Jon Hamm, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and More Celebrate Nonprofit Honorees at Golden Globes Foundation Dinner
variety.comBreAnna Bell The newly formed Golden Globes Foundation honored this year’s crop of organizations who received significant grant awards with a celebratory toast alongside Hollywood’s stars including Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Jon Hamm.
This year, the foundation (now under the leadership of Board Chair Earl Gibson III) donated $5 million to 96 nonprofit organizations serving disadvantaged communities, several universities and colleges, film restoration projects throughout the world, and programs providing aid to journalists across the globe.
Recurring grantees include programs such as Black TV & Film Collaborative, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, Easterseals Southern California Disability Challenge, Film Independent, National Hispanic Media Coalition, RespectAbility, SAG/AFTRA Foundation, Women in Film, Latino Film Institute, IndieCollect, National Museum of American History, Outfest, Vidiots Foundation, Committee to Protect Journalists, Military Veterans in Journalism, Los Angeles Press Club, KPCC/California Public Radio, PEN America, UCLA Diversity Report, Children’s Hospital, Las Fotos, ManifestWorks and the Urban Peace Institute.
Hosted by Aja Naomi King and Eva LaRue at the Beverly Hilton, Friday night’s dinner also featured appearances from presenters Erica Ash, Eugenio Derbez, Diane Warren, Taylor Zakhar Perez and Renata Notni. “Philanthropy is part of the Golden Globes tradition and history since its founding, and our program has grown to support cultural, educational, artistic and humanitarian organizations,” Earl Gibson III said previously in a statement. “Our community has always taken pride in devoting its resources to supporting the broadest range of programs with the most impact especially aimed.
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