Michael Jackson: His Secret Legacy Of Giving No One Knew About

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Most of us know that Michael Jackson is the King of Pop, the youngest of his brothers in the Jackson 5 and the most-awarded artist of all time. He won more awards than any other music alive or deceased. He’s received 23 Guinness World Records, 40 Billboard Awards, 13 Grammys, and 26 American Music Awards.

But many don’t know that Michael Jackson earned other awards as well: awards in giving (yes, giving). Michael really wanted to make his mark on this world and make it a better place, so he did just like his song “Man In The Mirror” said, he started with himself.

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In fact, in the Millennium-Issue of the “Guinness Book Of Records” Jackson was recognized as the Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations.

In 1986 Jackson gave $1.5 million to set up the “Michael Jackson United Negro College Fund Endowed Scholarship Fund”, aimed at students majoring in performance art and communications, with money given each year to students attending a member United Negro College Fund college or university. The scholarship has helped hundreds of students attend college.

Jackson also contributed to the Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund and many other charities aimed at education and special needs children.

Unbeknownst to many of us, Michael supported the 1995 Million Man March to the tune of nearly three hundred thousand dollars. He also gave to needy children in Romania and Bangkok, and assisted the “Motown Museum Historic Foundation.” Children in Bombay received millions of dollars and children in Poland received almost a million dollars worth of toys.

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In all, Celebrity Net Worth estimates that in addition to large amounts of time and effort to support charities and causes, Michael Jackson gave in excess of $200 million over the course of his life to try to make the world a better place.

The old saying goes, “put your money where your mouth is.” Michael Jackson did that and more.

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The following is a list of some of the charities he publicly helped:

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• AIDS Project L.A.
• American Cancer Society
• Angel Food
• Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
• BMI Foundation, Inc.— Support music education for gifted youngsters.
• Brotherhood Crusade
• Brothman Burn Center
• Camp Ronald McDonald
• Childhelp U.S.A. – Aims at meeting the needs of abused an neglected children—including education.
• Children’s Institute International
• Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
• Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
• Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
• Dakar Foundation
• Dreamstreet Kids
• Dreams Come True Charity
• Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation
• Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
• Love Match
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Minority Aids Project
• Motown Museum
• NAACP
• National Rainbow Coalition
• Rotary Club of Australia
• Society of Singers
• Starlight Foundation
• The Carter Center’s Atlanta Project
• The Sickle Cell Research Foundation… (list continued on next page)

…Transafrica

United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

United Negro College Fund Ladder’s of Hope

UNESCO—The proceeds of one of his tours went to the education of children in developing countries.

Volunteers of America

Watts Summer Festival

Wish Granting

YMCA – 28th Street/Crenshaw