Editing Jon Bon Jovi (section)

==Philanthropy==
[[File:Jon Bon Jovi at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival 3.jpg|thumb|Bon Jovi in April 2009]]
During an appearance on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' in 2005, Bon Jovi (the band, not the individual) donated $1 million to the Angel Network foundation.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=933 | title=Bon Jovi Stuns Oprah with Million Donation | first=Karen | last=Reardanz | date=September 22, 2005 | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | access-date=March 4, 2009 | archive-date=May 25, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525172354/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=933 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In July 2007, Jon Bon Jovi announced a project that would rehabilitate a block of 15 homes in [[North Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://origin.foxnews.com/wires/2006Oct05/0,4670,PeopleJonBonJovi,00.html |work=Fox News |title=Bon Jovi to Repair Homes in Philadelphia |date=October 5, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022553/http://origin.foxnews.com/wires/2006Oct05/0%2C4670%2CPeopleJonBonJovi%2C00.html |archive-date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1543358,00.html |title=Bon Jovi to Restore Rundown Philly Homes |magazine=People |date=October 6, 2006 |access-date=December 20, 2011 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111172224/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1543358,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation (formerly the Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation) was founded in 2006. It supports community efforts to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jonbonjovisoulfoundation.org/about |title=About Us |publisher=Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation |access-date=December 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227052437/http://www.jonbonjovisoulfoundation.org/about |archive-date=December 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-10-30 |title=Jon Bon Jovi, the Jersey Shore and the Impact Investing Strategy (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/your-money/jon-bon-jovi-the-jersey-shore-and-the-impact-investing-strategy.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |last1=Sullivan |first1=Paul }}</ref> On October 19, 2011, it opened the JBJ Soul Kitchen, a community restaurant in [[Red Bank, New Jersey]], where patrons pay what they can afford for their meals, either with money or by volunteering work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/bon-jovi-fights-poverty-new-restaurant-4478730|title=Bon Jovi fights poverty with new restaurant|work=TVNZ|date=October 21, 2011|access-date=August 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125002434/http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/bon-jovi-fights-poverty-new-restaurant-4478730|archive-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref>  {{As of|2023}}, three additional locations have been opened—one in [[Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River]], another at the [[Rutgers University–Newark|Newark campus of Rutgers University]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vazquez • • |first=Jennifer |title=Jon Bon Jovi Opens JBJ Soul Kitchen at Rutgers-Newark for Students in Need of Meals |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/good-news/jon-bon-jovi-opens-jbj-soul-kitchen-at-rutgers-newark-for-students-in-need-of-meals/2263532/ |access-date=May 14, 2022 |website=NBC New York |date=January 22, 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> and a third one inside the Gilligan Student Union at [[New Jersey City University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fry |first=Chris |date=2023-02-17 |title=Jon Bon Jovi's Soul Kitchen Opens in Jersey City |url=https://jerseydigs.com/jon-bon-jovi-soul-kitchen-jersey-city/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Jersey Digs |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2025, Mayor [[Dan Rodrick]] of Toms River, New Jersey, accused the organization of attracting homeless people from other parts of the country to congregate in the town.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/ocean/2025/04/nj-mayor-blasts-bon-jovis-soul-kitchen-for-homeless-gathering-near-library.html |work=NJ.com |last=Conklin |first=Eric |title=N.J. Mayor bashes Bon Jovi's makeshift restaurant the needy in town |date=April 7, 2025 |access-date=April 11, 2025}}</ref>

Jon Bon Jovi is one of 21 artists singing on "[[Everybody Hurts#Helping Haiti charity single|Everybody Hurts]]", a charity single organized by [[Simon Cowell]] aiding victims of the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Everybody Hurts music video |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8503762.stm |access-date=January 27, 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=February 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227200144/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8503762.stm |archive-date=December 27, 2021 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref>