Brittany Murphy’s mother, Sharon, and her husband at the time, Simon Monjack, established the Brittany Murphy Foundation in her honor in January 2010. The foundation’s mission was to fund children’s arts education, the USO, and cancer research.
The charity was officially inaugurated on February 4, 2010, with a fundraising event at Beverly Hills’ Saban Theatre. However, because the foundation had not filed for non-profit status, any donations received were refunded.
According to an official statement on the foundation’s website, the foundation was created as a private foundation with aspirations to seek non-profit status later.
To properly honor Murphy and her legacy, the foundation chose to postpone its charitable purposes until the status was recognized.
According to a news statement on the foundation’s website, Brittany Murphy’s father, Angelo Bertolotti, relaunched the Brittany Murphy Foundation on November 10, 2013. However, the foundation appears to be inactive as of September 2018.
GuideStar USA, a nonprofit information service, says that the Brittany Murphy Foundation has not shown on the IRS Business Master File for several months, which may indicate that it is no longer active.
Who sold Brittany Murphy her house?
According to People magazine, Spears was paid $3.85 million for the house after selling it to Murphy. According to the medical examiner’s findings at the time, Murphy died of pneumonia, anemia, and numerous drug intoxications from prescription and OTC drugs. Her passing was deemed an accident.
Who did Brittany Murphy leave in her will?
Brittany did create a last will. She bequeathed her mother her whole estate, including her Hollywood mansion, in her will.