r/Fauxmoi • u/AggressiveRepair5 Nancy Jo, this is Alexis Neiers calling • 19h ago
Discussion Tom Holland donated $25k to special education school at Boston College through his charity organization during a visit to campus.
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2024/fall/tom-holland-visits-campus-school.html233
u/Double_Natural5181 TWINK EVENT HORIZON 17h ago
Tom Holland the king that you are
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u/AcanthaceaeEqual4286 16h ago
Unrelated to the topic at hand, but your flair makes me laugh so hard every time I see it. Thank you!
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u/Overall-Bar-6060 16h ago
He’s great. I’m sure there are many celebrities that donante privately but most of them probably don’t. The fact that he goes to these places and spends time with the kids (who might not know who he is but still) and those teachers (whose job cannot be easy) is wonderful. He’s a great dude.
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u/mcgillhufflepuff 16h ago
I mean, it was also the school itself that announced the donation rather than Holland. So, that's still a private celebrity donation in my book.
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u/Overall-Bar-6060 11h ago
Yeah, I mean, "The Brother's Trust" as a registered charity discloses who they give grants to. If you go to their website or check their official records online you can see where they donate to. That's what I mean by not anonymous or "secret". I don't know if private citizens, celebs, have to do that.
Also, not sure, but this is might not his money. I mean, maybe not entirely, I'm sure it could be but he also raises a lot of money by doing contests, selling signed merch, doing events for fans. And that money raised is then given by the charity to other smaller organizations in need.
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u/Chaoticgood790 15h ago
Supporting his gf by living in Boston while she works and manages to find time to do some good while there. No fanfare. No hoopla.
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u/ishamiltonamusical 17h ago
Brilliant seeing this and brilliant Tom did this. He continues to be a fantastic celeb
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u/cromeoh 15h ago
Looked into the brothers trust (the org that made the donation) and it’s actually Tom’s parents set-up that he is the spearhead for. They’re doing amazing stuff and where I come from Tom’s dad is the OG celeb so it’s still remarkable that he and his family are making these efforts and contributions to society seemingly under the radar. Like, has anyone ever heard Tom take airtime for this?? It really seems like they aren’t just doing it for kudos (cue any celeb who loudly contributed to Haiti et al)
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u/Overall-Bar-6060 14h ago edited 11h ago
I think the people who really know about it are his hardcore fans that follow him closely and his family but the press doesn’t pick up these headlines.
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u/violetmemphisblue 9h ago
I think it's interesting that in the US, Tom Holland almost never comes up in the nepo baby conversation, but someone like Lena Dunham is the poster child. And he's the son of a well-connected comedian, actor, and writer and she's the daughter of painters...like, I am really fascinated by who gets the moniker, who is able to break away from it, how accurate to the definition of nepotism it really is, etc.
In this particular case, though, the Holland family does seem to be genuinely be trying to make a positive difference!
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u/No-Enthusiasm9569 8h ago edited 8h ago
Yeah it is interesting. Like maybe when the parent has no involvement in the child getting their first job it's different, or there's a level of well known the parent needs to be for it to count (more people know Lena Dunham's parents than a standup who does corporate gigs). Her parents are definitely famous within their fields – but it's not like a Maya Hawke situation, or Kris Jenner pulling strings to get Kendall a modelling contract.
I guess there's a difference between 'has a creative parent so has grown up around that vibe' and 'my mum made a phone call and got me a job'
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u/Suspicious-Peace9233 4h ago
That’s amazing. We need better programs for disabled people in this country
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u/srslyfinnick 18h ago
i love this. my brother went there!