30 little-known facts about Floyd Mayweather Jr.

5. Mayweather is involved in various philanthropic initiatives

Floyd Mayweather Jr. does engage in philanthropy, particularly in Las Vegas where he fights and resides. Mayweather started the Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation, which “strives to empower community alliances, impact youth leadership, promote health and wellness, and strengthen family foundations through community development, entrepreneurialism, and education resulting in a wholesome community.” The foundation also organizes a 5K charity run, 2K walk and Kids Fun Run with a mission to “form community alliances where awareness and empowerment serve as the nucleus for an improved quality of life.”

Mayweather has also made financial contributions to Cure Duchenne, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Ryan Seacrest Foundation and the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Here are some additional intriguing details about Mayweather’s philanthropy, courtesy of the Detroit Free Press‘ Rick Cohen:

"In 2012, the boxer who calls himself “Money” gave $200,000 to the Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas. Other donations have included $255,000 for the Rainbow Dreams Academy Charter School, $150,000 to Habitat for Humanity in Las Vegas, and $115,000 to the Susan G. Komen chapter of Southern Nevada. But the Mayweather Foundation hasn’t given out very much—$500 in 2013, $40,695 in 2012, nothing in 2011, nothing in 2010, nothing in 2009, and nothing in 2008, though in some of those years, other expenditures of the foundation might have been construed as program services of a charitable sort, such as $100,000 for “Superfest” in Las Vegas in 2009 and $30,273 in “direct aid” in 2008. Reportedly, Mayweather intends to devote himself more to the foundation after he retires from boxing."

Interestingly, Cohen also reported on some of Mayweather’s atypical philanthropic endeavors, including “sponsoring a strip-off for exotic dancers.” Let’s not get into the dark irony of that one.