Pillar three

His humor was his gift. His kindness was his calling.

Gene supported causes most people never heard about, cancer care after losing Gilda Radner, mental health, education, animal welfare. He didn’t make a show of it. He just did it.

This pillar funds the quiet humanitarian work Gene believed in: cancer support and survivorship, mental health awareness, and dignity-first community causes.

Gene Wilder standing by a still lake in autumn, quiet and reflective

Where it goes.

Focus area

Cancer support & Gilda’s legacy

Gene’s advocacy for ovarian cancer awareness, in honor of Gilda Radner, continues through partnerships with cancer support organizations.

Focus area

Mental health

Funding work that brings dignity, access, and compassion to mental health care, for fans, for caregivers, for anyone who needs it.

Focus area

Community causes

Small, locally-rooted causes that align with the legacy’s values: kindness, dignity, human connection. Selected with care, never to scale.

“If you can make someone laugh, then their life is a little better for that moment.”

Gene Wilder

Make a quiet kindness, loudly.

Support a cause Gene believed in, in a way that fits your life.

Ways to give