Launched by the Oscar-winning actress and Louisville native, The Jennifer Lawrence Foundation helps children and the arts.

One of her most high-profile donations came in February 2016, when she gave $2 million gift to Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, to establish the establish the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Announcing the donation in a video, top, Lawrence challenged the Louisville community to match it with an additional $2 million.

The Lawrence foundation’s support also extends to:

• Uspiritus, which helps abused and neglected youth
• St. Mary’s Center, which serves teens and adults with intellectual disabilities
• West End Boys School, a free college prep-school for at-risk boys
• Boys and Girls Clubs
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Be The Match, which provides marrow transplants from donors for patients in need

The foundation is a fund within the Community Foundation of Louisville. For more about that foundation, please turn to Boulevard’s profile page for the organization.

Here’s news about the actress herself on Boulevard.