http://www.givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2011.html Code: 1 Actress Jami Gertz and her husband Antony Ressler $10,569,002 2 Musician Herb Alpert $9,104,829 3 Actor Mel Gibson $6,853,020 4 Director, Producer, Writer, George Lucas $4,250,000 5 Writer Nora Roberts $3,000,000 6 NFL Player Ndamukong Suh $2,600,000 7 MLB Player Lance Berkman and his wife Cara $2,412,245 8 Actress Meryl Streep and her husband Donald Gummer $2,000,000 9 Television Producer, Marcia Carsey and her husband John Carsey $1,870,000 10 Simpsons' Co-Creator Sam Simon $1,800,000 11 Comedian Jerry Seinfeld $1,766,000 12 Actress Barbra Streisand $1,555,500 13 Actor Matthew McConaughey $1,537,292 14 Writers Dean and Gerda Koontz $1,500,000 14 Model Gisele Bundchen $1,500,000 16 Writer Isabel Allende $1,017,247 17 Actor Alec Baldwin $1,005,131 18 Actress Sandra Bullock $1,000,000 18 NFL Player Eli Manning and his wife Abby $1,000,000 20 Actress Will and Jada Smith $900,000 20 Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner $900,000 22 NBA Player Carmelo Anthony $837,200 23 Cyclist and seven-time winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong $700,648 24 Writers Jonathan and Faye Kellerman $627,700 25 MLB Player Mariano Rivera $627,500 26 Singer/Songwriter Taylor Swift $625,000 27 Daniel and Cara Whitney (Larry the Cable Guy) $550,020 28 Artist Jasper Johns $500,000 29 Golfer Davis Love $424,379 30 Actress Victoria Principal $342,665
Got to give major props to Suh and Berkman. Berkman has made this list for multiple years. Suh might be dirty, but he is actually a good person which you can't say about a lot of athletes.
He also bought stuff for a high school. His donation included money for the engineering department as well.
Jami Gertz is a fox. She was great on "Still Standing". Nice to hear that she gives back so much to the community.
He dropped $600k on the Engineering department too; which I believe is the only one in the state (faculty teach and commute between Lincoln and UN Omaha).
Man, there was a whole slew of those half-blue-collar husband wife shows like Grounded for Life, Still Standing, 'Til Death and that Michael Rappaport one in the early 2000s. Not to be cynical but I guess we know Tony Ressler's rich.
I bet Ken Kercheval, Jack Scalia and even Sasha Mitchell have some halfway decent coin from Dallas syndication (at least overseas).
Sorry but when I think of the word "charity", an entity that brought in 54 million in revenue and made 34.5 in profit based on the work and skills of unpaid students doesn't really do it for me. This is the same scam that keeps Bowl Games organizers tax free as charity organizations. Bo Pelini makes about 3 million a year. United Way CEO (4.2 billion charity) 1 million UNICEF (3.4 billion charity) 200K per year National Commander of the Salvation Army makes about 200k
