Editing Jay Leno (section)

===Charity===
In 2001, he and his wife donated $100,000 to the [[Feminist Majority Foundation]]'s campaign to stop [[gender apartheid]] in Afghanistan, to educate the public regarding the plight of women in Afghanistan under [[Taliban]] rule. Mavis Leno is on the board of the Feminist Majority.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hollywood's Latest Cause: Can A Pack Of Celebrities Save Afghanistan's Women? |work= [[Newsweek]] |date=December 6, 1999 |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/90455/output/print |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090410150936/http://www.newsweek.com/id/90455/output/print |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = So Many Causes, So Little Time| first = Susan H.| last = Greenberg| work = Newsweek| date = February 20, 2000| url = http://www.newsweek.com/id/82834| access-date = January 9, 2017| archive-date = June 2, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090602094325/http://www.newsweek.com/id/82834| url-status = live}}</ref>

In 2009, he donated $100,000 to a scholarship fund at [[Salem State University|Salem State College]] (now Salem State University) in honor of [[Lennie Sogoloff]], who gave Leno his start at his jazz club, Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/12/leno_says_thanks_with_100k_check/ |title=Leno says thanks with $100k check |newspaper=[[Boston Herald]] |date=April 12, 2009 |access-date=February 19, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604121114/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/12/leno_says_thanks_with_100k_check |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref>

In August 2012, Leno auctioned his [[Fiat 500]], which was sold for $385,000 with all the proceeds going to a charity that helps wounded war veterans recover by providing them with temporary housing.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |last1=Elliot |first1=Hannah |title=Celebrity Cars Push Records At Pebble, Jay Leno's Fiat Gets 10 Times Expected Price |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/08/20/celebrity-cars-push-records-at-pebble-jay-lenos-fiat-gets-10-times-expected-price/ |website=Forbes |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711035549/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/08/20/celebrity-cars-push-records-at-pebble-jay-lenos-fiat-gets-10-times-expected-price/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{As of|2022|November}}, Leno sponsored two scholarships at [[McPherson College]].