Editing Sandra Bullock (section)

== Other endeavours ==
===Business ventures===
Bullock owns the production company [[Fortis Films]], through which she has served as a producer for several of her [[star vehicles]], including ''Hope Floats'' (1998), ''Miss Congeniality'' (2000), ''Two Weeks Notice'' (2002) and ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'' (2005), as well as for the sitcom ''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]'' (2002–2007).<ref>{{cite web|last=Kuehner-Hebert|first=Katie|date=March 10, 2010|title=And the Award for Best Entrepreneur Goes to Sandra Bullock|url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/wire/2010/03/10/and-the-award-for-best-entrepreneur-goes-to-sandra-bullock.html?page=all|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329091313/http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/wire/2010/03/10/and-the-award-for-best-entrepreneur-goes-to-sandra-bullock.html?page=all|archive-date=March 29, 2014|access-date=August 30, 2013|website=[[The Business Journals]]}}</ref> Her father, John Bullock, was the company's CEO<ref>{{cite web|title=Sandra Bullock|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018970/bio|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130082742/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018970/bio|archive-date=November 30, 2006|access-date=February 5, 2007|website=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref> and her sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, is the former president.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Wethington|first=Jessica|date=March 7, 2001|title=Fortis fortifies future deals: Bullock's prod'n co. a 'learning experience'|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/fortis-fortifies-future-deals-1117794813/|magazine=Variety|access-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> The company is headquartered in [[Austin, Texas]] and [[West Hollywood, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fortis Films – SI-COMPLETE (05/01/2014) |url=https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/Document/RetrievePDF?Id=01782154-17761669 |website=[[Secretary of State of California]] |access-date=September 15, 2021 |date=May 1, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915220601/https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/Document/RetrievePDF?Id=01782154-17761669 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In November 2006, Bullock founded an Austin, Texas, restaurant named Bess Bistro which was located on West 6th Street.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 25, 2013|title=Drop in Sandra Bullock's Austin Restaurants|website=Bristol Square|url=http://bristolsquare.myaptportal.com/around-town/drop-in-sandra-bullocks-austin-restaurants/|url-status=dead|access-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805072157/http://bristolsquare.myaptportal.com/around-town/drop-in-sandra-bullocks-austin-restaurants/|archive-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> She later opened another business, Walton's Fancy and Staple, across the street in a building she extensively renovated. Walton's is a bakery, upscale restaurant, and floral shop that also offers services including event planning.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thornberry|first=Kate|date=July 17, 2009|title=Restaurant Review: Walton's Fancy and Staple|newspaper=[[The Austin Chronicle]]|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2009-07-17/waltons-fancy-and-staple/|access-date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> After almost nine years in business, Bess Bistro closed on September 20, 2015.<ref name="Raney 2015">{{cite web | last=Raney | first=Nicole | title=Sandra Bullock's popular downtown Austin bistro closing its doors | website=CultureMap Austin | date=8 Sep 2015 | url=https://austin.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/09-08-15-bess-bistro-closing-sandra-bullock-west-sixth-september-2015/ | access-date=23 Feb 2023}}</ref>

===Philanthropy===

[[File:"Gravity Bear", Paddington Bear, Royal Observatory - geograph.org.uk - 4282491.jpg|thumb|upright|Bullock's space-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue—"Gravity Bear"—in London, auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC)]]
Bullock has been a public supporter of the [[American Red Cross]] and has donated $1&nbsp;million to the organization at least five times. Her first public donation of that amount was to the [[Financial assistance following the September 11 attacks|Liberty Disaster Relief Fund]]. Three years later, she sent money in [[Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis]].<ref>{{cite web|date=January 4, 2005|title=Sandra Bullock donates $1 mil for tsunami|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/03/tsunami.bullock.ap/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050107041343/http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/03/tsunami.bullock.ap/index.html|archive-date=January 7, 2005|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> In 2010, she donated $1&nbsp;million to relief efforts in Haiti following the [[2010 Haiti earthquake|Haiti earthquake]] and again donated the same amount following the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Duke|first=Alan|date=March 18, 2011|title=Sandra Bullock sends $1 million for Japan|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/03/17/bullock.japan.donation/index.html?hpt=T2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109143518/http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/03/17/bullock.japan.donation/index.html?hpt=T2|archive-date=November 9, 2012|access-date=March 17, 2011|website=CNN}}</ref> She donated $1&nbsp;million in 2017 to support relief efforts for [[Hurricane Harvey]] in Texas.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Heyman|first1=J.D.|date=August 29, 2017|title=Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Help Hurricane Relief Effort|url=http://people.com/human-interest/sandra-bullock-donates-1-million-hurricane-relief-effort/|magazine=People|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>

In 2010, along with other public figures, Bullock made a public service announcement urging people to sign a petition for clean-up efforts of the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]] in the Gulf of Mexico.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=July 20, 2010|title=Sandra Bullock Urges Fans to Help in Gulf Oil Spill|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/sandra-bullock-urges-fans-to-help-in-gulf-oil-spill-2010207|url-status=dead|magazine=[[Us Weekly]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723151628/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/sandra-bullock-urges-fans-to-help-in-gulf-oil-spill-2010207|archive-date=July 23, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Giving Hearts of Hollywood|url=http://www.listal.com/list/not-just-another-pretty-face|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724013248/http://www.listal.com/list/not-just-another-pretty-face|archive-date=July 24, 2011|access-date=June 20, 2013|website=Listal.com}}</ref> Bullock was inducted into the Warren Easton Hall of Fame in 2012, for her donations to charities, and was honored with the [[People's Choice Awards#Special|Favorite Humanitarian Award]] at the [[39th People's Choice Awards]], for her contributions to New Orleans' [[Warren Easton High School]], which was severely damaged by [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite news|date=May 14, 2012|title=Sandra Bullock receives an award for her support to charities|work=TheyAreNews.com|url=http://www.theyarenews.com/eng/2012/5/14/sandra-bullock-receives-award-support-charities-3788.asp|url-status=dead|access-date=July 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504202455/http://www.theyarenews.com/eng/2012/5/14/sandra-bullock-receives-award-support-charities-3788.asp|archive-date=May 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=January 10, 2013|title=Sandra Bullock Wins Favorite Humanitarian at 2013 People's Choice Awards|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/sandra-bullock-wins-favorite-humanitarian-at-2013-peoples-choice-awards-2013101|magazine=Us Weekly|access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, Bullock designed a space-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue, dubbed "Gravity Bear" (a reference to her 2013 film ''Gravity''). The statue, number 43 out of 58 placed around London as part of the Paddington Trail,<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated -->|date=n.d. |title=The Paddington Trail |url=https://www.geograph.co.uk/article/The-Paddington-Trail |website=[[Geograph]].co.uk |location= |access-date=2025-04-10}}</ref> was located at the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich|Royal Observatory]] in [[Greenwich]], and was subsequently auctioned off to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=November 25, 2023|work=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=50 Paddington Bear sculptures unveiled in London – gallery |url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2014/nov/03/paddington-bear-trail-sculptures-celebrities |date=November 3, 2014 |access-date=November 25, 2023 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>