The Miley Cyrus Foundation pledged $1 million to the Downtown Women’s Center’s HOME Campaign at the nonprofit’s Every Woman Housed Gala in Los Angeles on Oct. 10. The gift goes toward Rosa’s Place, a housing development under construction on Skid Row that will add 97 new apartments for women experiencing homelessness.
Cyrus and her mother, Tish Cyrus-Purcell, were the night’s honorees, and their involvement goes past the check. The pair have helped renovate living and community spaces on DWC’s downtown campus and consulted on the interior design of Rosa’s Place.
“It’s an honor to support DWC as it creates opportunities for women to heal, rebuild, and feel at home,” Cyrus said.
The gala itself brought in more than $2 million from donations, tickets and sponsorships, according to DWC. Maybelline New York and the Arrillaga Foundation joined Cyrus’s foundation as presenting sponsors, and Emmy-nominated actor Natasha Rothwell hosted.
This isn’t a one-off. The foundation, which grew out of Cyrus’s Happy Hippie Foundation, launched in late 2024. Its first major project was renovating DWC’s Skid Row Day Center, which serves more than 5,000 women a year with meals, hygiene supplies and support.
The money has drawn some scrutiny. Showbiz411 pointed to the foundation’s most recent federal tax filing, for 2024-25, which lists net assets of $7,079 after it gave $474,000 to five groups. That filing covers the period before this gift, so it doesn’t show what the foundation holds now. A spokesperson for Cyrus did not appear in the coverage, and What’s Trending has reached out for comment.
The bigger picture is that celebrity philanthropy is shifting from a one-night check toward funding actual buildings, with the star’s name and taste attached to the rooms. Rosa’s Place is the test of whether that model actually puts more women behind a locked front door.
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