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Through the years, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah's Angel Network (1998–2010), [1] [2] the Oprah Winfrey Foundation (established in 1987), [3] [4] and the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation (established in 2010) [5] have donated hours and dollars to numerous non-profit organizations operating in the United States, South Africa, and other countries.
During Trent’s final appearance in May 2011, Winfrey announced a $1.5 million grant from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation to Save the Children to rebuild the Matau Primary School in Zimbabwe.
In 2000, Oprah Winfrey met with former South African president Nelson Mandela to discuss building a new school for girls in South Africa. [6] In 2007, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG), a boarding school for girls, grades 8–12, opened in Henley on Klip, Gauteng Province, South Africa. [7]
Oprah began her broadcasting career at WVOL radio in Nashville while still in high school. At the age of 19, she became the youngest person and the first African American woman to anchor the news ...
Winfrey’s foundation gives money, provides education and serves meals to underserved communities in the United States and beyond, while her global outreach programs have made a monumental impact ...
Challenge grants are funds disbursed by one party (the grant maker), usually a government agency, corporation, foundation or trust (sometimes anonymously), typically to a non-profit entity or educational institution (the grantee) upon completion of the challenge requirement(s).
Oprah's Angel Network was a charity organized in 1998 and involved in various projects such as education supplies, school construction, disaster relief, and other areas. [ 1 ] In May 2010, with Oprah's show ending, the charity stopped accepting donations and was shut down.
In 1998, Winfrey created Oprah's Angel Network, a charity that supported charitable projects and provided grants to nonprofit organizations around the world. Oprah's Angel Network raised more than $80 million ($1 million of which was donated by Jon Bon Jovi ).