Editing Beyoncé (section)

=== Philanthropy ===
{{see also|BeyGood}}
In 2002, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Tina Knowles built the Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth, a community center in Downtown Houston. After [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, Beyoncé and Rowland founded the Survivor Foundation to provide transitional housing to displaced families and provide means for new building construction, to which Beyoncé contributed an initial $250,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Survivor+Foundation+Established+by+Knowles+and+Rowland+Families...-a0136271142|title=The Survivor Foundation Established by Knowles and Rowland Families to Provide Transitional Housing for Hurricane Evacuees|publisher=Business Wire|year=2005|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140914173603/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Survivor+Foundation+Established+by+Knowles+and+Rowland+Families...-a0136271142}}</ref> The foundation has since expanded to work with other charities in the city,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicworldent.com/philanthropy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817224546/http://musicworldent.com/philanthropy |archive-date=August 17, 2010|title=Philanthropy|publisher=Music World|access-date=December 18, 2013}}</ref> and also provided relief following [[Hurricane Ike]] three years later.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/10/15/beyonces-survivor-foundation-helps-hurricane-ike-victims/|title=Beyoncé's Survivor Foundation Helps Hurricane Ike Victims|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=October 15, 2008|publisher=MTV Newsroom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017121850/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/10/15/beyonces-survivor-foundation-helps-hurricane-ike-victims/|archive-date=October 17, 2008}}</ref> Beyoncé also donated $100,000 to the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|title=Beyonce's Survivor Foundation Helps Hurricane Ike Victims|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2574648/beyonces-survivor-foundation-helps-hurricane-ike-victims/| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/http://www.mtv.com/news/2574648/beyonces-survivor-foundation-helps-hurricane-ike-victims/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2020|agency=MTV News}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2007, Beyoncé founded the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments, a housing complex offering living space for 43 displaced individuals. As of 2016, Beyoncé had donated $7&nbsp;million for the maintenance of the complex.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 10 Not-So-Publicized Times Jay Z and Beyonce Gave Back|url=https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/do-good-brothers/10-not-so-publicized-times-jay-z-and-beyonce-gave-back/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/do-good-brothers/10-not-so-publicized-times-jay-z-and-beyonce-gave-back/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2020|magazine=Essence}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:Beyoncé Cosmetology Center.jpg|left|thumb|Beyoncé (''center'') and her mother, [[Tina Knowles|Tina]], (''left'') at the opening of the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center on March 5, 2010|alt=A woman is surrounded by several others, all behind a piece of white tape]]

After starring in ''Cadillac Records'' in 2009 and learning about [[Phoenix House]], a non-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization, Beyoncé donated her full $4&nbsp;million salary from the film to the organization.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guest Blogger: Pop Superstar Beyoncé on Phoenix House's New Beyoncé Cosmetology Center |publisher=Phoenix House|url=https://www.phoenixhouse.org/news-and-views/our-perspectives/beyonce-cosmetology-center-2/,%20https://www.phoenixhouse.org/news-and-views/our-perspectives/beyonce-cosmetology-center-2/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.phoenixhouse.org/news-and-views/our-perspectives/beyonce-cosmetology-center-2/,%20https://www.phoenixhouse.org/news-and-views/our-perspectives/beyonce-cosmetology-center-2/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Beyoncé and her mother Tina opened the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at the Brooklyn [[Phoenix House]], offering a seven-month cosmetology training course for men and women.