Philanthropy

Philadelphia Eagle defensive back Nnamdi Asomugha has been dubbed “the senator” by teammates due to his philanthropy involving youth and education. Asomugha has started “Asamugha College Tour for Scholars” which takes high school students on college tours. RELATED: Arsenio Hall, Stephen A. Smith Discuss Athletes And Philanthropy RELATED: Oprah Meets Billionaire Boys Club To Discuss Charity The […]

A Manchester, Conn. woman is preparing to embark on an ambitious adventure, trekking 7,000 miles across the continent of Africa. Amy Russell hopes to average 20 miles per day, six days a week to raise money for clean drinking water for people in underdeveloped countries. Russell’s organization, Walk4Water is sponsoring the effort in the hopes […]

New York– The Steve Harvey Foundation raised over $600,000 for the philanthropic entertainer’s mentoring program at last night’s  2nd annual Steve Harvey Gala held in the Cipriani Wall Street in NYC. The spirited event was co-hosted by Steve Harvey and The View‘s Sherri Shepherd.  Harvey addressed the audience with a very genuine and inspirational tone […]

Essence is reporting that New Orleans Hornets Point Guard Chris Paul has donated half a million dollars to start an after school program in New Orleans called the CP3 After School Zone. The CP3 Afterschool Zone is set to work with local schools, libraries, recreation centers and other facilities to provide dynamic afterschool grams that […]

The Grio is reporting on Joshua Williams, a 9-year-old from Miami who is the President of Joshua’s Heat Foundation which feeds thousands of at risk people in Miami. At a food giveaway program for 200 underprivileged residents in Miami, the boss is on hand, helping out. One of the smallest philanthropists around, 9-year-old Joshua Williams, […]

From BlackVoices.com: Grammy Award-winning artist and philanthropist Wyclef Jean can now add another distinguished honor to his long list of achievements: The Haitian-born Jean was awarded an honorary doctorate on May 23 from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.