George Lucas to Donate $4 Billion to Education
George Lucas is ensuring that the force may be with young Jedis everywhere.
The "Star Wars" director will donate the $4.05 billion he will receive from the sale of Lucasfilm Ltd. to Disney to a foundation
focused on education, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
…The director has yet to disclose which
charity will be the beneficiary of the huge chunk of money. But Lucas
currently serves as the chairman of
Edutopia, a foundation that empowers innovative coursework in schools. The organization is a likely choice, eonline.com speculates.
Lucas has made other generous donations to show his commitment to education in the past. In a
Giving Pledge letter from 2010, he wrote:
“I am dedicating the majority of my wealth
to improving education. It is the key to the survival of the human race.
We have to plan for our collective future –- and the first step begins
with the social, emotional, and intellectual
tools we provide to our children. As humans, our greatest tool for
survival is our ability to think and to adapt – as educators,
storytellers, and communicators our responsibility is to continue to do
so.”
posted by Whitney Tilson at 5:00 AM
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