In September 2006 , Pitt and Jolie established a charitable organization , the Jolie-Pitt Foundation , to aid humanitarian causes around the world . The foundation made initial donations of $ 1 million each to Global Action for Children and Doctors Without Borders , followed by an October 2006 donation of $ 100,000 to the Daniel Pearl Foundation , an organization created in memory of the late American journalist Daniel Pearl . According to federal filings , Pitt and Jolie invested $ 8.5 million into the foundation in 2006 ; it gave away $ 2.4 million in 2006 and $ 3.4 million in 2007 . In June 2009 the Jolie-Pitt Foundation donated $ 1 million to a U.N. refugee agency to help Pakistanis displaced by fighting between troops and Taliban militants . In January 2010 the foundation donated $ 1 million to Doctors Without Borders for emergency medical assistance to help victims of the Haiti earthquake
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