Editing Alec Baldwin (section)

== Philanthropy ==
Baldwin and his mother Carol created the Carol M. Baldwin Cancer Research Fund in 1996, and dedicated the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center at the [[Stony Brook University Hospital]] in her honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://energytimes.com/the-baldwins-take-on-breast-cancer/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126052311/https://energytimes.com/the-baldwins-take-on-breast-cancer/| archive-date=January 26, 2020|title=The Baldwins Take on Breast Cancer|last=James|first=Lisa|date=May 16, 2007|website=EnergyTimes|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cancer.stonybrookmedicine.edu/CarolMBaldwinBreastCareCenter| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211026/https://cancer.stonybrookmedicine.edu/CarolMBaldwinBreastCareCenter| archive-date=October 26, 2021|title=Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center{{cbignore}} |website=Stony Brook Cancer Center|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> During his 2010–2013 stint as a spokesperson for [[Capital One]], Baldwin's contract was written to fund Baldwin's charity foundation. He was paid $15&nbsp;million over nearly five years. After taxes and accounting fees, the remainder, $14.125&nbsp;million, was given to charity.<ref name="Vulture" />

In March 2011, Baldwin donated $1&nbsp;million to the [[New York Philharmonic]] (on whose board he served), and $500,000 to the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], where he has performed plays in New York.<ref>Heyman, Marshall (March 28, 2011). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704396904576227023423795528 "Alec Baldwin's Acts of Charity"]. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref> In recent years, his foundation has donated bookstore gift certificates to Long Island libraries to support literacy programs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sagharborexpress.com/sag-harbor-reads-wrinkle-time/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211026/https://sagharborexpress.com/sag-harbor-reads-wrinkle-time/| archive-date=October 26, 2021 |title=Sag Harbor Reads 'A Wrinkle in Time' |publisher=The Sag Harbor Express |first=Christine |last=Sampson |date=July 5, 2017 |access-date=August 8, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>