Editing Rosie O'Donnell (section)

==Charitable work==
Over her career, O'Donnell has developed a reputation for raising funds and her own philanthropy to charitable causes. In May 1996, [[Warner Books]] advanced O'Donnell $3&nbsp;million to write a memoir.<ref name="PeopleBio2"/> She used the money to seed her For All Kids Foundation to help institute national standards for day care across the country.<ref name="PeopleBio2"/>

Since 1997, Rosie's For All Kids Foundation, overseen by [[Elizabeth Birch]], has awarded more than $22&nbsp;million in Early Childhood Care and Education program grants to over 900 nonprofit organizations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forallkids.org|title=Rosie's For All Kids Foundation|access-date=August 23, 2007|archive-date=May 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509133538/http://www.forallkids.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On October 30, 2006, she was honored by the [[New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]].<ref name=Grippi>{{cite news|last=Grippi|first=Mike|title=Rosie O'Donnell to be honored for protecting children|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/entertainment-news/2006/10/06/rosie-o%E2%80%99donnell-be-honored-protecting-children|access-date=February 19, 2014|newspaper=The Advocate|date=October 5, 2006}}</ref> "It's our privilege to be honoring and hosting Rosie," said NYSPCC president David Stack in a statement.<ref name=Grippi/> "Her Rosie's for All Kids Foundation has awarded more than $22 million in grants to over 1,400 child-related organizations, and that's just one of her many impressive activities on behalf of children."<ref name=Grippi/> In November 2006, ''[[Nightline]]'' aired a video report about the opening of The Children's Plaza and Family Center in Renaissance Village, a [[FEMA trailer]] park in [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rosie O'Donnell returns to Louisiana to help Katrina victims|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video?id=2622927|access-date=March 8, 2014|newspaper=[[Nightline]]|date=November 1, 2006}}</ref> This was an emergency response initiative of Rosie's For All Kids Foundation with the help of many local nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses, all efforts were to assist the families displaced by [[Hurricane Katrina]].

San Francisco [[public relations]] firm Fineman Associates awarded top prize to [[Procter & Gamble]]'s designation of O'Donnell as "unkissable" in a promotion for [[Scope (mouthwash)|Scope]] mouthwash on the 1997 annual list of the nation's worst public relations blunders.<ref>{{cite news|date=December 24, 1997|title=P&G wins top 'PR blunder' honor|work=Bizjournals|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/1997/12/22/daily11.html|access-date=March 16, 2011}}</ref> In response to the promotion, O'Donnell partnered with [[Warner–Lambert]]'s competitor [[Listerine]], who donated bottles of mouthwash to the studio audience and donated $1,000 to charity every time a hosted guest would kiss her in exchange for O'Donnell promoting their product.<ref name=PeopleBio/> On occasion, the guests would offer multiple kisses, and ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' reported O'Donnell "smooched her way to more than $350,000".<ref name=PeopleBio/>

In 2003, O'Donnell and Kelli O'Donnell collaborated with Artistic Director Lori Klinger to create [[Rosie's Broadway Kids]], dedicated to providing free instruction in music and dance to New York City public schools or students. Rosie's Broadway Kids serves more than 4,500 teachers, students, and their family members at 21 schools.<ref>[http://www.rosiesbroadwaykids.org/site.php Rosie's Broadway Kids] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429202914/http://www.rosiesbroadwaykids.org/site.php |date=April 29, 2008 }}</ref> Currently, programs are in [[Harlem]], [[Midtown Manhattan|Midtown West]], [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]], [[Lower East Side]], [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]], and [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]]. All net profits from O'Donnell's 2007 book ''Celebrity Detox'' are also being donated to Rosie's Broadway Kids.<ref name="FameGame"/>

In December 2006, at a one-night charity event on the [[Norwegian Pearl]] cruise ship, [[Elizabeth Birch]], executive director for the Rosie's For All Kids Foundation, confirmed that $50&nbsp;million from O'Donnell's five-year contract were donated in an irrevocable [[Charitable trust|trust]] to charity.<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=14168 O'Donnell is Godmother of the 'Pearl;' Benefit Held 12/15] BroadwayWorld.com</ref> She is also reported to have contributed several hundred thousand dollars for rehabilitation therapies for war veterans who have lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan wars. On ''[[The Tyra Banks Show]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITsvOxiDmsM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/ITsvOxiDmsM| archive-date=October 30, 2021|title=Rosie O'Donnell (America) – Tyra (Part 3)| date=February 27, 2009|publisher=YouTube|access-date=March 5, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Banks brought up to O'Donnell that people don't realize that O'Donnell has given more than $100&nbsp;million to charity.<ref>The Tyra Banks Show, 2/26/09</ref> In May 2007, O'Donnell and [[Pogo.com]] announced a joint effort to raise money for Rosie's All Kids Foundation.<ref name=Pogo.com>{{cite news|title=EA's Pogo.com and Rosie O'Donnell Team up to Launch 'Pogo Cares Benefiting Rosie's for All Kids Foundation'|url=http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=314439|access-date=February 19, 2014|newspaper=[[Electronic Arts]]|date=May 4, 2007}}</ref> EA, which owns Pogo.com, committed $30,000 and more money can be raised based on the amount of playing time people spend on certain games.<ref name=Pogo.com/> They also held a sweepstakes in which winners get to fly to New York and meet O'Donnell and attend a charity function as her guest.<ref name=Pogo.com/>

During the summer of 2007, O'Donnell was a guest on the multi-artist [[True Colors Tour]], which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada.<ref name="Hochman">{{cite news|last=Hochman|first=Steve|title=Cyndi and Rosie (but no Britney) at Human Rights Campaign's 'True Colors' concert|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 2, 2007|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-02-et-colors2-story.html|access-date=March 16, 2011}}</ref> The tour, sponsored by the gay cable channel [[Logo TV|Logo]], began on June 8, 2007. Hosted by comedian [[Margaret Cho]] and headlined by [[Cyndi Lauper]], the tour also included [[Debbie Harry]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], [[The Gossip]], [[Rufus Wainwright]], [[The Dresden Dolls]], [[The MisShapes]], [[Indigo Girls]], [[The Cliks]], and other special guests. Profits from the tour helped to benefit the [[Human Rights Campaign]] as well as [[PFLAG|P-FLAG]] and [[The Matthew Shepard Foundation]].<ref name="Chonin">{{cite news|last=Chonin|first=Neva|title=Gay icons rock Berkeley for a cause in post-Pride 'True Colors' celebration O'Donnell is cattily amusing|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=July 2, 2007|url =http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/02/DDGQUQOII31.DTL&hw=true+colors+tour&sn=003&sc=863|access-date=July 11, 2007}}</ref> She appeared again on [[True Colors Tour 2008]].