I know Seth MacFarlane gets a lot of well-deserved criticism for being sleazy and making gross cartoons, but I’ll say two things in his defense: one, I still love American Dad (Family Guy can choke) and two, Seth is actually on the right side of many issues, and he has been on the right side for many years. Seth is a member of several Hollywood unions and he’s on strike with everyone else. Now the union is publicizing the fact that Seth made a huge donation to the Entertainment Community Fund:

Seth MacFarlane has donated $1 million to The Entertainment Community Fund to help provide financial assistance for industry workers during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

The organization, formerly known as The Actors Fund, also exclusively tells me that recent donors include The Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams Family Foundation, Stacey Abrams, Annette Bening, Tom Bergeron, Greg Berlanti, Rachel Bloom, Rosanne Cash in memory of Johnny Cash, Suzanne Collins and Cap Pryor, Vince Gilligan, Lynn Nottage, Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley, Shonda Rhimes, and Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw.

The fund has raised more than $6.3 million since May 1 from more than 7,500 donors in support of film and television workers.

“The Entertainment Community Fund is overcome with gratitude to the prominent leaders in our community who have donated in support of film and television workers in need,” Entertainment Community Fund chair Annette Bening said in a statement Tuesday morning. “Each day, the calls for help increase; these gifts will immediately assist so many in our industry who are still struggling to recover after the pandemic. We also hope that these impactful gifts will inspire others, if they can, to donate to support our crucial work.”

[From Variety]

Good for him. I suspect the fund is parceling out the announcements about the biggest donations so they can have a steady stream of good news to report every week. I’m glad they’re naming all of the people who have already donated too, and it sort of leaves room for people to speculate “why hasn’t Meryl donated? Why hasn’t Clooney? Where are Ben and Jen?” As for Seth… good for him. I have no idea what kind of money he’s made from all of his shows, but I suspect he can well afford it.

Pictured here are some of the incredible members of the Family Guy team this morning. Back in 2010, I was one foot out the door gearing up for “Ted”, with no sense yet of the future of the animated series without me. I needn’t have worried. The amazing team of writers, artists,… pic.twitter.com/WaWnrVs2Pt

— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) August 1, 2023

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.