Keanu Reeves Donated 70 percent Of His Salary to Cancer Research
Keanu Reeves wants to help research therapeutic techniques for the condition after his younger sister Kim battled it for ten years. He also wants to help sufferers and their families in any way he can.
According to 22 Words, Keanu Reeves, 57, donated a considerable percentage of his pay from the first “The Matrix” film to cancer research. For the 1999 sci-fi thriller, Reeves was reportedly paid $10 million up front and then an additional $35 million when it became a box office blockbuster. The actor donated $31.5 million to fund leukemia research, accounting for 70% of the proceeds.
According to reports, Keanu Reeves gave 70% of his earnings from the first ‘The Matrix’ film (about $31.5 million) to leukemia research.
This gesture by Keanu Reeves, one of Hollywood’s most philanthropic stars, was very personal to him. Kim, his younger sister, has been battling leukemia for eight years. Reeves intended to do everything he could to aid patients fighting leukemia by facilitating research into treatments.
Kim was diagnosed with blood cancer in 1991 and underwent ten years of treatment before being declared cancer-free in 2011. After that, Reeves continued to donate to cancer research and even established a cancer fund to assist sufferers financially and emotionally during their lengthy sickness. According to the Daily Mail, as Kim’s principal caregiver during her cancer battle, he assisted her with her treatment, went to hospital visits, and supported her throughout her recovery. He also sold his house and relocated closer to his sister in order to provide her with all of the assistance she need. The Matrix sequels were postponed, and Reeves is said to have spent more than $5 million on various therapies to help Kim recuperate. “, he explained “You know, she was always there for me. I’ll be there for her at all times.”
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Reeves has seen the anguish that cancer causes the patient and others around them. He intends to contribute to the development of therapeutic options for this illness and to assist patients and their families in any way he can. The star’s “non-profit” lasted for years without attracting any notice to its originator. “I have a private foundation that’s been functioning for five or six years, and it helps aid a few of children’s hospitals and cancer research,” Reeves said in Ladies Home Journal of his foundation. He went on to say that he doesn’t want to put his name on the foundation because he wants it to run on its own.
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Reeves auctioned off a 15-minute Zoom date with himself in 2020 and donated the proceeds to Camp Rainbow Gold, an Idaho summer camp for children with cancer. The auction’s buyers were prepared to pay thousands of dollars, and the date was set for a $19,000 offer, all of which went to a camp for children with cancer, according to the New York Post. Reeves intends to stay with the organization and do everything he can to help families cope with cancer all over the world.