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guest Blogger: Pop Superstar Beyoncé on Phoenix House's New Beyoncé Cosmetology Center |publisher=Phoenix House|url=https://www.phoenixhouse.org/news-and-views/our-perspectives/beyonce-cosmetology-center-2/,%20https://www.phoenixhouse.org/news-and-views/our-perspectives/beyonce-cosmetology-center-2/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.phoenixhouse.org/news-and-views/our-perspectives/beyonce-cosmetology-center-2/,%20https://www.phoenixhouse.org/news-and-views/our-perspectives/beyonce-cosmetology-center-2/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 3, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In April 2011, Beyoncé joined forces with U.S. First Lady [[Michelle Obama]] and the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation, to help boost the latter's campaign against [[child obesity]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/beyonce-drops-music-video-fight-childhood-obesity/story?id=13482133|title=Beyoncé Joins Michelle Obama's Initiative To Fight Childhood Obesity|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=April 29, 2011|first=Mikaela|last=Conley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502155310/http://abcnews.go.com/Health/beyonce-drops-music-video-fight-childhood-obesity/story?id=13482133|archive-date=May 2, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> by reworking her single "Get Me Bodied".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/04/08/video-beyonce-wants-you-to-move-your-body/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/04/08/video-beyonce-wants-you-to-move-your-body/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Beyoncé Wants You to "Move Your Body"|magazine=Rap-Up|date=April 8, 2011|access-date=April 9, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Beyoncé became an ambassador for the 2012 [[World Humanitarian Day]] campaign.<ref name="WHD2012">{{cite magazine|last=Hart|first=Tina|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/beyonce-helps-break-1bn-social-media-milestone-for-world-humanitarian-day/051440| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/beyonce-helps-break-1bn-social-media-milestone-for-world-humanitarian-day/051440| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Beyoncé helps break 1bn social media milestone for World Humanitarian Day|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=August 20, 2012|access-date=August 22, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/events.shtml|title=World Humanitarian Day – 19 August|publisher=[[Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]]|access-date=July 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718152423/http://www.un.org/en/events/humanitarianday/events.shtml|archive-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref> In 2013, it was announced that Beyoncé would work with [[Salma Hayek]] and [[Frida Giannini]] on a [[Gucci]] "Chime for Change" campaign that aims to spread female empowerment.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Karmali|first=Sarah|title=Beyoncé Leads New Gucci Empowerment Campaign|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/02/28/beyonce-knowles-salma-hayek-gucci-chime-for-change-campaign-frida-giannini|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=March 12, 2013|archive-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140914174013/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/02/28/beyonce-knowles-salma-hayek-gucci-chime-for-change-campaign-frida-giannini}}</ref> With help of the [[crowdfunding]] platform Catapult, visitors of a concert promoting the cause could choose between several projects supporting the education of women and girls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dev.chimeforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Who_do_you_chime_for__PSA_Announcement_English.pdf|title=Cameron Diaz, Evan Rachel Wood, Florence Welch, Freida Pinto, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jada Pinkett Smith, John Legend, Julia Roberts, Kylie Minogue, Olivia Wilde, Ziggy Marley And Zoe Saldana Join Chime For Change Co Founders Beyoncé Knowles – Carter, Frida Giannini And Salma Hayek Pinault To Celebrate The Most Inspirational Girls And Women in Their Lives|date=May 15, 2013|publisher=Chime For Change|access-date=February 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725165140/http://dev.chimeforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Who_do_you_chime_for__PSA_Announcement_English.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2014 }}</ref> 

Beyoncé and Jay-Z secretly donated tens of thousands of dollars to bail out [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters in Baltimore and Ferguson, as well as funded infrastructure for the establishment of Black Lives Matter chapters across the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jay Z And Beyoncé Paid "Tens Of Thousands" To Bail Out Protesters, Activist Says|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mbvd/jay-z-and-beyonce-paid-tens-of-thousands-to-bail-out-protest| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mbvd/jay-z-and-beyonce-paid-tens-of-thousands-to-bail-out-protest| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2020|work=BuzzFeed News|date=May 18, 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Before Beyoncé's Formation World Tour show in Tampa, her team held a private luncheon for more than 20 community leaders to discuss how Beyoncé could support local charitable initiatives, including pledging on the spot to fund 10 scholarships to provide students with financial aid.