Editing Johnny Carson (section)

=== Philanthropy ===
In 1981, Carson created the John W. Carson Foundation, dedicated to supporting children, education, and health services.  In August 2010, his charitable foundation  reported receiving $156 million ({{Inflation|US|156000000|2005|fmt=eq}}) from a personal trust established by the entertainer years before his 2005 death, thus becoming by far the largest Hollywood charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/johnny-carsons-156-million-gift-26447 |title=Johnny Carson's $156 Million Gift |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Time Waster |url= http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/carnac-munificent |title=Carnac The Munificent |website=The Smoking Gun |date= August 8, 2010 |access-date=April 26, 2011}}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, the foundation continues to support charitable causes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnny Carson Foundation – Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205885752 |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=ProPublica |date=May 9, 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

In November 2004, Carson announced a $5.3 million gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation to support the [[Hixson–Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts]] Department of Theater Arts, which created the Johnny Carson School of Theater and Film. Another $5 million donation was announced by the estate of Carson to the University of Nebraska following his death,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2005/07/26/UNL |title=UNL receives $5 million from Johnny Carson estate |publisher=[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] |date=July 26, 2005 |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/johnny-carson-estate-gives-5-million-to-nebraska-hospital |title=Johnny Carson Estate Gives $5 Million to Nebraska Hospital |publisher=[[Philanthropy News Digest]] |date= July 1, 2005 |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> while a $1 million donation was announced on November 4, 2011, creating the Johnny Carson Opportunity Scholarship Fund.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carson Foundation donates $1M for UNL scholarships|date=November 2011|newspaper=[[Lincoln Journal Star]]|url=http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/article_2c55ad55-be37-5123-8f6a-3cfea3655945.html}}</ref> The foundation made another $5 million donation to the university on October 22, 2021, to augment the Opportunity Scholarship Fund.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnny Carson Foundation gives $5M to support more Huskers |url=https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/johnny-carson-foundation-gives-5m-to-support-more-huskers/ |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=news.unl.edu |date=October 22, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Carson also donated to causes in his adopted hometown of Norfolk, including the Carson Cancer Center at Faith Regional Health Services, the Elkhorn Valley Museum, and the Johnny Carson Theater at Norfolk Senior High School. Carson also donated to the Northeast Community College Lifelong Learning Center in honor of his favorite teacher,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Sarah |date=December 2, 1999 |title=Carson contributes to hometown |url=https://www.dailynebraskan.com/carson-contributes-to-hometown/article_bc9ac51a-a426-5874-833b-12f0811e85c2.html |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=The Daily Nebraskan |language=en}}</ref> Miss Fay Gordon. Miss Gordon had appeared on his show a number of times. His last known visit to Norfolk was to throw the 100th-birthday party for Miss Gordon, which Carson had promised to do several years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 18, 1996 |title=True to His Word: Carson Visits Teacher on 100th |url=https://www.deseret.com/1996/9/18/19266411/true-to-his-word-carson-visits-teacher-on-100th |access-date=September 1, 2022 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref>