Elvis Charities

[Polk-Salad-Annie]

Charities Elvis Donated To

Elvis Presley was famous for giving away Cadillacs and jewelry, but the true depth and breadth of his generosity and community involvement is not so widely known.
Elvis never forgot where he came from and throughout his life gave to hundreds of charities..

In 1961 Elvis gave a benefit concert at Bloch Arena in Hawaii that raised over $65,000 toward the building at the U.S.S Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
The resulting publicity gave new life to the fund-raising effort, which had by then, lost almost all of its momentum.
The memorial opened a year later.

Audience tickets for his 1973 Aloha-From Hawaii television special and its pre-broadcast rehearsal show carried no price, as each audience member was asked to pay whatever he or she could.
The performances were a benifit raising $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in Hawaii.

Each year Elvis gave at least $1,000 or more to fifty Memphis-area charities but also randomly made many other charitable donations in Memphis and around the country continually.

Most of Elvis' philanthroic endeavors received no publicity at all.
Throughout his adult life, for friends, for family and for total strangers, he quietly paid hospital bills, bought homes, supported families, paid off debts, and so much more.

St. Jude
In 1964 Elvis purchased FDR's presidential yacht, the potomac and gave it to Danny Thomas as a fund-raising item for St, Judes Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis.
The presentation took place in Long Beach California Elvis had bought the yacht at an auction for a reported $55,000.

St. Jude
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis TN 38105
(901) 522-0300

The Elvis Presley Trama Center (The Med)

The Med
Marvin Rudenstein Executive Director
8777 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis TN 38103

The Bethany Maternity Home
This was one of the charities Elvis donated to many years at Christmas.

The Bethany Maternity Home
901 Chelsea Avenue
Memphis TN 38107
(901) 525-1837

Elvis donated to these charities in the Memphis area.

Salvation Army
YMCA
Goodwill Industries
Mile-O-Dimes
Motion Picture Relief Fund
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association

Elvis sponsored many teams.

Little League baseball teams
Racquetball clubs
High school football teams
Karate Schools

Some other charities

St. Joseph Hospital
Humane Society

Here is a list of some of the charities Elvis donated to

Abe Scharff YMCA
Alpine Guild
Arthritis Foundation
Ave Maria Guild home for the Aged
Baptist Childrens Home
Beale Street Elks Club
Bethany Home
Boys Club of Palm Springs
Boys Club of Phoenix Arizona
Boys Town of Memphis
Braille Institute of America
Camp Courage
Commercial Appeal Fresh Air Fund
Convent of The Good Shepard
Crippled Childrens Hospital
Cynthia Milk Fund
Duration Club Inc.
Elks Blues Bowl Committee
Elvis Presley Youth Center of Tupelo
Episcopal Home For Girls
Exchange Club
Family Service Of Memphis
Father Flanagans Boys Town of Nebraska
Foundation For The Junior Blind
Fraternal Order of Police
Girls Club Of Memphis
Goodwill Home For Children
Goodwill Industries
Happy Acres
Home For Incurables
Hospital For Crippled Adults
Howard Manor Christian Home
Jesse Mahan Center
Jewish Community Center
John Tracy Clinic
Junior League
Kennedy Hospital Christmas Fund
Kindney Foundation
Kings Daughter Trinity Center
Le Bonheur Childrens Hospital
Le Bonheur Club
Les Passes
Lions Club
Little City Of The Mid South
Los Angeles County Heart Association
Mary Galloway Home
Memphis Epilepsy Foundation
Memphis Heart Association
Memphis Hebrew Academy
Memphis Mothers Service
Memphis Press Scimitar Good Fellows
Memphis Shelby Count Council For Retarded Children
Memphis speech and Hearing Center
Memphis Union Mission
Mid South Cancer Research
Mile O Dimes
Mothers YMCA Canteen
Muscular Dystophy
Neighborhood House
Oncological Research Foundation
Orange Mound Day Nursery
Palm Springs Jaycees
Porter Leath Childrens Home
Salvation Army
Sarah Brown YMCA
Shelby United Neighbors
Sheltered Workshop
St. Gerald Hall
St. Joseph Indian School of Chamberlain South Dakota
St. Judes Children Research Hospital
St. Peters Orphanage
The Thalians of Beverly Hills California
United Cerebal Palsy
United Fund Of The Desert Communities
Variety Club of Memphis
West Tennessee Cancer Clinic
Whitehaven Jaycees
Youth Service

[Merry]

Thanks Stutz, wonderful post!

Jess

[marijaep]

He sure had a heart of gold
Thanks Stutz

[Burning_Love]

wOw !! Thanks Stutz, what a generous man. He helped a lot of people throughout his life. He was just a giving man...It makes him special

[goodelvisgirl]

waw elvis sure was generous he had a big heart and not like today they are all about giving for publicity these days he touched alot of peoples lives

[Diane]

Thank you for posting Stutz1973, wow I had no idea that he gave to so many charities!

Diane