Nadia Ferreira Notes TIME100 Philanthropy List for Shakira and Rihanna
nadia ferreira is tied to a TIME100 Philanthropy list that put Shakira, Rihanna and Elton John in the same frame on Thursday, May 14. TIME used the list to separate charitable influence from chart success, and it chose 100 people after narrowing an initial pool with editors and correspondents around the world.
The result reads like an industry map of where money and attention are already flowing. TIME said philanthropy moves more than one trillion dollars globally each year, so the list is less a celebrity roll call than a snapshot of who is steering serious resources.
Shakira's Colombia work
Shakira made the list for supporting education in Colombia through the Fundación Pies Descalzos. TIME said her foundation has trained hundreds of thousands of teachers and built numerous schools, a scale that gives the recognition more weight than a one-off donation would.
That placement also keeps the focus on a long-running model: recurring programs, not publicity bursts. For readers following celebrity giving, the useful detail is the infrastructure behind the name, not just the name itself.
Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation
Rihanna was listed in the “Pioneros” section after founding the Clara Lionel Foundation in 2012, following her grandmother's death from cancer-related complications. The foundation has distributed more than 100 million dollars to charitable causes.
Its work has reached climate change, the arts, education and health care in the Caribbean, the United States and East Africa. That range shows why entertainment philanthropy now gets read like a portfolio: one foundation can touch several sectors at once.
Elton John and Willie Nelson
Elton John and David Furnish were recognized for decades of work fighting for a cure for HIV/AIDS through the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Willie Nelson was included for cofounding the annual Farm Aid benefit concert, and TIME said he has raised millions over his career for disaster relief, veterans and people affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Chance The Rapper rounded out the music-heavy group through his nonprofit SocialWorks, which supports public schools in Chicago. The list also included Idris and Sabrina Elba, Susan and Michael Dell, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw and Lionel Messi, but the common thread is narrower than celebrity: sustained giving with a named vehicle attached.
For readers, the takeaway is straightforward: TIME is rewarding repeatable structures, not symbolic gestures. Its purpose is to inspire others to give, and the names on this list are the ones already operating at scale.
