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At $50M, Oprah Stars on Celeb Giving List

Posted Sep 12, 08 10:50 AM CDT in Arts & Living,  Gossip 

(Newser) – Parade's annual list of the 30 most generous celebrities is out, and among the best philanthropists are:

  • Oprah Winfrey: $50.2 million for education, women and children's advocacy.
  • Herb Alpert: $13 million for music education.
  • Barbra Streisand: $11 million for the environment, women's issues, AIDS research.
  • Paul Newman: $10 million for scholarships to alma mater Kenyon College.

  • Mel Gibson: $9,899,654 for his Holy Family Church.
  • Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt: $8.4 million for New Orleans reconstruction, refugee aid.
Lance Armstrong and Michael Jordan each gave $5 million; Rush Limbaugh donated $4.2 million; Rosie O'Donnell gave $3,515,512, followed by Jerry Seinfeld at $3 million and Hugh Hefner and Dan Rather at $2 million each.

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Environment issues, civil rights and AIDS research were among the causes benefiting from the $11 million donated last year by Barbra Streisand.   (AP Photo)
Oprah Winfrey tops list of most charitable celebrities, giving $50.2 million in 2007.   (AP Photo)
In this June 27, 2002 file photo, actor Paul Newman talks about his movie "Road to Perdition," during an interview in Chicago.   (AP Photo/Aynsley Floyd, file)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie give money for refugee programs and New Orleans reconstruction.   (AP Photo)
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