin is a generous person too. Perhaps it’s not very public, but he has participated in many charities that help to cure breast cancer and donated money to foundations that promote arts in different education centers. Don't miss the last 5!
#5. Zach Galifianakis
The Hangover trilogy star, Zach Galifianakis has made his space in the comedian world. The actor has earned a lot of money during the recent years as he is considered one of the best comedian actors of all time. But Zach decided that he wanted to help the society.
In 2014, in the company of Sarah Silverman, the couple decided to raise $20,000 for the Texas Abortion Fund that assist women that can’t accede to abortion because of the legislation in their state. Also, Zach is a very close friend to a homeless woman that used to live on front of his house and nowadays, she is living in an apartment that Zach bought for her.
#4. Robin Williams
The legendary Robin Williams was a great actor but also a generous and charitable person despite he suffered from depression a big part of his life. In 1986, he co-founded Comic Relief USA with the actress Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal, to help homeless.
Also, Williams supported women and children’s rights in his entire life. We could often see the actor in activities related to those causes. Sometimes Williams used to appear in hospitals and played his remarkable character, Patch Adams. For sure, a person that is missing up these days.
#3. Tom Hanks
Without a doubt, Tom Hanks is the most adorable and nicest man in Hollywood. His performances in Forrest Gump or The Green Mile have stolen our hearts. As nice as he looks like, Hanks is a very generous person in real life despite his fortune and fame.
Hanks has been very supportive to same-sex marriage as he declared in 2008 that California constitution should be changed in order to respects what people wanted and needed. Also, he is an environmentalist and has invested a lot of money in campaigns that promote the use of electric vehicles, he also has one! Apart from that, he donated an espresso machine for the press corps of the White House.
#2. Lady Gaga
Besides her talented and successful singing career, Lady Gaga has been supportive to many causes and nowadays, she’s considered a role model for many teenagers that are trying to find themselves. As the pop singer calls them “my little monsters”, they’re proud of being monsters.
Lady Gaga has donated a lot of money to different causes, like to the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the American Red Cross and in campaigns to fight HIV and AIDS. Also, in 2012 Gaga founded the Born This Way Foundation that helps youth empowerment.
#1. Adele
Adele has a unique performance style and strong voice that makes her one of the best singer of all time. She has earned a lot of money during the last few years but that didn’t change her personality at all.
In 2007 and 2008, she performed at the Little Noise Sessions to raise money for the Mencap Fund that helps people with learning disabilities. Also, Adele stayed with the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in completely anonymity and donate large sums of money to the families and fire workers.