On the star's 40th birthday, discover the causes that are close to her heart, from criminal justice reform to humanitarian relief in Armenia.

Between filming <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/Culture/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-will-end-its-reality-tv-reign-next-year">Keeping Up with the Kardashians</a> and taking care of her four kids, Kim Kardashian West still manages to find time to advocate for the causes near and dear to her heart. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-47892822#:~:text=Kim%20Kardashian%20has%20revealed%20she,a%20legal%20career%20in%202018.&amp;text=In%20America%2C%20the%20President%20can,anyone%20convicted%20under%20federal%20law.">Her burgeoning law career</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/television/kim-kardashian-prison-reform.html">prison reform activism</a> has sparked real change in the lives of incarcerated individuals, while her call of attention to the homelessness epidemic in LA.&nbsp;resulted in an <a href="https://people.com/tv/kim-kardashian-kuwtk-episode-inspired-1-million-donation-homeless-shelter/">anonymous&nbsp;million dollar donation</a>. Both on- and off-screen, the <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/beauty/kim-kardashian-is-now-a-billionaire-after-selling-part-of-kkw-beauty">KKW Beauty</a> entrepreneur&nbsp;continues to fight for others. To celebrate her 40th birthday, here&#39;s&nbsp;a look at some of the causes she&#39;s championed over the years.

One of the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/kim-kardashian-assistant-paris-hilton-2000s-skims-instagram">Skims</a> founder&#39;s&nbsp;most public causes has been her <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/kim-kardashian-unexpected-advocacy">fight for criminal justice&nbsp;reform</a>. In 2018, Kardashian West persuaded President Trump to give clemency to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/03/opinions/clemency-for-alice-johnson-kim-kardashian-to-trump-opinion/index.html">Alice Marie Johnson</a>, a single mother of five who was 22 years into a life sentence for drug trafficking at the time of her release. The reality TV star also played an instrumental role in the passing of the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/politics/criminal-justice-overhaul/index.html">First Step Act</a>, which offers sentence reductions for certain federal drug charges.

By 2019, Kardashian West&#39;s work&nbsp;with the <a href="https://www.buriedaliveproject.org/">Buried Alive Project</a>&nbsp;on the 90 Days of Freedom campaign led to the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/entertainment/kim-kardashian-frees-17-inmates/index.html">successful&nbsp;release of more than 17 people</a> imprisoned on nonviolent drug charges.

The beauty mogul recently announced her donation of $1 million to the <a href="https://www.armeniafund.org/">Armenia Fund</a>, a non-profit organization providing humanitarian relief to the people of&nbsp;Armenia and Artsakh impacted by the current war with Azerbaijan. She has <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/520073-kardashian-west-uses-star-power-to-pressure-us-on-armenia-azerbaijan">previously spoken about the issue</a>, which she connects to through her Armenian heritage, and encouraged fans to donate to the cause as well. Her sisters Kourtney and Khlo&eacute; Kardashian also <a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/kim-kardashian-west-armenia-donation-azerbaijan-1234800606/">spoke out in support of the Armenia Fund</a> on social media.

Kardashian West shared the importance of her heritage on&nbsp;Keeping Up With the Kardashians, first bringing her daughter, North, to Armenia in 2015 to be baptized, and then getting <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kim-kardashian-baptism-armenia_n_5da0cf92e4b087efdbae116d">baptized</a> herself, along with her other three children, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm, last year.

During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the&nbsp;star announced the restocking of the <a href="https://lofficielbaltics.com/en/fashion/kim-kardashian-launches-cotton-line-for-skims">Skims Cotton Collection</a>&nbsp;with a heartfelt twist. Twenty percent of the proceeds were donated to <a href="https://baby2baby.org/covid-19-response/">Baby2Baby&rsquo;s COVID-19 Emergency Response Program</a>, which supports families living below the poverty level by donating things like diapers, formula, blankets, and more.

Los Angeles Homeless Shleters and Food Banks

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Throughout the years, the celebrity has brought her star power to various LA charities. In a 2017 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians,&nbsp;the mother of four visited <a href="https://www.alexandriahouse.org/">Alexandria House</a>, a shelter for women and single mothers, to shine a light on homelessness in LA.&nbsp;Kardashian West donated beauty products, childcare necessities, hair services, and more, before listening to residents tell their stories.

In the months after the episode aired, Alexandria House received more than $1 million in donations.&nbsp;&quot;Just got off the phone w/our show producers who informed me that since our episode on homelessness aired @ahouse_la have been flooded w/donations from people who were so moved!&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/950979790663688193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E950979790663688193%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Ftv%2Fkim-kardashian-kuwtk-episode-inspired-1-million-donation-homeless-shelter%2F">Kardashian West tweeted</a>.&nbsp;&quot;One person even donated $1mil. THANK U to those who have helped to make a difference! #AlexandriaHouse.&quot;

She also&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/kim-kardashian-serves-thanksgiving-meals-to-homeless-at-la-mission/2011/11/25/gIQAeTWivN_blog.html">volunteered at the LA Mission</a>, serving&nbsp;meals to the less fortunate,&nbsp;and last year, she&nbsp;was joined by her mom, Kris Jenner, and sister Kourtney at the <a href="https://www.lafoodbank.org/stories/kardashian-jenner-thanksgiving/">LA Regional Food Bank</a>, giving out Thanksgiving groceries to those in need.

Children&#39;s Hospital Los Angeles

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Kardashian West has worked with the <a href="https://www.chla.org/">Children&rsquo;s Hospital Los Angeles</a> since the early 2000s, donating money and visiting patients. The celebrity has been known to bring husband Kanye West on some of these visits, too. She <a href="https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/kim-kardashian-west-helps-childrens-hospital-l-a-patients-have-a-brighter-day-1201475924/">expressed</a> that the cause is dear to her after a friend&rsquo;s child fell ill, and also after losing her father, Robert Kardashian, to cancer in 2003.&nbsp;

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Prior to her rise as one of the world&#39;s most famous figures,&nbsp;the style icon&nbsp;held regular eBay&nbsp;auctions to raise money for the <a href="https://www.dreamfoundation.org/">Dream Foundation</a>, an organization that grants wishes for adults with terminal illnesses. Her most recent auction was in 2018. In addition,&nbsp;following her <a href="https://people.com/tv/everything-to-know-kim-kardashian-kris-humphries-wedding/">72-day marriage</a> to Chris Humphries, Kardashian West <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kim-kardashian-to-donate-_n_1072344">donated the cost of her wedding gifts to the charity</a>.

Charity Causes Kim Kardashian West Champions

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