Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference — PICS

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March 15, 2018 3:43PM EDT

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Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference — PICS

Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference — PICS — As public figures, musicians and music artists have a great platform to make a difference. And some female artists have gone the extra mile by starting their own foundations and charities. Stars like Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and so many more took a huge leap of faith by creating their non-profit organizations, and they are serving the communities they love and care about so well! From fundraisers, to benefits, and so many more events and means of generating educational endeavors, these women have really done some very good work.

Here, Jennifer Lopez attends the Healthy Childhood initiative launch event, sponsored by the Montefiore Health System in partnership with the Lopez Family Foundation, at the Montefiore Medical Center on Sunday, June 1, 2014, in New York. To see more examples of female artists who have created their own foundations and non-profit organizations, check out the rest of the photos in this gallery.

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Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga — Recording artist Lady Gaga launches “Love Bravery” at Macy’s Herald Square on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in New York. Proceeds from “Love Bravery” items will benefit the Born This Way and Elton John AIDS Foundations. She created her foundation, the Born This Way foundation, in 2011 with the help of her mom.

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Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference

Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference — Miley Cyrus started the Happy Hippie Foundation in 2014. Its mission statement reads: “The Happy Hippie Foundation rallies young people to fight injustice. The Happy Foundation provides homeless youth, LGBTQ youth, and other vulnerable youth populations with consistent support services to build well-being, crisis response services to meet basic immediate needs, and prevention services.”(Broadimage/REX/Shutterstock)

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Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference

Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference — Tegan and Sara started the Tegan and Sara Foundation in 2016 to fight for economic justice, health and representation for LGBTQ girls and women. As Tegan told us last year: “Our focus is LBGTQ women and girls since they are underfunded and underrepresented. We are starting to write grants and fund organizations now, which is very exciting. More to come in the next year — big plans!”

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Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference

Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference — Jennifer Lopez and the Lopez Family Foundation: Here, Jennifer Lopez speaks at the Healthy Childhood initiative launch event, sponsored by the Montefiore Health System in partnership with the Lopez Family Foundation, at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York.

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Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference

Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference — Shakira and the Pies Descalzos Foundation: Shakira and Brazilian actress Xuxa Meneghel pose for a photo with children during a charity activity to promote primary education at the Cidade de Deus favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference

Women Who Started Charity Foundations To Make A Difference — Madonna and Raising Malawi: Here, Madonna chats with children in Kasungu, about 150 kilometers north of the capital Lilongwe. Madonna is currently visiting Malawi with her son David and daughter Mercy, where she has been working since 2006 with her non profit organization.

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