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beyoncé preps for her Formation Tour with rehearsals in Tampa|url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/beyonc233-preps-for-her-formation-tour-with-rehearsals-in-tampa/2274355/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/beyonc233-preps-for-her-formation-tour-with-rehearsals-in-tampa/2274355/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2020|first=Jay|last= Cridlin|newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In June 2016, Beyoncé donated over $82,000 to the [[United Way of America|United Way]] of Genesee County to support victims of the [[Flint water crisis]]. Beyoncé additionally donated money to support 14 students in Michigan with their college expenses.<ref>{{cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|title=Beyoncé Donates $82,234 to Flint Water Crisis|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/66100-beyonce-donates-82234-to-flint-water-crisis/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://pitchfork.com/news/66100-beyonce-donates-82234-to-flint-water-crisis/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=Pitchfork|date=June 14, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In August 2016, Beyoncé and Jay-Z donated $1.5 million to civil rights groups including Black Lives Matter, [[Hands Up United]] and [[Dream Defenders]].<ref>{{cite web|date=February 8, 2016|title=Beyoncé and Jay Z Donate $1.5 Million to the Black Lives Matter Movement|url=https://www.good.is/articles/jay-z-beyonce-black-lives-matter-funds| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.good.is/articles/jay-z-beyonce-black-lives-matter-funds| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2020|publisher=Good Worldwide}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After [[Hurricane Matthew]], Beyoncé and Jay-Z donated $15 million to the Usain Bolt Foundation to support its efforts in rebuilding homes in Haiti.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Z And Beyonce Donate 15 Million To Rebuild Haiti|url=https://www.24flix.com/2016/10/jay-z-beyonce-donate-15-million-rebuild-haiti/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.24flix.com/2016/10/jay-z-beyonce-donate-15-million-rebuild-haiti/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=24 Flix – Unlimited Family Entertainment|date=October 10, 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

During [[Hurricane Harvey]] in August 2017, Beyoncé launched [[BeyGood]] Houston to support those affected by the hurricane in Houston. The organization donated necessities such as cots, blankets, pillows, baby products, feminine products and wheelchairs, and funded long-term revitalization projects.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 31, 2017|title=Beyoncé launches BeyGOOD Houston to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/hurricaneharvey/article/Beyonc-launches-BeyGOOD-Houston-to-help-with-12164903.php| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/hurricaneharvey/article/Beyonc-launches-BeyGOOD-Houston-to-help-with-12164903.php| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2020|newspaper=Houston Chronicle}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She additionally donated $75,000 worth of new mattresses to survivors of the hurricane.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beyonce sends $75,000 in mattresses to Houston|url=https://younghollywood.com/news/beyonce-sends-75-000-in-mattresses-to-houston.html| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://younghollywood.com/news/beyonce-sends-75-000-in-mattresses-to-houston.html| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2020|publisher=[[Young Hollywood]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Later that month, Beyoncé released a remix of J Balvin and Willy William's "[[Mi Gente (J Balvin and Willy William song)|Mi Gente]]", with all of her proceeds being donated to disaster relief charities in Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.S. and the Caribbean after hurricanes Harvey, [[Hurricane Irma|Irma]] and [[Hurricane Maria|Maria]], and the [[2017 Chiapas earthquake|Chiapas]] and [[2017 Puebla earthquake|Puebla earthquakes]].<ref>{{cite news|date=September 29, 2017|title=Mi Gente: Beyonce joins J Balvin for new mix in Puerto Rico and Mexico relief efforts – listen|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mi-gente-beyonce-lyrics-spanish-j-balvin-willy-william-puerto-rico-mexico-relief-victims-charity-jennifer-lopez-latest-a7973296.html|first=Roisin|last= O'Connor| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mi-gente-beyonce-lyrics-spanish-j-balvin-willy-william-puerto-rico-mexico-relief-victims-charity-jennifer-lopez-latest-a7973296.html| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2020|newspaper=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In April 2020, Beyoncé donated $6&nbsp;million to the National Alliance in Mental Health, [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] and local community-based organizations in order to provide mental health and personal wellness services to essential workers during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. BeyGood also teamed up with local organizations to help provide resources to communities of color, including food, water, cleaning supplies, medicines and face masks.