Editing Tony Hawk (section)

===Philanthropy===
[[File:JasonTonyParkOpening.JPG|thumb|Hawk at the opening of the Needles Skate Park in [[Needles, California]], in 2004. Hawk donated $10,000 to the building of the park and made an appearance at the grand opening.]]
Hawk created the Tony Hawk Foundation in 2002 in response to the lack of safe and legal skateparks in America.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://causes.benevity.org/causes/840-330965889 |title=Tony Hawk Foundation |website=Benevity Causes |access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> As of June 2018, his foundation has awarded US$5.8 million, aiding 596 skatepark projects.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tonyhawkfoundation.org/financials/ |title=The Tony Hawk Foundation Financials |website=Tony Hawk Foundation |language=en-US |access-date=2020-04-28 |archive-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513214421/https://tonyhawkfoundation.org/financials/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, the foundation received the Robert Wood Johnson Sports award, which honors recipients for their innovative and influential approaches to using sports to build a culture of health in their communities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/articles-and-news/2015/08/tony-hawk-foundation--chicago-fire-foundation--and-doc-wayne-you.html |title=2015 Winners of the RWJF Sports Award |date=2015-08-25 |website=RWJF |language=en |access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> In 2007, Hawk, [[Andre Agassi]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Lance Armstrong]], [[Warrick Dunn]], [[Jeff Gordon]], [[Mia Hamm]], [[Andrea Jaeger]], [[Jackie Joyner-Kersee]], [[Mario Lemieux]], [[Alonzo Mourning]], and [[Cal Ripken Jr.]] founded the charity [[Athletes for Hope]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athletesforhope.org |title=Athletes for Hope |access-date=October 20, 2010}}</ref> an organization that aims to inspire all people to volunteer and support their communities through the actions of professional athletes. In 2020, the Tony Hawk Foundation changed its name to [[The Skatepark Project]] to better describe the organization's mission.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Skatepark Project |url=https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/the-skatepark-project/ |access-date=2020-08-31 |website=Thrasher Magazine}}</ref> In 2012, Hawk decided to invest money into digital currency, [[Bitcoin]]. His "fun project" became a big source of income and interest for him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marchese |first=David |date=2021-05-24 |title=Tony Hawk's Greatest Trick? Becoming a Middle-Aged Skateboard Star |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/24/magazine/tony-hawk-interview.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2023, Hawk auctioned a signed photograph of himself and Rick Thorne, with 50% of the proceeds to be donated to the Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund. The fund was created following the death of [[Tyre Nichols]] at the hands of law enforcement officers. One of the fund's plans involve building a skate park in Nichols' honor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-04 |title=Tony Hawk to donate photo proceeds to Tyre Nichols fund |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-fedex-corp-law-enforcement-nashville-800666ab8c2300ffeab074900d08fb7e |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>