It’s all good news for fans of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. They gave away a lot of money in 2006, it’s all documented, and none of it went to any cult religions or crazy organizations.

According to the first federal filing for the Jolie Pitt Foundation, the couple put over $8 million into their tax-free instrument. Pitt put in $4,402,317. Jolie donated $4,123,613.

So, you see, all that talk about their making charitable donations? It was true, after all. What a relief. For once, there’s a happy ending.

Their first years’ donations totaled a whopping 2,367,935. The biggest amounts were $1 million apiece to Doctors Without Borders (International Division) and to Global AIDS Alliance.

The smaller grants went to Namibia Red Cross Action Program ($137,935), which is nice, since the couple caused chaos there when camped out during the birth of baby Shiloh; $100,000 to the Daniel Pearl Foundation (the couple made the movie “A Mighty Heart” about Pearl — this was a sop to his widow, Marianne, whom Jolie played); another $100,000 to Global Green USA and to the Epidermolysis Bulloma Medical Research Foundation; $5,000 each to two orphanages visited by Jolie; and $20,000 to an art park in Los Angeles.

The best thing about this first year’s filing is that the foundation’s expenses were a mere $27,000. It’s likely that next year, when the paperwork is done, there will be more staff expenses. Still, it’s an impressive start.

Meanwhile, Pitt has started the Make It Right Foundation, which is going to help build sustainable housing in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward.

All this altruism, combined with Pitt’s contributions to the Not On Our Watch fund to help Darfur, makes you want to go out and support the couple’s movies. At least the money is going to good places.

On the other hand, I was a little surprised to find that savedarfur.org raised $15.5 million last year, spent $6 million on television commercials to raise awareness about the plight of the Darfur refugees, paid $1 million to consultants and gave only $158,000 to relief organizations.

Source: Fox News

One Response to “Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Charity: Bravo”

»Billie Lamb

June 28th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

I am from Foley, Mo. and I am trying to find a way to get intouch with Brad Pitts Charities, to ask him if he and his partner would be willing to help the Flood victuims in Lincoln COunty Mo.

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