Editing David Letterman (section)

==Awards, honors and legacy==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by David Letterman}}

===David Letterman Communication and Media Building===
[[File:David Letterman Emmy 1987.jpg|thumb|Letterman at the [[39th Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 1987]]

In 1996, Letterman was ranked 45th on ''[[TV Guide]]''{{'}}s 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |year=1996 |title=Special Collectors' Issue: 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |issue=December 14–20 }}</ref><ref name=TVGuide>Miller, Gregory E.; Schneider, Michael (December 31, 2015). "2015 by the Numbers", ''TV Guide''. p. 10.</ref> In 2002, ''The Late Show with David Letterman'' was ranked seventh on [[TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cosgrove-Mather|first1=Bootie|title=TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tv-guide-names-top-50-shows/|website=CBS News|date=April 26, 2002 |access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref>

On September 7, 2007, Letterman visited his ''alma mater'', Ball State University in [[Muncie, Indiana]], for the dedication of a communications facility named in his honor for his dedication to the university. The $21 million, {{convert|75000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} David Letterman Communication and Media Building opened for the 2007 fall semester. Thousands of Ball State students, faculty, and local residents welcomed Letterman back to Indiana.<ref name="building">{{cite news|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200781121039|title=It's no joke: Ball State dedicates building in Letterman's honor|publisher=Indianapolis Star|first=Christopher|last=Lloyd|date=September 8, 2007}}</ref> Letterman's emotional speech touched on his struggles as a college student and his late father, and also included the "top ten good things about having your name on a building", finishing with "if reasonable people can put my name on a $21 million building, anything is possible."<ref>{{cite AV media|url=http://www.bsu.edu/web/news/letterman|people=Ball State University|title=David Letterman Communication and Media Building|date=September 7, 2007|medium=videos|access-date=August 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713061140/http://www.bsu.edu/web/news/letterman/|archive-date=July 13, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Over many years Letterman "[[The Letterman Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming#Ball State|has provided substantial assistance]] to [Ball State's] Department of Telecommunications, including an annual scholarship that bears his name."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsu.edu/news/article/0,1370,311998-18969-54275,00.html|title=World-class facilities, faculty, and students|date=August 28, 2007|publisher=Ball State University|access-date=December 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813223734/http://bsu.edu/news/article/0%2C1370%2C311998-18969-54275%2C00.html |archive-date=August 13, 2007|quote=The new technologically advanced facility is named after David Letterman, the university's most prominent graduate and host of the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' on the CBS television network. Over the years, Letterman has provided substantial assistance to the Department of Telecommunications, including an annual scholarship that bears his name. Work began on the {{US$|21}} million building in 2005, enclosing about 75,000 square feet of classroom, studio, and faculty office space. The building opened in August. Cutting-edge equipment populates the {{US$|1}} million production complex, which includes two recording studios, two control rooms, two isolation rooms, and five editing suites. The same equipment may be found in most of the top production houses and film studios in Hollywood, New York, and London}}</ref>

At the same time, Indiana Governor [[Mitch Daniels]] gave Letterman a [[Sagamore of the Wabash]] award, which recognizes distinguished service to the state of Indiana.<ref name="building"/>

===Awards and nominations===
In his capacities as a performer, producer, or as part of a writing team, Letterman is among the most nominated people in the history of the Emmy Awards, with 52 nominations, winning two Daytime Emmys and ten Primetime Emmys since 1981. He won four [[American Comedy Awards]] and in 2011 became the first recipient of the Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence at [[The Comedy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/comedy-awards-winners-1031683/ |title=David Letterman Receives Top Honor at Inaugural Comedy Awards |work=TV Guide |last=Ross |first=Robyn |date=April 11, 2011 |access-date=August 25, 2021 }}</ref>

Letterman was a recipient of the 2012 [[Kennedy Center Honors]], where he was called "one of the most influential personalities in the history of television, entertaining an entire generation of late-night viewers with his unconventional wit and charm."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/dustin-hoffman-david-letterman-natalia-makarova-buddy-guy-led-zeppelin-are-kennedy-center-honorees-com-197504|title=Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin Are Kennedy Center Honorees|first=Andrew|last=Gans|date=September 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109035635/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/169937-Dustin-Hoffman-David-Letterman-Natalia-Makarova-Buddy-Guy-Led-Zeppelin-Are-Kennedy-Center-Honorees|archive-date=November 9, 2012|access-date=May 31, 2022}}</ref> On May 16, 2017, Letterman was named the next recipient of the [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]], the award granted annually by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He received the prize in a ceremony on October 22, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/XSMTP|title=The 20th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: DavidLetterman}}from kennedy-center.org(accessed May 17, 2017)</ref>

===The Letterman Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming===
'''The Letterman Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming''' (LFCG) was an American private [[Foundation (charity)|foundation]] whose president and primary contributor was David Letterman. Its treasurer was Fred Nigro, who has appeared on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', where he has been identified as Letterman's accountant. The foundation operated out of Nigro's Los Angeles offices. LFCG was founded in August 1993 as the DL Foundation. Since at least 2001, LFCG was known as the American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming, until it assumed its current name, in 2011.<ref name="2011caci">{{cite web| title= Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF)| url= http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/223/223250026/223250026_201112_990PF.pdf |work= Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation |pages=25–26 | accessdate= August 30, 2013 | quote= ...That the Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Secretary of State of New York on the 26th day of August 1993 under the not-for-profit Corporation Law under the original name THE DL FOUNDATION....Paragraph FIRST of the Certificate of Incorporation, relating to the name of the corporation, is hereby amended to read as follows:  FIRST: The name of the corporation shall be: THE LETTERMAN FOUNDATION FOR COURTESY AND GROOMING}}</ref>

According to LFCG's tax returns ([[Form 990]]-PF), made available by the [[Foundation Center]], for the years from 2001 through 2011, LFCG donated a total of over $9.2 million to various foundations and other organizations.<ref name="fdncenter">{{cite web| url=http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/ffindershow.cgi?id=DLFO001 | title=Entry for the LFCG | publisher=The Foundation Center | accessdate= December 4, 2012| format= PDF |work=[[Form 990]]-PF, Part V, Item 1(b) ("Adjusted Qualifying Distributions")}}</ref>