One of the best models of celebrity philanthropy is practiced by Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward. Oscar-winning Newman has been married to Oscar-winning actress Joanne Woodward for 45 years. The couple has collaborated on numerous artistic, community and charitable projects, and have made Westport, Connecticut their home base. A recent collaboration was a sold-out Broadway run of the Westport country Playhouse production of Our town, which raised $1 million for the Playhouse, where Woodward is artistic director.

Newman is said to devote half his time to his food company, Newman’s Own, Inc., and charitable giving. Newman and Woodward established the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for terminally ill children, and the anti-drug Scott Newman Foundation, named in memory of Newman’s only son, who died of an accidental drug overdose in 1978. Through his own line of food products that have earned him more than $200 million, he donates 100 percent of his profits to charities such as civil rights groups, schools for the deaf, theater programs for low-income children and many others.