'Tis the season to be giving: Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber named as the top charitable celebrities of 2011
By Laura Schreffler
Last updated at 4:59 AM on 27th December 2011
Of the worldwide celebrities that use their wealth and status to do good, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber have been named the most giving.
The pop stars' charitable acts have earned them the top two spots on DoSomething.org's annual Celebs Done Good list.
They are joined in the top three by The Descendants star George Clooney.
The most giving celebrities of 2011: Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber top DoSomething.org's annual list
Gaga, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, has earned her first place honour for her relentless anti-bullying campaign.
The 25-year-old has even set up the Born This Way Foundation to help empower schoolchildren.
She even attended a White House meeting on teen bullying earlier this month.
Good-looking giving guys: George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio are among the most charitable celebs
Although he found himself in the middle of a teenage pregnancy scandal this year, 17-year-old Bieber is also a do-gooder.
The youngest person on the list has been feted for his work with Pencils of Promise, and organisation which built 41 schools in Central America.
It was founded by Adam Braun, the brother of the Baby singer's manager, Scooter Braun.
The power couple: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie clock in at number eight on the list
He has also donated time, attention and hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank and the Children's Wish Foundation.
He also performed for the students of Whitney Elementary School in Las Vegas; more than half of the attending students are homeless.
Clooney, 50, has been honoured as an advocate for the victims of the political turmoil in the Sudan.
Loving couple: Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have earned the fourth spot on the goodness list
Will and Jada smith clock in at the number four position funding educational projects through the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation.
International ladies man Leonardo DiCaprio, 37, has been honoured for promoting IFAW's Animal Action education programme.
We Bought A Zoo star Matt Damon, 41, has been named for his work with the Water.org organisation.
Funny and athletic: Ellen DeGeneres and NBA star Dwight Howard top the list
Ellen DeGeneres, 53, has been named a Global AIDS awareness special envoy, while NBA star Dwight Howard, 26, has been feted for his work with the D12 Foundation in Orlando, Florida.
Infamous do-gooders Brad Pitt, 48, and partner Angelina Jolie,36, have donated more than $300,000 to the Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid in Somalia.
The teen voice: 19-year-old Demi Lovato has been honoured on DoSomething.org's list
Last but not least is reformed pop star Demi Lovato, 19, who started the Love Is Louder Than The Pressure To Be Perfect campaign this year.
Also making the cut for the most charitable celebrities of 2011 are: Shakira, divorcing couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am, country couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert and Mariah Carey's husband Nick Cannon.
Glee star Lea Michele, Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe, Miley Cyrus, the band Coldplay and Taylor Swift have also been named.
Do Something: Matt Damon gets and gives the thumbs up for his work with Water.org
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