Editing Sumner Redstone (section)

==Philanthropy==
Redstone contributed over $150&nbsp;million to various philanthropic causes.<ref name="hollywoodreporter1">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-cbs-sumner-redstone-foxs-383710 |title=Viacom and CBS' Sumner Redstone and Fox's Dana Walden Honored by Big Brothers Big Sisters |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 27, 2012 |access-date=March 8, 2013 |first=Tamara |last=Rawitt}}</ref>
* In April 2007, Redstone announced a commitment of $105 million in charitable grants to fund research and patient care advancements in cancer and burn recovery at three major non-profit healthcare organizations. The cash contributions of $35 million were each paid out over five years to FasterCures/The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions, based in Washington, D.C.; the [[Cedars-Sinai]] Prostate Cancer Center in Los Angeles, California; and the [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/68549 |title=Sumner M. Redstone Commits $105 Million To Fund Cancer And Burn Recovery Research And Patient Care |publisher=MedicalNewsToday.com |access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref>
* Up to at least 2012, Redstone contributed $1.5 million to the Global Poverty Project.<ref name="hollywoodreporter1"/>
* He gave millions of dollars to the Cambodian Children's Fund, a nonprofit program that provides a wide range of critical health and educational services to impoverished and abused children in the capital city of [[Phnom Penh]]. Redstone's contribution will be used to create the Sumner M. Redstone Child Rescue Center, a stand-alone facility originally scheduled to open during the fall of 2007 for children 5 to 16. In subsequent years Redstone continued to support this organization.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/redstone-to-help-cambodian-kids-1117966201/ |work=Variety |first=Peter |last=Gilstrap |title=Redstone to help Cambodian kids |date=June 3, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambodianchildrensfund.org/stories-news/sumner-redstones-amazing-support-of-ccf-continues|title=Sumner Redstone's Amazing Support of CCF Continues|website=Cambodian Children's Fund}}</ref>
* In early 2010, Redstone pledged a $1&nbsp;million gift to [[Autism Speaks]] in support of scientific research into the [[causes of autism]] and effective [[Treatments for autism|treatments]]. Redstone had given financial support to Autism Speaks previously.<ref>Carl DiOrio, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/redstone-donates-1-mil-autism-21039 Redstone donates $1 mil to Autism Speaks] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703164836/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/redstone-donates-1-mil-autism-21039 |date=July 3, 2011}}, Associated Press (February 24, 2010).</ref> In 2011, Redstone gave an additional $500,000 to the group in support of its Translational Research Initiative, bringing his cumulative lifetime contribution to Autism Speaks to $1.7 million.<ref>[https://www.autismspeaks.org/about-us/press-releases/sumner-m-redstone-donates-500000-autism-speaks Sumner M. Redstone Donates $500,000 to Autism Speaks] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204061237/https://www.autismspeaks.org/about-us/press-releases/sumner-m-redstone-donates-500000-autism-speaks |date=February 4, 2016}}, Autism Speaks (press release) (March 14, 2011).</ref>
* In July 2010, Redstone donated $24 million to the [[Keck School of Medicine]] of the [[University of Southern California]] to support cancer research.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/keck_school_receives_24_million_gift.html?view=full |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720211306/http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/keck_school_receives_24_million_gift.html?view=full |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |title=Keck School Receives $24 Million Gift |publisher=[[University of Southern California]] |access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref>
* In September 2012, Redstone donated $18 million to the [[Boston University School of Law]]. The gift funded, in part, the construction of the five-story Sumner M. Redstone Building, a classroom building that opened in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |author=Colin A. Young |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2012/09/13/redstone-donates-million-law-school/u8W5cTjTgiu0U51Ex6VzkM/story.html |title=Redstone donates $18 million to BU Law School − Business |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=September 14, 2012 |access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref>
* Since October 2012, Redstone donated a total of $350,000 to the Go Campaign, which funds projects in 21 countries with a focus on helping orphans and other needy children.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121129005816/en/Sumner-M.-Redstone-Donates-100000-Campaign |title=Sumner M. Redstone Donates $100,000 to GO Campaign|date=November 29, 2012}}</ref>
* In May 2013, the Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation donated $1 million to Literacy Inc., a New York City-based nonprofit literacy organization.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ny-sumner-m-redstone-idUSnBw066141a+100+BSW20130506|title=The Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation Donates $1 Million to Literacy, Inc.|date=May 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207082404/http://www.reuters.com/article/ny-sumner-m-redstone-idUSnBw066141a+100+BSW20130506|archive-date=February 7, 2016}}</ref>
* In January 2014, it was announced that the Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation had donated $10 million to [[Harvard Law School]] for public interest fellowships, the largest charitable contribution ever made to the law school in support of public service. The money supports students who work in public-interest positions after graduation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/media_mogul_donates_10m_for_harvard_law_fellowships |title=Media mogul donates $10M for Harvard law fellowships |work=ABA Journal |date=January 10, 2014 |last1=Weiss |first1=Debra Cassens }}</ref><ref>[https://today.law.harvard.edu/sumner-redstone-donates-10-million-to-harvard-law-school-to-support-public-service/ Sumner Redstone donates $10 million to Harvard Law School to support public service] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702093732/http://today.law.harvard.edu/sumner-redstone-donates-10-million-to-harvard-law-school-to-support-public-service/ |date=July 2, 2016}}, Harvard Law School (press release) (January 9, 2014).</ref>