Philanthropy

Jenner set up an eBay account where she auctions old clothing to raise money for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.[167] She joined her sisters Khloé and Kendall, along with Lil Twist, and The Game at PINZ bowling alley in Studio City, California for a charity bowling game on January 19, 2014. The event was held to raise money for The Robin Hood Foundation, a nonprofit for which The Game pledged to raise $1 million in donations.[168] The Jenner sisters participated in singer Chris Brown‘s two Kick’n It For Charity Celebrity Kickball games in Glendale, California on July 19, 2014[169] and on August 16, 2014.[170] At the first game, she competed on actor/singer Quincy Brown’s team.

In December 2015, Jenner made a donation of Christmas gifts to the Los Angeles LGBT Teen Center.[171] In January 2017, Jenner donated $10,000 to her then-friend Jordyn Woods to help cover memorial costs for Woods’s father after he died from cancer.[172] On her birthday in the same year, Jenner announced on her Instagram she donated $500,000 from sales of her Birthday Collection to Teen Cancer America, an organization to help hospital and outpatient facilities develop special units for teens with cancer.[173] Jenner is an ambassador for Smile Train, a charity that funds surgery for children with cleft lips and palates. She became one of the organization’s youngest ambassadors. Jenner visited Peru with Smile Train on an episode of Life of Kylie. In 2016, Jenner launched a special-edition lip kit called “Smile”, and donated $159,500 to Smile Train to fund cleft lip and palate surgeries for 638 deserving children.[174] In September 2019, during her appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jenner donated $750,000 to the founder and members of a feminist organization in Florida called Nest of Love, which is dedicated to mentoring young women, helping low-income kids in the community, and promoting female empowerment.[175]

In January 2020, Jenner gave a total of $1 million to five organisations in Australia to help tackle the bushfires.[176] In March 2020, Jenner, her mother Kris, along with beauty company Coty donated over 6,000 pounds of hand sanitizers to Southern California hospitals to help health care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Jenner also donated $1 million to buy face masks, face shields, and other protective gear for health-care professionals who work on the front lines.[177]