Since achieving worldwide fame as an actress and supermodel, Milla Jovovich has benevolently shared her fortune with select charity organizations and supported causes. She continues to this day to support these organizations through funding, promotion, active participation in charity events and donations of e.g. Jovovich-Hawk designs for charity sales and auctions. Please have a look at Milla’s past and present supported charity organizations listed below, and if you have the resources, do consider participating in supporting their work yourself.

“Founded in 1985, amfAR is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research. With the freedom and flexibility to respond quickly to emerging areas of scientific promise, amfAR plays a catalytic role in accelerating the pace of HIV/AIDS research and achieving real breakthroughs.

amfAR-funded research has increased our understanding of HIV and has helped lay the groundwork for major advances in the study and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Since 1985, amfAR has invested nearly $250 million in its mission and has awarded grants to more than 2,000 research teams worldwide.”

Other celebrities supporting this cause include Charlize Theron, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Demi Moore, Elizabeth Taylor, Elton John, Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Mariah Carey.

For more information on amfAR, please visit www.amfar.org.

“The Clothes Off Our Back Foundation is a 501c3 organization that hosts charity auctions showcasing today’s hottest celebrity attire. Items are put up for bid to the public with proceeds going to benefit children’s charities. Clothes Off Our Back was founded by actors and philanthropists Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm In The Middle) and Bradley Whitford (The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) whose efforts, along with their celebrity and designer friends have helped improve the lives of children across the globe.”

Other celebrities supporting this cause include Beyoncé Knowles, Jessica Alba, Charlize Theron, Ellen DeGeneres, Liam Neeson, Scarlett Johansson, William Shatner, Jennifer Garner, Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Eva Longoria and Joaquin Phoenix.

For more information on Clothes Off Our Back, please visit www.clothesoffourback.org.

“The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization devoted to the formulation of early diagnostic treatment programs and research towards the ultimate conquest of ovarian cancer.

As OCRF strives to find an early diagnostic tool and a cure, it also seeks to support patients and their loved ones in understanding this disease and its treatment as well as to provide outreach programs and raise public awareness.”

For more information on OCRF, please visit www.ocrf.org.

“America’s Second Harvest - The Nation’s Food Bank Network is the nation’s largest charitable hunger-relief organization. The organization secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually.

The America’s Second Harvest Network supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 94,000 programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs, Kids Cafes, Community Kitchens and BackPack Programs. Each year, the America’s Second Harvest Network provides food assistance to more than 25 million low-income hungry people in the United States, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.”

Other celebrities supporting this cause include Ellen DeGeneres, Janet Jackson, Beyoncé Knowles and Ben Affleck.

For more information on Second Harvest, please visit www.secondharvest.org.

“The Art of Elysium is dedicated to enriching the lives of artists and critically ill children. We believe that there is a powerful and mutual exchange of hope and appreciation that occurs when artists share their time and talent with children battling serious medical conditions.”

Other celebrities supporting this cause include Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Laurie, Greg Grunberg, Alicia Witt, Joaquin Phoenix, Kirsten Dunst, Matthew McConaughey and Nicolas Cage.

For more information on The Art of Elysium, please visit www.theartofelysium.org.

“The goal of the project is ensure the conservation of World Heritage Sites in the DRC both during periods of civil unrest and the long term, by mobilizing financial, logistical, technical and diplomatic support at the regional and international levels, to strengthen the conservation of the sites and ICCN (Institut Congolais de la Conservation de la Nature) as a whole. The project will also function as a learning process to inform efforts and develop mechanisms to conserve similar sites in conflict regions elsewhere in the world.”

For more information on the UNESCO World Heritage Center, please visit www.unesco.org.

“Our vision is Room to Roam, and lots of it. We must connect parks and protected areas from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

The Wildlands Project, along with an international network of passionate people, is making it happen.”

For more information on the Wildlands Project, please visit www.twp.org.

“World Education is well known for its work around the globe in environmental education, community development, maternal and child health, school governance, integrated literacy, small enterprise development, HIV/AIDS education and prevention and care, and refugee training. World Education also works to strengthen literacy and adult basic education programs in the United States. Projects are designed to contribute to individual growth, as well as to community and national development.”

Other celebrities supporting this cause include Eva Mendes, Joss Stone and Serena Williams.

For more information on World Education, please visit www.worlded.org.