<ref name="x242">{{cite web | last=Beaumont-Thomas | first=Ben | title=Beyoncé gives $6m to coronavirus relief, including mental health causes | website=The Guardian | date=April 24, 2020 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/24/beyonce-gives-6m-dollars-to-coronavirus-relief-mental-health-jack-dorsey | access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref><ref name="o577">{{cite web | title=Beyoncé's BeyGOOD Foundation Pledges $6 Million for COVID-19 Relief | website=Elle | date=March 28, 2025 | url=https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/celebrity/beyonces-beygood-foundation-pledges-6-million-for-covid-19-relief | access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref> The same month, Beyoncé released a remix of Megan Thee Stallion's "[[Savage (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Savage]]", with all proceeds benefiting Bread of Life Houston's COVID-19 relief efforts, which includes providing over 14 tons of food and supplies to 500 families and 100 senior citizens in Houston weekly.<ref name="h781">{{cite web | last=Shafer | first=Ellise | title=Megan Thee Stallion Enlists Beyoncé for 'Savage' Remix to Benefit Houston Coronavirus Relief | website=Variety | date=April 29, 2020 | url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/megan-thee-stallion-beyonce-savage-remix-1234593370/ | access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref><ref name="c631">{{cite web | last=Rearick | first=Lauren | title=Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion Dropped the Collab of the Year | website=Teen Vogue | date=April 29, 2020 | url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/beyonce-megan-thee-stallion-savage-remix-charity | access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref> In July, Beyoncé established the Black-Owned Small Business Impact Fund in partnership with the [[NAACP]], which offered $10,000 grants to black-owned small businesses in need following the [[George Floyd protests]].<ref name="p083">{{cite web | title=Beyoncé launches a fund to provide grants for Black-owned businesses | website=Dazed | date=July 11, 2020 | url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/49795/1/beyonce-launches-fund-provide-grants-black-owned-businesses-coronavirus-beygood | access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref><ref name="w856">{{cite magazine | last=Chan | first=Anna | title=Beyonce Donates $1 Million More to Help Black-Owned Small Businesses | magazine=Billboard | date=September 3, 2020 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-donates-1-million-for-black-owned-small-businesses-9444523/ | access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref><ref name="s447">{{cite magazine | last=Sanchez | first=Chelsey | title=Beyoncé Partners with NAACP to Give Grants to Black-Owned Businesses | magazine=Harper's Bazaar | date=July 14, 2020 | url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a33314203/beyonce-naacp-grant-black-owned-business/ | access-date=April 2, 2025}}</ref>

In October 2020, Beyoncé released a statement that she had been working with the Feminist Coalition to assist supporters of the [[End SARS]] movement in Nigeria, including covering medical costs for injured protestors, covering legal fees for arrested protestors, and providing food, emergency shelter, transportation and telecommunication means to those in need. Beyoncé also showed support for those fighting against other issues in Africa, such as the [[Anglophone Crisis]] in Cameroon, [[ShutItAllDown]] in Namibia, [[Zimbabwean Lives Matter]] in Zimbabwe and the Rape National Emergency in Liberia.<ref>{{cite web|title=My thoughts and prayers remain with our Nigerian brothers and sisters fighting to end SARS.|url=https://www.beyonce.com/article/nigeria-thoughts-and-prayers/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.beyonce.com/article/nigeria-thoughts-and-prayers/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=October 31, 2020|website=Beyoncé}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In December 2020, Beyoncé donated $500,000 to help alleviate the housing crisis in the U.S. caused by the cessation of the eviction moratorium, giving 100 $5,000 grants to individuals and families facing foreclosures and evictions.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=BeyGOOD Impact Fund Housing Assistance|url=https://www.beyonce.com/article/beygood-housing-assistance/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.beyonce.com/article/beygood-housing-assistance/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=December 22, 2020|website=Beyoncé}}{{cbignore}}</ref>