Sat Aug 4, 2012, 03:23 AM

Kirk Douglas donates $50 million to charity

Source: MSN

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas has pledged a massive $50 million donation to charity.

The "Spartacus" star and his wife, Anne, will give the money to five nonprofit organizations through their Douglas Foundation.

A portion of the cash will go to improve the Harry's Haven Alzheimer's unit at the Motion Picture & Television Fund's retirement home and hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif., while part of the donation will help the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City.

Anne's women's shelter in Los Angeles has also been named as a recipient, as well as Douglas' alma mater, St. Lawrence University in New York, which will receive funding to boost a scholarship program for minority students.

In a statement, 95-year-old Douglas says, "Anne and I are of one mind in our philosophical approach to philanthropy. We believe caring is sharing."

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Kirk Douglas donates $50 million to charity (Original post)	FredisDead	Aug 2012	OP
If only every uber rich person would be so generous.	fasttense	Aug 2012	#1
Kirk Douglas will always have top status in my book	NBachers	Aug 2012	#2
Thank you, Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Douglas.	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#3
Thank you kindly, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas. nt	AverageJoe90	Aug 2012	#4
My opinion of him has gone way up.	UnrepentantLiberal	Aug 2012	#5
How incredible. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas	Frustratedlady	Aug 2012	#6
Bravo +!000	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#26
I hope more wealthy people start behaving like him	Marrah_G	Aug 2012	#7
That would be a wonderful ad campaign	Ineeda	Aug 2012	#9
Still the hero.	alphafemale	Aug 2012	#8
They're not living by the More Is Never Enough credo and their heads haven't exploded?	valerief	Aug 2012	#10
Kirk starred in Spartacus and Paths of Glory, which were excellent movies	Kolesar	Aug 2012	#11
Douglas helped break the Hollywood "Blacklist" via Spartacus.	Frank Cannon	Aug 2012	#25
Very cool, but still, can you imagine being ABLE to donate $50 million? - n/t	primavera	Aug 2012	#12
Michael Douglas is very lucky	tabasco	Aug 2012	#13
Wow.	BumRushDaShow	Aug 2012	#14
Kirk Douglas's favorite movie that he starred in	marked50	Aug 2012	#15
The plot was about a man who refused to be conscripted	Kolesar	Aug 2012	#18
Lonely Are the Brave	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Aug 2012	#30
Ann and Kirk Douglas	Iwillnevergiveup	Aug 2012	#16
He is Spartacus.	grantcart	Aug 2012	#17
Ann and Kirk are the best.	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#19
I remember the nursing home - it went badly into the wayside before the actors noticed	Panasonic	Aug 2012	#21
bless him	CatWoman	Aug 2012	#20
Rec'd, that is one heck of a human being	just1voice	Aug 2012	#22
This is the man who helped end the Black List.	Walk away	Aug 2012	#23
My Kirk Douglas story	kwassa	Aug 2012	#24
Love this story!	blaze	Aug 2012	#28
Du rec	xchrom	Aug 2012	#27
applause for Kirk and Ann. Alzheimer's is a growing epidemic	wordpix	Aug 2012	#29
Always one of my favorites growing up and supports Obama, too.	freshwest	Aug 2012	#31
Kirk Douglas is 10 times the man Clint Eastwood ever was or will be...	MinM	Sep 2012	#32

Response to FredisDead (Original post)

Sat Aug 4, 2012, 04:09 AM

fasttense (14,432 posts)

1. If only every uber rich person would be so generous.

"In 2001, Independent Sector, a nonprofit organization focused on charitable giving, found that households earning less than $25,000 a year gave away an average of 4.2 percent of their incomes; those with earnings of more than $75,000 gave away 2.7 percent."

If only the rich were as generous as the poor.

Kirk Douglas donates $50 million to charity

1. If only every uber rich person would be so generous.

2. Kirk Douglas will always have top status in my book

3. Thank you, Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Douglas.

4. Thank you kindly, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas. nt

5. My opinion of him has gone way up.

6. How incredible. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas

26. Bravo +!000

7. I hope more wealthy people start behaving like him

9. That would be a wonderful ad campaign

8. Still the hero.

10. They're not living by the More Is Never Enough credo and their heads haven't exploded?

11. Kirk starred in Spartacus and Paths of Glory, which were excellent movies

25. Douglas helped break the Hollywood "Blacklist" via Spartacus.

12. Very cool, but still, can you imagine being ABLE to donate $50 million? - n/t

13. Michael Douglas is very lucky

14. Wow.

15. Kirk Douglas's favorite movie that he starred in

18. The plot was about a man who refused to be conscripted

30. Lonely Are the Brave

16. Ann and Kirk Douglas

17. He is Spartacus.

19. Ann and Kirk are the best.

21. I remember the nursing home - it went badly into the wayside before the actors noticed

20. bless him

22. Rec'd, that is one heck of a human being

23. This is the man who helped end the Black List.

24. My Kirk Douglas story

28. Love this story!

27. Du rec

29. applause for Kirk and Ann. Alzheimer's is a growing epidemic

31. Always one of my favorites growing up and supports Obama, too.

32. Kirk Douglas is 10 times the man Clint Eastwood ever was or will be...